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Floor Lamp Solar Chandelier

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What do you get when you marry a floor lamp and a chandelier? A fabulous solar light feature!

It’s already time for our Thrift Store Décor Project, which sort of snuck up on me this month. So, I challenged myself to complete this floor lamp solar light feature!

thrift store floor lampI bought this floor lamp on a shopping spree at Vendors Village in Clarksville, Indiana. It cost $10.

free chandelierI looked and looked for the perfect chandelier, but couldn’t find one. Then, this little beauty fell into my lap. My neighbor Rodney was getting rid of it and asked me if I wanted it. It would be perfect for my floor lamp solar light feature!

gut chandelierAfter I checked to see if it would work with the thrift store floor lamp, I got busy gutting it—taking all the wiring out of the chandelier. It’s fairly easy to use needle-nosed pliers to snip the wires and pull them out of the chandelier’s arms.

metallic spray paint chandelierTo see how the floor lamp solar light was really going to look, I needed to paint the two items to match. I used Krylon Metallic Spray Paint. If you look closely at the chandelier, it may look a little different. I removed the bottom portion and used some of it and part of the top of the floor lamp to change the top slightly. Getting the pieces to match up was a lot of trial and error.

add chandelier to floor lamp postSee how the chandelier will rest right on top of the old floor lamp? All of that took place LAST March! Then it sat in the garage until this past weekend.

retro-fit solar lightsI purchased these solar lights at the Dollar General Store for $3 each. They won’t work “as is,” so I have to retrofit them slightly. I removed the collar of the light and then put the light back together with the existing screw and fitting.

Funny side note: Looking at this picture, it’s obvious that these lights are 2 different styles. All the time I worked on these I never noticed it until I took the final pictures in front of the tree.

retro-fit lamp partsI needed some nuts to attach to the solar light fitting. To make it all work, I had to snap off the prongs of the original chandelier parts. Using pliers, I bent them back and forth until they broke off.

secure nut with gorilla constructive adhesiveI used Gorilla Glue Construction Adhesive to attach the broken nuts to the black fitting on the solar light. I squirted it in a plastic tray and dipped the plastic fitting into it and placed the nut on it.

spray paint solar lightsThe solar lights’ housings were metallic, but they didn’t match the chandelier very well, so I taped up the tops of the solar lights and used the same metallic spray paint to make them match. I think the floor lamp solar light feature is going to come together!!

solar light chandelier

The nuts I tried to secure with the Gorilla Glue Construction Adhesive didn’t hold to the plastic when I attempted to thread them onto the stems.

solar lights on chandelier[3]_thumb For now I removed the nuts and rested the plastic fitting over the threads of the chandelier. (in this photo, the nut is threaded; I removed it)

testing flameless candles for chandelier[4]_thumbI tried out some flameless candles in the chandelier’s candle cups. That’s the beauty of a project like this—it’s very versatile! I could even have removed the reflective lower portion in the glass globe and put the flameless candles in there. There are so many options!

Floor Lamp Solar Light Feature

Repurposed floor lamp and a chandelier make a great garden or patio solar light feature. MyRepurposedLife.comBut for now, I left the solar lights intact. You can see that I can also hang the chandelier as it is easily removable from the top of the floor lamp.

repurposed chandelier solar garden light MyRepurposedLife.com

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This floor lamp solar light feature was a fun project; if you’re making it for yourself, it’s fairly inexpensive. If I were to sell it, I’d have to ask $25 to get my money back ($10 for lamp, $15 for Solar Lights). But all in all, it’s a good deal for a new lawn or garden feature!

Be sure to stop by and see what my Thrift Store Décor Friends have been up to this month . . .

Thrift Store Decor Challenge March 2017

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia Painted Succulent Planter

Domestically Speaking Spring Thrift Store Basket

Refresh Restyle Galvanized Cake Stand

My Repurposed Life  Floor Lamp Solar Chandelier

Petticoat Junktion Sisal Rope Planter

See ya next month for another great Thrift Store Project!

gail

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Here’s another great chandelier project for you.

Hanging Solar Chandelier

Gail Wilson is the author and mastermind behind My Repurposed Life. She is obsessed with finding potential in unexpected places and believes that with a little hard work and imagination, any old thing can be made useful again, including herself!
Gail reinvented herself during a midlife crisis and has found purpose again. She hopes you will find new ideas for old things and pick up a few tools along the way.

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