The wooden DIY tripod lamp, has become very popular, in home interior décor.  I have admired them.  During one of my garage sale treasure hunting expeditions, I ran across a tripod that had previously been used to support a telescope, with adjustable legs, in the “free” pile!  I knew that I could turn this into a cool adjustable DIY tripod floor lamp, to refresh our home interior design!

Items needed

– Lamp kit
– Lamp rods (3)
– Shade (drum)
– Stain of your choice.  I used:
– MinWax Colonial Maple
– Polyurethane of your choice.  I used:
– MinWax Fast Dry Clear Satin
– Rubber gloves
– Baby wipes
– Lint free rags
– Chip brush
– Sandpaper 100 grit
– Sandpaper 220 grit
 – 1” Bushing (1)

** Take a “before” picture; to recall how to put this back together! 😊

Break down

1.) Disassemble the tripod.
2.) Place small parts in zip-loc bags.
3.) Label the bags accordingly.

Wood Legs

1.) Hand sand off the brown paint, from wooden legs and wipe with damp lint free cloth.
2.) Apply stain with lint free rags.
3.) Let dry 24 hours
4.) Light sand with 220
5.) Wipe with slightly damp rag or tack cloth.

6.) Apply Polyurethane with “chip” brush.
7.) 24 hours let dry

Metal structure prep

1.) Distress (Optional)Distress the old paint, with 220 grit sandpaper, to achieve an older, distressed look!
2.) Clean the distressed pieces with a damp rag.
3.) Apply a low-sheen, matte Polyurethane (spray).
4.) Let dry (24 hrs)
5.) Measure center of triangle support piece and a drill hole large enough to accommodate the rubber bushing.
6.) “Squeeze” rubber bushing into the triangle support piece, center hole.

Assembly

1.) Using the “before” pictures that you took at the beginning 😊, reassemble the tripod.
2.) Insert lamp rod through bushings and connect to second and third lamp rods, if needed.
3.) Feed the lamp cord from the bottom lamp rod, up through the top.
4.) Assemble the lamp kit, as per kit instructions.
5.) Attach your lamp shade!

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