It's Done: The Glampsformation!

I did it! It's done! The secret project I've been hinting at is completely finished. First, let's look at the before:
A floor lamp. Purchased in a box of 5 lamps from Target. It's basically a black stick with a tapered shade. And now...14 bottles of Coke and some duct tape later...
Can you believe how glamorous it is now? Sparkly!

I fixed the shade first. I've been obsessing for a long time about how to turn a tapered shade into a drum shade, and I finally figured it out. For $3 plus the cost of fabric! The full tutorial for that little project is going to be posted at Apartment Therapy today. Basically you flip the old tapered shade upside down.

And now for the sparkly part.
First I spray painted the lamp silver with Valspar Brilliant Metallic silver. That stuff is awesome! I want to spray paint everything in the house with it. Wouldn't that look futuristic?

Then I polished off more coke than I did during my Studio 54 days. Kidding! I was a girl scout back then. Literally. So you need 2 liter coke bottles. Lots of them.
See how you cut one of them lower? They'll look like this:
And then the two pieces will slip together like this.
And the date stamp lifts right off with nail polish remover. You also need to make rings out of 8 inch strips of duct tape folded in half lengthwise.
 Now you can start stacking. I added a smaller piece of a water bottle at the bottom that I spray painted silver so that the spacing would work out right at the top of the lamp as I stacked.
You can use tiny blobs of clear glue or tape where you need to as you work your way up.
The top holes of the bottles can be pretty small because you can bend and stretch them over the widest parts of the lamp.
Keep stacking. I added a little piece of cardstock covered with duct tape at the top to finish it off.
And that's it! I had plans to color the pieces with a hot pink sharpie, but I love it clear, so it's staying that way. For now.
And I'm not drinking coke again for the rest of my life.

Comments

  1. Dang!! You just busted the guts of the entire craft-community worldwide. This is awesome.

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  2. Hellooo...it is awesome!!! Congratulations!

    It's a good idea to make in my country...Brazil.

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  3. I bet before you did work for Martha people were like "you could totally do work for Martha"

    Genius.

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  4. Truely amazing!!! So clever, you are so very clever!

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  5. wow that's ridiculously impressive! Well done

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  6. Once again the craft genius stroke !

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  7. This is absolutely fabulous. And just what I need to pretty up my two rather plain Basisk floor lamps from Ikea. Great idea, thanks for sharing!

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  8. whoa. pinning now. That's amazing!

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  9. Katie, you are just insanely geniusly innovatively crazily brilliant. You're like the all-time DIY mavern queen. I can't even begin to imagine how a person thinks up an idea like this. This is what Before-After is all about. Yes. After I'd scooped my jaw off the floor, I smiled so wide. You have class, Ma'am. Yes, you do.

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  10. Wonderful idea and stunning result! I want one of those lamps now :) If you decide to drink more Coke you can always cash in on mycokerewards.com, they have mag subscriptions and other fun stuff.

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  11. Holy. Moly. That is awesome.

    I can't wait to see the results of this post... to see what other people do with this inspiration. How about using hot pink duct tape and filling the "globes" with glitter or tinsel or plastic farm animals or pencil shavings or sprinkles or whatever!

    You rock.

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  12. I LOVE THIS!! The silver wouldn't match my house, but if I used Oil Rubbed Bronze instead, it would be perfect! Seriously, when I saw somebody post the link to this, I thought that there was NO WAY that somebody made this with Coke bottles and duct tape. You are INCREDIBLE. My new hero.

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  13. This is brilliant! I guess I need to go the store and get some more Diet Coke!

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  14. Craftzine, Martha and Home Depot should all hire you for regular special projects guest spots post haste. Or maybe you should just go straight to work for NASA.

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  15. What a transformation! Crazy creative, you are!

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  16. Cool lamp! For anyone else who plans to do this, make sure you use non-acetone polish remover; acetone reacts with plastic and will warp your bottles.

