Modern Wood Floor Lamp from a 1x2

Hi everyone!  

Behold the power of the 1x2!

All 25 Watts, Edison style.

Toliy's been wanting to make a floor lamp, so I challenged him to come up with a design using a single 1x2 board for the majority of the project.

He also used a scrap piece of 2x8 board (about 1 foot long), some L brackets and bolts with washers and nuts.

We also ended up ordering a new corded light bulb from Etsy 

Because I may or may not have gotten greedy and claimed this project for my own living room ... 

The 1x2 is cut into two pieces, at about the 1/3 point (ends up being about a 32" piece and a 64" piece but exact length is not required).

The two pieces are clamped together and a hole sized for the bolts is drilled through both 1x2 pieces, a few inches from the ends of the 1x2s.

By drilling both at the same time, the overhang on the end of the light is the same.

Then the two 1x2s will get bolted together with a bolt, through the whole that was just drilled, but first,

All the wood pieces are stained -

We used RustOleum Early American, one coat applied with a foam brush.

Now back to that bolt.  

On the opposite end of the longer 1x2, the L brackets are used to attach the longer 1x2 to the 2x8 scrap piece.  The bigger your base piece (we used the 2x8) the more solid the lamp will be.  We liked the smaller base, and decided to stack books (see photos below) to add weight which increases stability.

L brackets to base,

Bolt holding the two 1x2s together in the middle,

Remaining L bracket at tip of shorter 1x2 (the L brackets came in a packet of 4, so we decided to use on up on the end to hold the light cord in place, but a simple hole drilled through the 1x2 would have done the trick as well),

Light bulb on the end of the cord ...

The wood stand part can be easily adjusted at both the base and the middle bolt,

So the lamp can shine from the floor to the ceiling and anywhere in between.

Whether you wrap the cord, go brass, or bright pink, stack the books, or add a wire cage, we hope you love this little DIY Modern Wood Lamp project as much as we do!

Enjoy, and share how you modify this simple plan if you build please!

XO Ana + Family