when i came across this lamp on facebook
marketplace i knew i needed to recreate
my own version so i headed to lowe's and
got a couple pieces of select pine
boards and i just got them at varying
widths and then i cut them down to
perfect squares based off of those
widths once they were all cut down i
sanded down the edges so they were nice
and clean and then used a drill bit to
drill down the center of every single
piece of wood that we created and i also
picked up this light cord kit at lowe's
and you're going to be stringing your
wood pieces on almost as beads and then
using wood glue and a brad nailer to
connect each piece together now when you
add the brad nails make sure to add them
closer to the center so that they're not
popping out on the outside and you're
gonna build up your piece to create
these very sculptural diamond shapes and
wire up the light based off your
instructions now i used minwax's
oil-based stain in the honey finish
which i thought was perfect for the look
that i was going for i just did two
coats of this on the entire lamp and
used a paper towel just to wipe off any
excess i also use their poly acrylic in
a satin finish and that's how i finished
off this lamp i am so in love with it
and it cost me under 80 dollars to
create and i'm definitely gonna be
making another
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