Old unwanted items transformed into beautiful upcycled lighting features

We love nothing more than a day out at our local antiques centres, Derbyshire has lots of amazing antiques shops, junk shops and antiques centres - these are some of the places which we class as our ''wholesalers!''

Unwanted items transformed into quirky upcycled lighting

Antiques centres are perfect for us to be able to pick up some great vintage items and some quirky objects to upcycle into lamps. A great way for us to turn unwanted items into wonderful upcycled lighting treasures.

Last week we took a trip to Heanor Antiques Centre and found an amazing haul of goodies.

Here's what we found...

Our selection of vintage goodies from Heanor Antiques Centre in Derbyshire

• Some carved wooden bowls - we have some ideas up our sleeves for these, keep checking back to see what we will do with them!

• An old cast iron clothes iron - these make amazing table lamps. (we currently have some available in our online lighting shop)

• A beautiful red vintage telephone

• An antique brass blowtorch

• And our absolutely favourite is this beautiful industrial harbour lantern light fitting.

We've already started to transform our haul of vintage goodies into lamps, here's what we've done so far.

Red vintage telephone upcycled lamp

Of course the old retro rotary telephone has been converted into a very delightful table lamp, complete with a globe shaped vintage light bulb. This upcycled telephone lamp is now available to purchase in our online shop.

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Upcycled brass blow torch lamp

We have lovingly converted the brass blow torch that we found into a beautiful table lamp. This lamp is perfect for use in any room and would be a thoughtful gift for an engineer.

See our upcycled blow torch lamp in our lighting shop.

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Industrial steampunk inspired floor-standing lamp

This is our favourite lamp made from the items we found whilst out bargain hunting. This twisted blend of heavy industry combined with steampunk flare. We took this old industrial harbour lantern and created an adjustable base out of copper pipe.

The base is adjustable allowing you to alter the height of the lamp, perfect for use as general ambient room lighting or as a reading light.

See our industrial standing lamp in our online shop.

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We can transform your junk!

We love being able to give a second chance to old unwanted objects by transforming them into wonderful upcycled lighting creations.

If you've got an old object that has had it's day, but you don't want to part with it, we offer a bespoke upcycling service where we can turn almost any unwanted object into a beautiful feature light to bring joy to your home.

Get in touch with us to find out more.