From Grungy to Grande {diy lamp from demijohn}

This may look like a pretty lamp now, but in its former life it was quite grungy.

This is what the bottle looked like. I know it doesn't look bad here, but under all that wicker was a nasty dirty mess. I kept it like this for a couple years, but the bottom was all broken and dirt kept falling out so I decided to cut the wicker off and see what was underneath.

This is an old photo that shows it up on top of the bookcase in the great room. After painting the walls I didn't put anything back up on top.

After cutting the wicker off this is what it looked like. Um, can we say gross?

I found on Pinterest how to clean dirty bottles and followed what they said. Use denture cleaning tablets. I took this bottle to our utility sink and filled it with hot water. Then I added about four tablets since this bottle is huge and watched it work. I did this step three times and let it soak for days. 

Hard to see, but the old cork is in the bottom of the bottle.

After pouring out all that filthy water this is the only area that would not come off. That's okay its where wine sat in the bottle for years and I call that patina. :)

Much easier to see the cork now and it turned dark from all that soaking.

So after all that cleaning I decided to turn it into a lamp because I don't have many lamps and really need one  since I love the look of these old bottles turned into lamps.

So I went to Home Depot and picked up a lamp kit and Mr. Savvy put it together for me. One problem this kit is not complete! In order to get the part that the harp fits in you have to buy the separate harp kit. I have lots of extra harps here so didn't need to buy a harp until Mr. Savvy said he needed the missing piece. So don't do like I do and only buy this kit. Get the harp kit, too.

So it went from this.....

.....to this with a shade I already had.

Much better don't you think?

Be sure to come back tomorrow for another blogger's favorite room!