Post #353019 by Tattoo on Fri, Jan 4, 2008 4:05 PM

Awesome Score! I'm jealous. I was recently at OA and it looks like a lamp from them although I'm not thee expert. It look like it's pre-drilled for some sort of socket. Take the exact measurement to home depot and.... good luck. Go with the wattage rating of the socket you buy. My guess is that a lamp like that is made for at least a 75W bulb and that would be more than safe. After all, it was made for restaurants. It might be nice to use a small Halogen Wide Par globe. Halogen gives you more light for the wattage and the Par is more like a projection (like those small recessed indoor kitchen light with a reflector in them). That way you focus the light on the Tapa Cloth Bottom when it's hanging. An idea. Also, if you put the light on some sort of dimmer circuit, you can buy a higher Wattage lamp and dim it down. When the voltage drops the light becomes a lot warmer and gives you that cozy bar feel.

Just make sure the physical light bulb is not touching anything and that there's some sort of ventilation on top.

Good luck!