Wooden nightlights

How good it is when in the evening, lying in a soft, cozy bed, you look around your favorite room with a half-sleepy look and see a small flickering night light. Its soft light is soothing. Touch it, and you will feel a warm rough or smooth wood, as if inviting you to the land of sweet dreams. Wooden night light - warmth, peace and comfort.

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

Their author may be an eminent, fabulously expensive master, but you can also do something that no one else will repeat. After all, it is easiest to make an exclusive thing out of wood with your own hands. And not just polish, but also decorate with carving, varnish or paint. In composition with other materials, wood 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 illuminated bedside lamps at night in young children's rooms. And babies are not afraid, and mothers do not need to turn on other light sources to go to the crib if necessary.

According to their functional features and appearance, several types of lamps can be distinguished:

• Classic... A curly leg, a wooden base located in the middle of the lamp and covered with a textile shade - one option. But a handmade lamp can look like a fabulous stone flower with a base at the top and a wooden shade in the form of open petals. Frosted lamps will dull the light and will not interfere.
• Threaded. Such a highly artistic thing can be carved on the base or leg. But it can be a real openwork masterpiece in the form of a table lamp-night light. Light from small LED bulbs will penetrate the weave, creating beautiful patterns on the walls.

• Volumetric paintings. Take a frame for a picture, put a piece of fabric or paper on the base that is in harmony with the interior. On top of the fabric, put a few branches, tree cuts, vine. You can make this "drawing" go beyond the frame of the picture or create a plot inside it. To the glass from the inside, connect an LED strip with small bulbs and a cord to connect to an outlet, and then connect the base to the glass.
• Photo pictures in a wooden frame contain portraits of loved ones or beautiful landscapes. Different types of interior and exterior lighting will make you think only good things while looking at these pictures.
• Musical pictures - a more difficult option. A running stream against the background of a landscape, calm pleasant music and lighting make such a picture a real means of relaxation after a hard day's work.

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

1. It can be a figure of a beast, a person, covered with varnish. That is, the key word is wood.A night light can hide inside the figure itself or be an accompanying element, for example, a fisherman holds a lantern.
2. The figures can be flat in the form of a moon, a star, a hare, or a cat. The bulbs are built into a wooden plate and are powered by batteries. Or a lamp is installed on the wall, which is covered from above by the figure of a character cut from the board. This decor is suitable for both adults and children. The light from under the lamp scatters, does not hit the eyes, but allows you to see the surrounding environment.
3. Flat geometric shapes with or without borders. They are painted in various colors with safe acrylic paints. The lamp effect is provided by LED bulbs. Moreover, the bulbs themselves can be multi-colored. This is a version of a night light for children.

• Children's lamps - the concept is broad. The choice of a night light for a child depends on his age. A teenager might like the classic night light with dancer figurines. Preschoolers will be interested in fabulous and cartoon characters. The appearance and bright bulbs are important for kids. 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 built-in lamp inside will allow you to better study 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 made up of holes that fold into constellations. Several wireless multi-colored bulbs fit inside the drum. When you rotate such a hurdy-gurdy, you will feel yourself in the starry bright sky.
• Night light with clip will allow you to attach it to the wall of the crib. The light should be very dim so as not to interfere with the baby, but to calm the mother.

• "Smart" luminaire will turn itself on at night and turn off at dawn.
• Lamp-clock performs several functions: clock, alarm clock, night light, fluorescent lamp. Due to the dimmer (dimmer), the minimum amount of light will be used at night.
• Wireless the battery-powered night light is very convenient to carry to any place. But the batteries do not last long with constant use.

Despite the fact that we are talking specifically about wooden nightlights, it is worth paying attention to the following parameters:

• Wood species. After all, a tree can be both light and heavy. A part of the trunk or a light vine can be used. In addition, by making a lamp from cedar or juniper, you will also achieve a healing effect for your nervous system or harm yourself if you are allergic.
• The material used, accompanying tree. When buying, make sure that it will fit into your decor.
• Strength. If the night light is intended for a baby, this factor can be decisive.
• Light. See if the proposed lamp is actually a night light. Its light should be well diffused, not irritate the eyes, and not interfere with the child's sleep.
• When choosing music lights, make sure melody pleasant, quiet, high quality sound.

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

• Not everyone has rattan stalks in the house. But there may be vines. The easiest - young twigs of shrubs... Make braided balls out of them. Perhaps it will be a loose bundle of twisted twigs. Or the sphere of openwork weaving. Place small LED bulbs inside. Several of these balloons will look amazing in the evening in your home.
• Your child can become a designer too. If he can already cut animal figurine from a piece of wood, then attach it to the base and provide a source of dim light. It doesn't matter that the figurine is unsightly. She is the best!
• Looks very nice on the wall bedside lamps various configurations. They are sold, but they are easy to make yourself. A flat wooden house hides a light bulb and sits on brackets at a distance of about 8-10 cm from the wall.Light passes through the windows and doors of the house and makes the very concept of a "cozy home".

• The lamp can be woven from straw: solid base and leg, decorated with dry flowers. The openwork plafond forms a single whole with the leg. Inside the plafond there is a base with a light bulb, LED or neon bulbs. Such a night light can play the role of a Christmas tree for the New Year. You can also weave other interesting compositions from straw.
• Designers offer many models geometrically regular shapes: square, parallelepiped, ball, rhombus. It seems that there is no intricacy in them, but there are so many options for such nightlights that it is a pleasure to look at them. Here, there are horizontal plates hovering above the base, and cubes consisting of some edges without walls. Light bulbs run in all corners and pleasantly diffuse the light.
• A new kind of lamps - with acrylic glass. A figure made of such glass is attached to a wooden base. The touch switch will illuminate an area of ​​about two meters. Powered by batteries built into the base.

There are so many ideas how many people who want to join this fascinating spiritual work of creating wooden nightlights. Would you like to try to create a unique single night light made of wood?

How to make a wooden night light with your own hands, see the next video.