Lighting my Desk

I live in a very old house. Good Lighting is a little difficult to get without having to re-doing the entire electrical in the house. Simple cheap solution: 2 hanging lights, like cafe lighting above my desk. I have a dimmer switch on an extension cord that I will plug these lights into.

I went to Ikea and bought the cheapest hanging wire with light socket and plug, (which happened to be on sale for $4.99each) they were this funky green colour which I liked. My neigbours fence had fallen down and there was this amazing weathered wood which I grabbed up right away before it went straight to the dump.

I cut a hole to fit the light socket, in a small 4inch X 4inch by 1inch thick cedar board that was in my to burn pile. Then cut the fence boards to 9inch lengths and found the ones that fit nicely together. I Used 2 different sized drill bits to randomly drilled holes to allow some light through. Screwed the fence boards onto the small 4X4 board put the light through and tightened the plastic ring to hold the lampshade on ... there you have it! sweet inexpensive one of a kind, your very own internet cafe lights.