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  17. Thanks you guys!
    I used acetone nail polish remover, and it worked beautifully! Lifts the ink right off and leaves the plastic shiny.

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  18. Is it sturdy enough to pick up and move around?

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  19. Nooo way, You're amazing, creative and beautiful!

    Some people get it all huh?

    :)

    Glad I came across your blog, I'm your newest follower~

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  20. whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?!?! that is crazy awesome! i bow to the newest queen of crafts!

    now following!

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  21. This is awesome! Visiting from better after and now a follower!

    You could do this lamp in so many ways! Especially since duct tape now comes in cool prints like zebra :)

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  22. Ingenious. I NEVER would have guessed coke bottles and duct tape! It looks fabulous.

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  23. That is quite possibly the coolest DIY I've ever seen anywhere! I made my hubs stop working to come over and look at your lamp. It looks so high end! Love it! Thanks for sharing.

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  24. visiting from better after....this the best DIY I've seen in a while!! so creative!!

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  25. Fab lamp. How in the world did you come up with that idea? It looks great, and extremely creative. Thanks for posting:)

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  26. Your lamp is absolutely fabulous! Love, love, love this lamp! I did a feature on it to share with my readers today at Extreme Personal Measures.



    Denise
    Extreme Personal Measures

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  27. Looks great!!

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  28. What a seriously clever and creative project! I am wowed!
    Cathy

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  29. OMG...that is amazing. I can't believe you used plastic bottles and duct tape!!! I'm sharing this on my Facebook page. And am a new follower, cause you are one to watch!!!

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  30. The lamp is amazing! What a creative idea!

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  31. that is so creative - awesome!

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  32. Saw your lamp on Better After. It's amazing. I love what you did. Wow, just Wow!

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  33. WOW! Here from Better After. Ingenious!!!

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  34. Oh my goodness! All I can say is WOW! You're a girl after my own heart and I am so doing this. I want to see what you come up with next:)

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  35. I'm speechless...this is amazing!
    Well done!
    You are undoubtedly the new reigning queen of craft!!!

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  36. Whaaa... Oooo... I'm speechless!!!

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  37. that is absolutley amazing!!,, i cant believe its made from old coke bottles.. it just looks so expensive .. it really is fantastic
    well done!!

    charl
    x

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  38. Really neat! I love it! May I ask where you purchased your lattice fabric? I've been searching for some like that. Thanks!

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  39. This is brilliant and looks absolutely fabulous! Love it!

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  40. Wow! Home decor and style combined with recycling! Love it! Such a transformation! I'm your newest follower!

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  41. Unbelievably great job. SO creative. Thanks for sharing. Reminds me a bit of what I did with an old silk tree, removing the leaves and replacing them with ones I cut from paper. Even then, the transformation wasn't as great as yours.

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  42. Oh Wow! I love your lamp. You are a genius.

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  43. This is truly a work of art! Gorgeous.

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  44. It's so beautiful and simple. You are the most amazing crafter ever. I am in awe of your vision!

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  45. I don't have time right now to read all of the previous comments, so I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but you can paint things with ModPodge and food coloring...perhaps try this instead of the pink Sharpie?

    http://www.modpodgerocksblog.com/2010/05/mod-podged-and-colored-food-jars.html

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  46. That is amazing. And gorgeous. And I SOOOO must borrow some of your genius and try this myself on the sad little lamp in my bedroom corner that's been beggin for attention lo these may months. Best of all? I have duct tape and coke bottles and nail polish remover!! Free project (since my lamp's already silver)

    Thank you!

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  47. That is a pretty ingenius idea and looks amazing, may I copy you and make one?

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  48. WOW! I think this is the most clever diy project I have ever seen! Way to go and thanks for showing us how to do it, too.

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  49. I am speachless, you are the best.
    Would it be nice with green 7up or Sprite bottles, too?
    Love your works.

