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> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2831665151_83a0df503d.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2831665151_83a0df503d.jp... I love the tidy motif. If you'r
by iigs 18y ago
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I love the tidy motif. If you're the kind of person to do basic electrical hacking it's trivial to modify that ikea lamp (top left corner) to run the power cord all the way to the bottom inside the frame tube. If you cut the wire at the switch, and disassemble it at the break above the wire hole, you can snake the cord end through the base of the lamp up to the top of the stem and repair the wire cleanly so it fits in the tube.
I did it to a pair of mine and was quite pleased with the results. Unfortunately I didn't bring the lamp with me when I moved across the country, so I can't show you pictures of what I did.
- mrtron 18y agoUnless you live in a condo with concrete floors and thin wooden floors which would make that quite difficult. How did you snake it through the floor? Or are you suggesting to make a small hole directly behind the lamp in the wall?
- iigs 18y agoGood question, sorry I wasn't clearer. I opted to leave the cord exposed across the floor from the wall plate to the lamp, since the plate was close to where I wanted the lamp anyway. I was also on a carpeted floor, so where there was any horizontal run I believe I was able to stuff the cord between the carpet and the wood trim -- somewhat unsightly but the best I was willing to do in my rented space.