How To Make Your Own Outdoor Lamp Post

If you are going to permanently mount your lamp on a patio or deck these items are what you need.

How to make your own outdoor lamp post. Here you can use a lot of differnt lamps but make sure the water cannot in any way leak into the electric parts. This outdoor lighting project is deceptively simple to build. The lamp that i used was a 3 watt led a bit more expensive than the old kind of lamp but contains nor mercury and needs very little energy seems to last a wery long time also. Most of these diy outdoor lighting ideas take less than 1 hour to make using very simple and easy to find materials.

Wood is particularly pleasing to the eye when it s incorporated with other natural materials such as stone and plantings. Outdoor lights are one of my favorite things ever. Attach mickey s head to a lamp post you can order a 3 inch lamp post online from home depot search 501817 for 58 90 but your local store probably carries them along with the mounting bracket search 502211 for 14 36. The diy post is available at the art of doing stuff.

They didn t use solar lights but you can replace the conventional lights with them. This glowing orbs project is incredible. Made of rot resistant western red cedar the fixture consists of a 2x4 center post to anchor it a horizontal arm to hold the lantern and 1x6 cladding that yokes the 2x4s together and creates attractive shadow lines. It can make your outdoor space appear magical in the night.

This project all began with the idea of giving amanda keith the homeowners outdoor lighting that wasn t permanent or didn t block the view. Decide if the lamp will stand alone on the ground or a table or if it will be installed on posts in the ground with underground wiring or hang on the wall of your house or a fence or deck railing. They create the perfect settings for dinners with loved ones and happy moments under the stars. So with that i thought i would share an easy project from the lowe s spring makeover that will be sure to set the mood in your outdoor space this season and give you plenty of outdoor lighting.