Loft-style interior for adult children. Chalet lamp
How to make a designer luminaire from a bar for a kitchen-living room
We continue the cycle of stories from the first person. Craftsmen of FORUMHOUSE build and equip with equally impressive results. And not only for yourself, but also for your loved ones. For example how Osya, who took on the transformation of an apartment for his son and daughter-in-law.
Osya
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In February 2017, the son and daughter-in-law received the keys to the apartment. T. Since several months passed from the registration of the mortgage to the commissioning of the house, they had time to think about the interior. My children are creative, so there was no doubt that it would be a "loft". If they had no doubts about the interior, then I also had no doubts that I would make the interior elements.
Materials, processing, assembly
This lamp was a continuation of the design of the loft-style kitchen-living room. It was placed above a barn-board dining table.
The luminaire was based on a beam of 150x150 mm, 1200 mm long. The bar was treated with a nylon brush tucked into a drill, i.e. brushed. When brushing, the brush removes the soft wood grain from the surface layer. And the surface looks like aged.
I also used stylized wires. It is a hemp rope with electrical wires inside.
Vintage cartridges. Each cartridge has a switch, it is convenient to change the lighting solution.
I took LED lamps from 2 to 8 watts. A total of 8 pieces of bulbs that have a common name «Edisson lamp». When the lamp was varnished and assembled, I took it to the children's apartment. I hung the lamp on old homemade chains. This chain was lifted from the bottom of the well during cleaning. The well is old, Finnish, and therefore decided that the chain was assembled by the Finns in the distant past. The chain was washed, cleaned from flaky and loose rust. Then he varnished it to prevent rust from falling.
To connect the lamp to the network, I used switches stylized as vintage. All wiring from the lamp to the switch was laid on ceramic «reels» right across the ceiling.
Light intensity adjustment
The decision to make a switch on each lamp turned out to be very interesting. Thanks to the different wattage and color temperature of the lamps, you can very quickly adjust the illumination level. And if you leave the 2 W bulb on, it becomes just a "night light".
Estimate
Now let's calculate how much this lamp has cost us. Thanks to the same hyper, we saved a lot. Major purchases were made there.
- Wires (20 m) - 2000 rubles,
- Cartridges (8 pcs) - 640 rubles,
- Edisson lamps (8 pcs) - 1500 rubles,
- Ceramic insulators "coils" (15 pcs) - 450 rubles.,
- Hooks with dowels for suspension (8 pcs) - 160 rubles,
- Vintage switches (2 pieces) - 300 rubles.,
- Vintage terminal box - 100 rubles,
- Wago terminals (15 pcs) - 200 rubles,
- Oil for countertops - 150 rubles Used leftovers from the coffee table.
- Nylon brush for brushing - 176 rubles.
Total: 5680 rubles.
And the children sent me a photo with a price tag of a similar lamp for 110 thousand. But the desire of our sellers knows no bounds. Everything is much cheaper in terms of money.
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