DIY Decorating & Design host Nancy Golden explains how to make a tiered serving tray from two or three different-size plates and lamp parts. Materials:
Three plates in graduated sizes
Drill
Glass and tile drill bit
Threaded lamp rod
Nuts and washers to fit lamp rod
Lamp spacers--two of equal length and a shorter one
Lamp finial
- Use a glass and tile bit to drill a hole through the center of each plate. The hole should be the same diameter as the threaded lamp rod. If you don't want to drill the holes yourself, have a glass shop do it for you.
- Put a nut and washer on one end of the lamp rod (figure A), and insert the rod through the hole in the biggest plate. Turn over, and attach a lamp base by adding a washer and threading on a nut.
- Turn the piece right side up, and add a lamp spacer, a washer and nut, and the next plate. Secure it with another nut and washer, add the next plate, and secure the same way. A short lamp spacer goes above the top plate. Finish the piece by screwing on a lamp finial (figure B).
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