My friend Susan Schneider of Shandells.com and I concocted another upcycling project: Transforming vintage percolators into table lamps. Susan — a professional lamp-maker — then used my percolator, found two more on her own, and turned out these adorable lamps.
I really like this idea because I see these vintage coffee pots for sale dirt cheap — all the time — there is a surplus, for sure! — and I would love to have one as a lamp to admire and use a practical way.
In the video, Susan talks about the process, explaining why she consulted with a professional metalworker and glasscutter to help with some of the drilling.
She also shows off the finial made out of the percolator cap (the piece where you always see the coffee perk!) and the lampshades she made from vintage wallpaper.
These lamps are cute as a button, but not in a too-much-sugar in your coffee kind of way. Susan now has the three lamps she made for sale in her online store.