Materials: Expedit
Description: The pictures are of our house, where we were searching for a long time to find a celling lamp to fit the style and size of the main living room.
Finally we used the EXPEDIT shelf!
I put some wires and bulb sockets inside, and then screwed the shelf directly to the ceiling (Oufff! Not easy, you need 2-3 people for that).
Then using small shelf supports left over from another furniture, I installed milk coloured plastics to hide electric installation and make the light softer.
Finally my wife painted it to a grey colour (was white) to fit the room colours.
LOOKS and WORKS GREAT !!!
~ Joanna and Pawel
Does paint stick to this finish well? Does it need to be sanded?
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That. Is. Awesome. I can't wait to show my wife this! We'll hafta wait til we're in a house with higher ceilings, but that's already in the works.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth B - from everything I've seen/read on this site, Ikea laminate DOES take paint just fine, as long as it's the right paint (I think it's Krylon that makes the grade, if I recall correctly...).
Many thanks,
Nikki
Seattle, WA
what if the living room is not that big do you think the lamp will suited? i love the design of the lamp.
ReplyDeleteWhat a awesome hack! Brilliant idea, it looks really fashionable. The design of the lamp is great.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Can you make pictures of the lamp inside?
ReplyDeleteHi it;s Joanna & Pawel - the authors - simply I cannot find another way to answer ant thank for nice comments.
ReplyDeleteSo:
1. no, no sanding was done, we used OPTIVA paint from TIKKURILA
2. well, the lamp is realy solid, so with small living room maybe you may play a bit with colours
and finally - yes I will try to make interior photos next days
regards to all
For smaller places, there's the new FÖRHÖJA which is just one cubic box. Would have the same contemporary feel.
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