Best Of Diys | Veneer Pendant Lighting - TEXTILE FOR INSPIRATION

Back inwards 2011 Holly of The Adventures of an Almost forty Year Old Intern contacted me close a fun pendant low-cal DIY she had made. The number was this cute niggling laid shown hither together with how fun that in that place was a similar i y'all could purchase at West Elm, close a twelvemonth later. Continuing alongside our Best of DIYs, hither is her pop tutorial that she thence kindly shared alongside our readers dorsum then.

Veneer Pendant Lights
past times Holly of The Adventures of an Almost forty Year Old Intern

Recently I visited i of my favorite stationery stores inwards town together with saw these beautiful wooden sheets of paper; a sparse veneer made from thence many unlike types of woods (cherry, walnut, birds oculus maple, aspen, blood-red cedar, y'all mention it!) together with was actually inspired past times it. I idea it would last perfect for creating a low-cal fixture (clearly I am on a lighting boot lately!) So, I made some (two of them to last exact) together with I didn't intend it was possible but I dear these simply equally much equally my brass pendant diy!

If y'all similar what y'all run across above, hither are the directions on how to exercise your own:

Materials needed:

sheets of 11x17" ii ply wooden paper (for the smaller light i used 1 canvass of birds oculus maple together with 1 of blood-red cedar together with 1 of walnut together with for the larger i used iii 1/2 sheets of the cherry)
2 embroidery rings
1 slice of basswood measuring 1/16" x 4" x 24"
glue (E-6000 is my favorite)
bulldog clips (i used both size 0 together with 1)
x-acto knife (i used size #2)
pencil
measuring tape
long ruler or take away border to cutting against
pendant light

Larger Pendant

Start alongside ii embroidery hoops, i criterion 12" diameter together with the other 5" diameter (I exclusively used the fully formed hoop together with did non role the outer hoop alongside the metallic hardware attached). Cut four pieces of the newspaper criterion 1" broad together with 11" long. Measure the hoops together with separate them into four equal parts together with together with grade each. together with thence attach each slice of the woods strip to the altitude together with bottom alongside mucilage together with embrace each terminate alongside bulldog clips until it sets

While that business office is drying cutting 1" strips of newspaper that are each 17" long. Note: I was careful to top away on them inwards social club because I wanted the woods grain to stand upward for when i glued them.

Begin attaching the wooden newspaper to the large hoop first. equally y'all attach them, work them upward alongside the altitude of the hoop, clip the exterior of each slice inwards social club to concur it. note: i ended upward buying together with using a bunch to a greater extent than clips than I started alongside inwards social club to last to a greater extent than efficient alongside my time.

After finishing alongside the large hoop, motion on to attaching each terminate to the smaller one. Note: hither I had to overlap the strips of newspaper inwards social club for it to fit onto the smaller hoop. I was careful to top away on the grain lined up.

Once dry, role a 17" long 1" broad strip of newspaper to roll roughly the exterior of the smaller hoop to embrace mucilage together with seams together with role ii 17" strips to roll roughly the exterior of the larger hoop. To exercise the slice that volition concur your pendant, line the within together with exterior of your smaller hoop onto a slice of basswood. Use your take away border to depict a work from the inner hoop tracing from corner to corner to notice the pump of the piece. This is where y'all volition depict a circle large plenty to thread your pendant wire through (should last large plenty to let the plug to top through).

Cut where y'all traced the exterior border of your hoop also equally the circle inwards the pump . Slide the slice into the altitude of your fixture from the bottom. You shouldn't involve mucilage equally it volition last stable alongside your newspaper strips holding it.

Smaller Pendant

The directions are the same but instead of using a large together with a pocket-size hoop, I used 2 pocket-size hoops. Also instead of using i type of wooden newspaper i used 2; instead of 1" strips that were 17" long I cutting 1 1/2" strips; together with I used 2 curt braces instead of 4.

For these lights I am using a super duper low wattage bulb. I did social club burn retardant spray to apply to them as a precaution but it didn't become far inwards fourth dimension for this post thence I don't know if it volition impact the wood.

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