Reuse A Wine Glass To Light Up Any Room With This Bright Idea

You know what's missing from your home decor? A mini lamp with a cute base and lampshade to bring a cozy touch to any room. The best part, you can DIY the decor with a wine glass. This project is beginner-friendly and customizable to fit your home's style. Easily turn the drinkware into a mini lamp by crafting a lampshade and adding a battery-powered light inside the glass.

The DIY lamp will work with any type of wine glass, from wide coupes to tall flutes. It's perfect for giving new life to stained, chipped, or cracked drinkware no longer suitable for your favorite grape juice. The small home decor makes a big difference on top desks, mantels, and counters. It even makes for a unique centerpiece. These mini lamps take less than an hour to make and style perfectly on their own or in a bunch. So, grab a glass, and let's get crafting.

To DIY this mini lamp, you'll need a wine glass, pencil, ruler, card stock, scissors, glue gun, dinner plate, and battery-powered tealight. First, center the dinner plate on your cardstock paper and trace the dish to draw a large circle (roughly 11 inches in diameter). You can also use a drawing compass if you have one on hand. Then, use a ruler or straightedge to mark a horizontal and vertical line through the circle, dividing the shape into four equal parts. Next, center and trace the bottom of the wine glass in the middle of the circle. Your template should resemble a bullseye.

Now, it's time for the scissors. Cut off the excess paper around the larger circle, one quadrant of the larger circle, and the inner circle. What's left should look like the letter C. Then, overlap and glue the ends in a cone shape to form the mini lampshade. For the base, simply add a tealight inside your wine glass. Battery-powered fairy lights are also a great substitute. Finally, prop your decorative lampshade on top of the drinkware, and you'll have a cute mini cordless lamp you can style anywhere in your home. It is a chic and functional design that will make your home feel more warm and cozy. Plus, there are tons of ways to personalize the lampshade and base to fit your aesthetic.

Since the lampshade will get most of the attention, that's probably where you want to focus your design. An easy upgrade is using decorative cardstock, napkins, or wrapping paper instead of a plain sheet. A pattern will instantly add depth to your lamp. You can also bedazzle the paper shade with rhinestones, feathers, seashells, and other tiny trinkets to add texture and style. Because the lamp is mini, it doesn't need much to look stunning. Simply creating a scalloped trim instead of a straight cut along the edge of the lampshade will take things up a notch. Less is more sometimes.

For an extra elaborate piece, decorate the wine glass, too. Use craft paint to design different prints and patterns on the drinkware or dip-dye the entire glass. You can even use stained-glass paint to create a vibrant, translucent look that's right on par with the colorful wine glass trend taking over TikTok. Wrapping the drinkware with twine or yarn will give the lamp a rustic design, and faux vines and flower crowns are great for a botanical style. With some hot glue, you can transform the clear glass into any decorative display. Just avoid covering the bowl of the wine glass because that's where the light shines from, and you don't want to dim your mini lamp's glow.