There are so many things that we buy rather than make ourselves. Lamps are one of them. There are a thousand ways to make your own lamp. You can come up with at least ten ways if you sit down and think right now.

Then you can come up with an additional 990 if you were to think about it some more. It all boils down to thinking about what lamps there are, those you have seen in the store and in catalogs. Then you forget about them and start thinking about the lamps that haven’t been invented yet. The models that don’t exist on the market because you haven’t thought of them yet. Lamps that look like animals, that hang from the walls in ways no one thought that a lamp could be hung. Unexpected lamps, crooked lamps, lopsided lamps, angry and happy lamps, the same way that people can be both twisted, angry, happy and oblique.

1. Sketch your lamp in a notepad. Watch a lot of cartoons for inspiration. One tip is to check out Hayao Miyazaki, in particular Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle. Another tip is to look at the forms of nature. Could you make a lamp that looks like a stump? Or a fox?

2. Write down the materials you need. Try to find the store that sells the cheapest material. Check online for good prices.

3. Start building your lamp. Paint, glue, paste and fix. Be careful with regard to the electrical part. Make sure you have proper wiring.

When you’re finished, we here at 365 things you can do would like to see what you have put together. Submit pictures of your homemade lamp to info@365saker.se so you can inspire others to do things themselves instead of buying ready-made products.