Post #99934 by makemake on Mon, Jul 5, 2004 5:23 PM

I was inspired by badmojo and this thread to make a lamp for my bar from a decorative Pisco Capel bottle I had picked up from the local liquor store. Here are some photos:

I forgot the “before” photo. The glass bottle had a bad seam down the middle from where the two halves were fused together. I ground off the seam with my dremel tool and grinding bit. Also in this photo, you can see the plastic “topknot” that fits over the screw cap on the top.

Here’s the bottle after I scuffed it up and put a few coats of primer on it. Unfortunately, I was a little overzealous with the grinder on the seam, and it telegraphs through the paint a little bit.

Here’s the rear of the bottle, showing some more of the detail and the hole I drilled for the lamp cord to come out.

Here it is after the fleckstone coat, ready for some coats of matte spray paint. I put two colors on, black for the body, and a dark brick red for the topknot.

Finished! I installed the lamp hardware (mixed and matched from OSH), filled the body with sand to give it some weight and ordered a shade from Moonshine Shades. (Thanks Turbogod.) Waiting for the shade was the hardest part, however, I think it works perfectly.