Electricity 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.
Electricity 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.

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?
(Images: Black Table)
This is a classic idea- my Dad did one in the 70s with a gorgeous deco-style blender. We still have it!
view shockthebourgeois's profile
I dunno about this- especially the last one. Looks like someone stuck an illuminated dildo in a blender for funsies.
view kellylc's profile
LMAO @ kellylc
"funsies"
view abc123's profile
Yes, but can I turn my old lamp into a blender?
...or an illuminated dildo?
view bepsf's profile
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!
view par20pinspot's profile
absolutely not.
view austinpeahen's profile
Why?
view kelleyk's profile
There's kitsch and then there's tacky. I'm thinking this falls under the T word.
view LBhirise's profile
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.
view kmorar's profile
Pfft.
I make 'em big.
Vacuum big.
The Vacuum Lamp
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view NavySeabee's profile
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.
view KellyM's profile
link! blender lamp
view KellyM's profile
My friend makes these. Except he calls them blamps. (BLender LAMP = BLAMP)
view lucitebox's profile
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---
view Aulaire's profile
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.
view jumpyfroggy's profile
NavySeabee I make vacuum lamps too, never a blender though.
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