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Creative Reuse: Blender Turned Lamp

blender-lamp2.JPGElectricity can be scary. Didn’t anyone see Shocker? But it turns out rewiring a lamp is easier than you might think. Plus it’s a great way to repurpose something you have around the house.

 
 

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Head over to The Black Table for simple instructions on how to whip up this concoction yourself.

Have you ever repurposed something into a lamp? What did you use?

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Comments (16)

This is a classic idea- my Dad did one in the 70s with a gorgeous deco-style blender. We still have it!

posted by shockthebourgeois on August 5th 2009 at 4:52pm
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I dunno about this- especially the last one. Looks like someone stuck an illuminated dildo in a blender for funsies.

posted by kellylc on August 5th 2009 at 5:24pm
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LMAO @ kellylc




"funsies"

posted by abc123 on August 5th 2009 at 5:40pm
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Yes, but can I turn my old lamp into a blender?

...or an illuminated dildo?

posted by bepsf on August 5th 2009 at 5:59pm
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A while ago, a buddy and I turned a blender into a fish tank. We drilled through the center of the blade and ran a bubbler tube up through it and attached it to the buttons. I was awesome!

posted by par20pinspot on August 5th 2009 at 6:26pm
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absolutely not.

posted by austinpeahen on August 5th 2009 at 6:54pm
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Why?

posted by kelleyk on August 5th 2009 at 7:39pm
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There's kitsch and then there's tacky. I'm thinking this falls under the T word.

posted by LBhirise on August 5th 2009 at 7:44pm
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the idea is cool, if you had that right 1950's type blender in a yellow or a robin's egg. but the second one--- no. just, no. and as previously stated, it does look like a light-up dildo.

posted by kmorar on August 5th 2009 at 8:38pm
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Pfft.

I make 'em big.
Vacuum big.

The Vacuum Lamp
(opens in new window)

posted by NavySeabee on August 5th 2009 at 9:16pm
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kmorar, do you mean like this? This is an old store display I bought at an antique store several years ago. It's one of the things I'd grab if my house were burning down.

posted by KellyM on August 5th 2009 at 10:20pm
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link! blender lamp

posted by KellyM on August 5th 2009 at 10:22pm
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My friend makes these. Except he calls them blamps. (BLender LAMP = BLAMP)

posted by lucitebox on August 5th 2009 at 10:32pm
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So there's a world of blender lamps out there. Who knew? I'd want to pack one with a string of Christmas tree lights, I think---

posted by Aulaire on August 6th 2009 at 6:41am
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more disturbing than the "blildo" (blamp dildo) in the 2nd photo is the 6-to-1 electrical mess in that outlet waiting to blow a fuse.

posted by jumpyfroggy on August 6th 2009 at 8:25am
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NavySeabee I make vacuum lamps too, never a blender though.

posted by blight on August 6th 2009 at 10:31am
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