My hubby has had a pair of these computer-component lamps in his office at work for years (which he made using lamps he picked up at a garage sale), and our friend has coveted them every time she stopped by. She had been looking for a glass lamp to fill like this for quite some time, but all the ones she found were prohibitively expensive (and by prohibitively, I mean upwards of $100). So, when my hubby found this one (sans computer parts) sitting out in front of our neighbor's house for free, he knew exactly what to do with it.
The lamp was filthy (the house was definitely inhabited by smokers). He had to clean the shade, wash the glass, and polish all the brass. He also bought a new wiring kit at Home Depot for about $10.00.
After cleaning it and rewiring it, he filled it with old computer and electronics components--hard drives, chips, an old DVD remote, anything electronic that he could find. This is a great way to reuse components from obsolete computers.
Our friend's husband contributed quite a bit of the computer components, so it includes several things that she recognizes. We gave it to her tonight, and she loved it!I love things like this, when you can take something old, and something (or things) that are utterly worthless and come up with something new and useful.
