Ok so we all have seen these cheap azz lamps, if you have one no offense. Called Torchiere, I call them torture lamps, they are simply tacky and painful to look at. Downright fugly! Fugly or not, I rescue these things too! After all, someone spent some man hours and hard earned money on it too, it deserves one more cycle before it's life is cut short, after all they have only been around for twenty years, I think!
The idea of light going up starting six feet high, is not my preference. Here is a picture of a black one I rescued too..
they both still work, just found them set by the curb. Look closely at them. I took one two foot pole out of each one to make the lamp about 4 feet tall, rather than six.Now, check this lovely chandelier I found.
I love chandeliers! Except if they are OLD and hanging from the ceiling, I know, I know, they are supposed to, but ewww! Boring! Remember: Most chandys work, they were just replaced. I named her Victoria. She is regal, formal, and definitely worthy of another chance.While were on the subject check out this chandy Lowe's just got it!
What the? It looks like a black version of the one I have, right? Here is 248 reasons to recycle an old one... I will give it to Lowe's, that chandy is sick! Simply Gorgeous!Anywho, this is my first chandelier roadside rescue so...
I went to the hardware store and they tested it for me, I LOVE LOWE'S ( if you didn't already know), to determine if it still works.
Note:Buy one of these multimeter testing tools for $14, you can even test items at garage sales, for voltage ONLY, it doesn't turn the thing on people. Ask the Lowe's folks how to work it.
I connected this, stripped that, glued this and wired that and voila!
Wadda ya think? Here is what it looks like after I bought some shades and took it into the Furniture store to stage it
Dressed her up with some shades and with a little DIY love, Victoria is once again the baddest chick on the scene!
I have been toying with the name and i think i will call it a Kindlelier! Tochiere lamp plus chandelier! My kid said i was full of myself, but the guy in the Dave's Discount furniture store in Burlington, said I should go ahead and call it that....lmao.
So uh yeah, I have a tutorial for this, I just don't have enough time to post it all. And I want to know if anyone is reading this blog, so if you want to know step by step, with photos, how to make this leave a comment from an account that links to your email address and I will send instructions to you. Keep in mind, I am not the first person to make a chandelier into a lamp, there are others who do this to make money, i believe. I have to research before I reveal the secrets on the how to's publicly...(leave a comment I will send them).
Ok, off to work!
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It is 10 pm now, as I was driving to work aerlier today, I rescued yet another white torture lamp! DAG!