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  50. great work! and btw, ive been in search of good metallic spray paint. cant wait to go get some!!!! thanks!

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  51. THIS IS AWESOME! Yes, I'm shouting so everyone can hear!

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  52. I'm speechless and that's hard to do!

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  53. Absolutely incredible! Very classy too. And seeing other folks' getting ideas from this, e.g. Peach's idea to fill the ovoids. I see a problem: keeping the contents from falling all the way through to the base of the lamp! And a solution occurs: use light weight items too large to fit between the lamp post and the bottlenecks, like small balls of yarn (bonus: yarn storage!)or painted styrofoam, or just crumpled wrapping paper! Yes, K, you are officially inspiring!

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  54. That is AMAZING! I'm going to have to try that! Thanks so much for posting the tutorial.

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  55. This is so awesome - looks like one of those lamps you'd pay $500+ for! Nicely done! Saw your before after on Better After and had to give you props!

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  56. Katie, you are a genius. Have you seen my new blog Decor Hacks? It's myself and Heather from Dollar Store Crafts - we are going to feature your genius transformation on 4/25. Much love!! xo

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  57. This lamp is killer. You think with a part of your brain mine will never discover. Thanks for sharing!

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  58. I think I might need to try this with some 7up or Sprite bottles for the green look! awesome!

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  59. Oh wow you rock! Awesome tutorial!
    loved the way the lamp looks!

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  60. This is FABULOUS! I must make one, but with table lamps. I am in process of redecorating my home (one step at a time) and I want to do my bedroom in old Hollywood glamor. This would fit in PERFECTLY! I've shared your post on my facebook page and I've asked my friends to save their 2L Coke bottles for me since I don't drink soda often. Thank you so much for posting this!

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  61. Truly awesome!

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  62. Very clever. I love when I see ingenious thinking like this. It looks fabulous.

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  63. OMG - You are the MASTER! What an awesome idea. Thanks for sharing.

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  64. what a hugely amazing and ingenious overhaul!!! WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!

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  65. Wow. That looks fabulous. I wish my brain worked like yours! lol.

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  66. Oh my! I see the tutorial, I see how you made it, but I still can't believe those are plastic coke bottles!

    Very impressive. Thanks for sharing.

    Brittany

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  67. That's amazing! But I know if I put that in my house it would look like coke bottles and tape!!! Wow. Maybe if I stopped collecting things for a while no one would suspect...

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  68. Katie I shared your project on Girls Gone Trashy site along with a link here. Thanks so much for giving us such a fun project to try!!

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  69. O so pretty!! I like it!! No I love it!!

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  70. Just found your blog! Wow, such awesome ideas, and am loving this Coke bottle lamp. Might just take up a Coke fetish just to make this once we move! Zoe - enthusedmonkey.co.uk

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  71. Wow! What a clever idea!!!

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  72. Genius! What a chic way to recycle!

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  73. You're a genius! I love it!

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  74. Genius!!!...pure genius!!..;o))

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  75. I had to show everyone in my family what you did. You could have drank other soda's and iced tea 2. j/k. Now I know this is dumb but did you leave the sticky part out with the "rings" out of duck tape? It all looks amazing and different colored bottles, like z-up for the holidays would be cool too.

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  76. I've been meaning to find something to do with the plain base of one of my lamps, and this looks great! That's a lot of soda though :P

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  77. Amazing! I thought I was creative...but huh noway am I near your abilities!!! You Go!!! Keep up the brilliance, cuz I'm gonna be stalking your blog for more terrific ideas!

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  78. I love it! That is definitely an upgrade.

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  79. Move over Martha....love it.

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  80. Get the heck out of here. That is amazing.

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  81. Wow, I thought this was from Horchow or something when I first saw it. So crafty!

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  82. YOU are absolutely...B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T..!!!!!!!! This Floor Lamp is beauteous! Thanks for the great idea AND project!

