Blue Willow Ware Tea Pot Lamp Base

This Blue Willow Ware Tea Pot Lamp Base is the perfect way to carry on your love of Blue Willow Ware throughout other rooms in your home. You can display this Blue Willow Ware Tea Pot Lamp Base in your home office, family room, living room, and of course in your dining room!

This Blue Willow Ware Tea Pot Lamp Base is an easy DIY craft project almost anyone can make themselves.

This easy DIY craft project is perfect for anyone who likes to decorate with a blue willow ware look in his or her home.

To Make a Blue Willow Ware Tea Pot Lamp Base You Will Need:

1 Blue Willow Ware Tea Pot

Ceramic Drill bit

Duct Tape

Power Drill

Lamp Shade

Lamp Kit

Now, the first step is to take your power drill, with the ceramic drill bit, and drill a small hole in the Blue Willow Ware Tea Pot. You want this hole to be right straight down through the middle of your teapot.

You should drill through the tea pot lid first, and then move on and drill thought ht base. The hole in the base should be coming out of the back right above the bottom edge.

This is where the electrical cord will be coming out of your Blue Willow Ware Tea Pot lamp. If you have this cord coming out from underneath your Blue Willow Ware Tea Pot your lamp will not be stable or sturdy.

Install you lamp kit follow their instructions. Each lamp kit product will be different and it is best to use their specific instructions. Run your electrical cord out of the hole in the bottom of your Blue Willow Ware Tea Pot.

Add a light bulb and a lampshade and you are set!

Tips:

-Don't limit yourself to vintage or real Blue Willow Ware Tea Pots. You can always check with local home décor stores who can often carry reproduction versions of Blue Willow Ware Tea Pots.

-To age your new Blue Willow Ware Tea Pot try rubbing wood gel stain on it. You could also paint on a coat of ceramic paint in a light sand or brown color. Instead of using a paint brush try rubbing the ceramic paint in with a clean white clothe or painting it on with the paintbrush and wiping it away with the clean white clothe. You will love this instant vintage look. You can buy ceramic paints at any art supply or arts and craft store.