Night lights made of wood

How good it is, when in the evening, lying in a soft cozy bed, you wrap your favorite room in a half awake gaze and see a small, shimmering night light. His soft light lulls. Touch it, and you will feel a warm, rough or smooth tree, as if calling you to a country of sweet dreams. A night lamp made of wood is warm, peaceful and cozy.

It is very easy to answer this question. Because they create real comfort and even a sense of security. They are beautiful, look always stop at such a miracle. They can fit both into an expensive interior in the form of a three-dimensional picture, and into any hippie shack in the form of a candle, arranged in a circle with a fence made of twigs.

Their author may be eminent, fabulously expensive master, but you can do something that no one else will repeat. After all, the easiest thing to do is to make an exclusive thing with wood.And not just to polish, but also to decorate with carvings, varnish or paint. In combination with other materials, a tree can open up and show itself in a new light.

That is why such nightlights are loved not only by adults, but also by kids. Moms often leave nightlights illuminated for the night in the rooms of small children. And the children are not afraid, and moms do not need to turn on other sources of light in order to approach the bed if necessary.

According to its functional features and appearance, several types of luminaires can be distinguished:

• Classic. The figured leg, wooden base, located in the middle of the lamp and covered with a textile shade - one option. But the handmade lamp can be similar to a fabulous stone flower with a socle at the top and a wooden canopy in the form of opened petals. Matte lamps will dim the light and will not interfere.
• Threaded. Such a highly artistic thing can be with applying a thread on the base or leg. But it can be a real openwork masterpiece in the form of a desk lamp-night lamp. Light from small LED bulbs will penetrate the weave, creating beautiful patterns on the walls.

• Volumetric pictures. Take the frame for the picture, put a piece of cloth or paper in harmony with the interior on the base. On top of the fabric, put a few branches, saw cuts, grapevines. You can make this “picture” go beyond the frame of the picture or create a plot inside it. On the inside of the glass, connect the LED strip with small bulbs and a cord to connect to the outlet, and then connect the base with the glass.
• Photo pictures in a wooden frame contain portraits of your favorite people or beautiful landscapes. Different types of internal and external lighting will make you think only of the good, looking at these pictures.
• Musical paintings - more difficult option. The running stream against the background of the landscape, calm pleasant music and lighting make such a picture a real means of relaxation after a hard day's work.

• Figured night Wooden lamps are so diverse that it is worth talking about them in more detail:

1. This may be the figure of the beast, man, varnished. That is, the key word is wood. The night light can hide inside the figure itself or be an accompanying element, for example, a fisherman holds a lantern.
2. Figures can be flat in the form of the moon, star, hare, cat. Bulbs are embedded in a wooden plate and turn on from batteries. Either a lamp is mounted on the wall, which is covered by a figure carved from the board on top. This decor is suitable for adults and children. Light from under the lamp is scattered, does not hit in the eye, but allows you to see the environment.
3. Flat geometric shapes with or without sides. They are painted in various colors with safe acrylic paints. The effect of the lamp is provided by LED lights. In this case, the light bulbs themselves can be multi-colored. This is a night light option for children.

• Children's lamps - the concept is broad. The choice of night light for a child depends on his age. A teenager might like a classic nightlight with statues of dancers. Preschool children will be interested in fabulous and cartoon characters.Appearance and bright light bulbs are important for babies. It is extremely important for such creatures to ensure the safe use of the lamp.
• Lamp projector does not fit into all previous types. A wooden openwork globe with a lamp inside will allow you to better explore geography, reflecting the continents of our planet on the wall and ceiling. There are lamps in the form of a barrel organ, the drum of which is a hole, folding into constellations. Several cordless multi-colored light bulbs are placed inside the drum. With the rotation of such a barrel organ, you will feel yourself in the starry bright sky.
• Night light with clip will allow to attach it to the wall of the crib. The light should be very dim, so as not to interfere with the baby, but calm the mother.

• "Smart" lamp will turn on itself at night and turn off at dawn.
• Lamp watch performs several functions: clock, alarm clock, night light, fluorescent lamp. Due to the dimmer (dimmer) at night will use the minimum amount of light.
• Wireless Nightlight on batteries is very convenient to carry to any place. But the batteries with constant use is enough for a while.

Despite the fact that we are talking about wooden bedside lamps, you should pay attention to the following parameters:

• Wood species After all, a tree can be both light and heavy. Can be used part of the trunk or light vine. In addition, by making a lamp of cedar or juniper, you will also achieve a therapeutic effect for your nervous system or harm yourself if you are allergic.
• Material used accompanying the tree. When buying, make sure that it fits into your interior.
• Strength. If the nightlight is designed for a baby, this factor can be decisive.
• Shine. See whether the proposed lamp will be a nightlight. Its light should be well dispersed, do not irritate the eyes, do not interfere with the baby to sleep.
• When choosing music lights, make sure that melody pleasant, quiet, sound quality.

If you are your own designer, then you may be interested in the following ideas:

• Not everybody has rattan stalks in the house. But there may be vines. The easiest - young branches of shrubs. Make them wicker balls. Perhaps it will be a clump of twisted branches. Or the sphere of openwork weaving.Place small LED bulbs inside. Several of these balls will look amazing in the evening in your home.
• Your child can also become a designer. If he can already cut animal figure from a piece of wood, attach it to the base and provide a source of dim light. It doesn’t matter that the figure is unsightly. She is the best!
• Looks very nice on the wall night light houses various configurations. They are sold, but they are easy to make yourself. A flat wooden house hides a light bulb and is located on brackets at a distance of about 8-10 cm from the wall. The light passes through the windows and door of the house and makes the very concept of a “cozy house”.

• The lamp can be woven from straw: the dense basis and the leg decorated with dry flowers. Openwork ceiling is one with the leg. Inside the ceiling there is a base with a light bulb, LED or neon bulbs. This night light can perform the role of the Christmas tree for the New Year. You can also weave other interesting compositions from straws.
• Designers offer many models. geometrically correct shapes: square, parallelepiped, ball, rhombus.It seems that there is no intricacy in them, but there are so many variants of such night lamps that it is a pleasure to consider them. Here and floating above the base of the horizontal plate, and the cubes, consisting of one edge without walls. Bulbs pass through all corners and pleasantly diffuse light.
• New type of lamps - with acrylic glass. A figure made of such glass is mounted on a wooden base. A touch switch will illuminate an area of ​​about two meters. Power supply - from the batteries built into the base.

How many people who want to join this fascinating spiritual matter of creating wooden night-lights, so many ideas. Do you want to try to create a unique single nightlight made of wood?

How to make a night light out of wood with their own hands, see the next video.