When she was renovating her kitchen, Ashley wanted to install the Anthropologie Beacon Light, but it was (a) too small, and (b) too expensive. Not to be nonplussed, she looked around her home and transformed an ordinary wire basket into the perfect lamp using nothing more than some paint and a few hardware-store doodads.
Ashley posted a detailed how-to on her blog, along with a lot more photos, but here are the salient details:
Step 1: Cut off basket handles and bottom middle wire (to center pendant).
Step 2: Spray paint basket and outlet cover.
Step 3: Adhere an ordinary outlet cover to bottom inside of basket. I used Liquid Nails, but any strong glue would work. Since the outlet cover is on the inside of the basket the glue will not be used for strength just keeping the cover and basket in place.
Step 4: Turn basket over for glue to dry.
Step 5: Add weight on top of outlet cover while glue dries.
Step 6: Spray paint it all.
Step 7: Connect it to your pendant light.
Images: Ashley Ann Photography
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Comments (14)
This is genius; thanks for sharing.
This looks amazing!
What a great idea and looks nice. It would not work in my home but it would in my studio barn. Thanks!
I agree with anning--this is even nicer than the Anthropologie lamp. At a fraction of the cost, you can't beat that!
awesome, i agree that this is way better than the anthropologie version!!!
i have an oval wire pillar candle holder i have been wanting to make a pendant out of, since my toddler broke the glass that was supposed to surround the candle.
wow
this is super!!! I really agree with above comments, it definetly looks better than its inspiration...
really cool! thank you for sharing!
adorable!
Beautiful! Probably the simplest and nicest DIY I've seen in a while. Something I would actually consider tackling...
I love Anthropologie. I'll have to try this at our next place.
Where might I find an awesome wire basket like that?
Thank you so much for all the kind comments. The basket was from Hobby Lobby...it was 50% off and cost just a couple of dollars. The lighting hardware was from Lowes.
Question: How do you hang it from the pendant light? My friend was going to splice off what was a swag lamp so it would hang from the ceiling but he didn't know how all that weight would hang from the wires being spliced together. Any ideas anyone??