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  83. Hi! I'm trying to rip off your idea in my own home, but my bottles do not seem to be surviving the cutting process. How did you cut yours?

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  84. Amazing! Going to make one this weekend for my reading corner! May add glitter to the inside of the coke bottles for some extra glam! Great job!

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  85. oh my! That is a crazy transformation! Love the way you think!! Found this on Pinterest!

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  86. I don't normally comment, even on great crafts - but this! WOW! That was inventive! and looks great!

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  87. That is incredible! I wish I would have saved my lamp instead of selling it at my garage sale!! I am sharing this on my face book page and giving you all the credit you deserve!! :)

    ~Julie
    redheadcandecorate.com

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  88. I like the way your mind works girl!! Who thinks of something like that? Brilliant.

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  89. I have a thrift store lamp that I am so going to do that to...thanks...

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  90. I found this on pinterest and if you didn't have all the pictures, I would have thought No way it's the same lamp! It went from blah to sooo cute. Impressive!

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  91. what did you use to cut your bottles? i tried a knife and my edges were not so clean cut.

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  92. I love this to pieces! Could the plastic catch on fire from the lamp over heating?

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  93. Unbelievable! It looks gorgeous! I love it. <3

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  94. This is super genius!! I adore this and may have to do this on two floor lamps that were given to me recently. Boy, are they ugly....this would be the perfect fix!! Thanks for sharing!

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  95. Uau! Awesome idea, I just love it! #Repost :)

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  96. What a fantastic job you did on this project, Katie! Very clever!
    I also love how you were able to take the step by step photos and label them - which program do you use to do that with? I've got LOTS of DIY projects I'd like to share, and would love to use that same program to diagram and make notes and show details like you did.
    My email address is MichelleMPlatt@comcast.net my Pinterest name is Michelle Missy Lewis Platt
    thanks!

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  97. Just found you on pinterest! Shut the front door, this is brilliant! Love it!

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  98. Awesome lamp!!!!

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  99. next time go out early on recycling day and pick 2 liter bottles out of the bins. reall, people don't mind you doing this especially when you tell them you upcycle.

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  100. Wow, not sure how you came up with this idea - it's fabulous!

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  101. OMG! I've been wanting a lamp like this from Pier 1-but it's $200!! I am sooo making this! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

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  102. These are really cool! I didn't think that floor lamps like this would be so cool. Can I get a discount on these? I want them.

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  103. Fantabulous Job! I have seen and purchased a similar floor lamp fixture at wholesale quantity pricing for $249.00 each. Excellent! Well done!

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  104. Pongan instrucciónes en spanish

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  105. Great for anybody on a budget, and it does look like glass. Nice job.

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  106. Did you glue the two halves of the bottles together first?

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  107. this was so simpler than it looked

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  108. Me encanta realmente! Se ve con mucho glamour!!! Te felicitooo!!!

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  109. Just happen to have a lamp in desperate need of this amazing make over. Thanks for sharing. Now I need 1,400 either 2lt empties or 1.5,s for a Greenhouse. Wish me luck. It is a big job. Well at least for me. Thanks again.

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  110. I am totally impressed by this. it looks great! I mean great. sometimes DIY looks a little too DIY for me. But not this lamp. Superb! and PS it is really easy to remove the socket piece and replace when done. You just need a screw driver

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  111. Love this wow! I see lamps like this but didn't imagine I could diy them.. super cool!!
    I will try it and let you know how it turns out..

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  112. I'm in Panama with limited resources (not so much financial as supplies) and this is very doable. I hope. Wish me luck!

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  113. Felicitaciones, esto si es un verdadero reciclaje. Muy bien logrado y con buen gusto.

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  114. You have so much talent ! Great lamp....

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  115. hahaha I love your closing line! That was a lot of coke! And SO worth it!

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  116. Awesome! Love it!

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  117. woww dats wonderful.. so creative :) luv it :)

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  118. Wow! That's amazing! You make it look easy. Thanks for posting.

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