How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp like from IKEA and save money

Good afternoon I saw the UPPERLIG floor lamp in the IKEA store. I liked the lamp and considering how much it costs (about 4,000 rubles), I figured that I could make one myself for almost pennies. And I went to the nearest hardware store and bought the following...
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

Will need


  • Two sewer plugs with a diameter of 160 and 200 mm.
  • Aluminum pipe with a diameter of 14 mm and a length of 2 m.
  • LED lamp.
  • Wire, plug and switch.
  • Construction gypsum.
  • PVA glue.
  • Dye.

How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

Manufacturing of the floor lamp UPPERLIG


First, let's make the “leg” of our lamp. To do this, take an aluminum tube and begin to bend it. It is important to choose the correct bend radius, otherwise we will end up with an ugly bend. The radius of 160 of the plug turned out to be small. But the 200 radius of the plug worked perfectly.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

We take the tube and start bending it.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

We make 3 through holes on both sides of the tube and screw screws into them.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

We send the structure for painting
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

While the “leg” is drying, let’s move on to making the lampshade. We take a small plug for 160 and an LED lamp. We heat up the hot glue gun and go through all the joints of our lamp so that moisture does not get inside.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

Next, we extend the wire from the lamp.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

Take the plug and measure 18 mm.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

Use a step drill to make a 14mm hole.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

We cut out the wall so that we can then get the cast form.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

Now let's put everything together.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

We center the lamp and fix it with hot glue.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

We insert the cut out wall and seal it with glue.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

Pour in plaster. Add a little PVA glue to the plaster. When dry, it will add strength to the plaster.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

Poured plaster. I remove the bubbles using an orbital sander.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

We wait a day for the plaster to dry. The lampshade just didn’t want to come out. I had to cut the plug
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

The plaster flowed a little under the lamp.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

Let's check if the lamp works? Or was it flooded with water?
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

Everything is fine! Let's continue! While the plaster is still elastic, we cut off everything unnecessary.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

It turned out well.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

Next we move on to making the base. The procedure is almost identical to making a lampshade. But there are a couple of differences.
We take the housing from the LED lamp driver and seal it.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

We insert the wire into the driver housing. Fill everything with glue. We place a large plug inside and fill it with plaster.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

We wait 2 days and try to get it. It doesn’t work without a saw, so we saw.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

We take out the cover from the driver.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

We take out the wire and solder the LED driver to it.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

We insulate the wires with hot glue.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

We put everything into the driver housing. Screw on the 4 rubber feet and the lamp is ready!
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

Enjoying the result


The lamp fits perfectly into my interior. It is convenient to read, work on the computer, or watch TV under it.
How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

How to make a UPPERLIG floor lamp with your own hands

I hope you liked my homemade product!

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