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Welcome to my Upcycling pages

Recycling and upcycling are hobbies that have always interested me a great deal. As a student I found offcuts of drain and soil pipes that were constantly thrown away at a building site close to home, so I took them home and turned them into lamps, and this started my passion. After graduating unfortunately there was less time to do any work with upcycling, however a few years ago the love was rekindled and I never looked back.
As frequent visitor to car boot sales and auctions I had collected so many beautiful but sadly no longer useful items that needed a new lease of life. I was running out of space and then it daunted on me, that in order to keep these items in the lime light they deserved, they needed a new lease of live to prevent them from being thrown away. So I started to upcycle some of the vintage items into lamps. It now gives me great pleasure to put items out of context, and see a smile on someone’s face when they look at my creations and hear them say; “Wow, I would not have thought of that” or “I remember that, my …. used to have one of those.”
Now I can’t stop looking for Pre-owned vintage/antique objects and materials and thinking what useful creations to make out of them.

Below are examples of my work, please take your time to browse this section of mij web site.

Andre Westerdijk

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Lamps

[L11607_3s upcycled vintage Beer Tab ]

Vintage Beer Barrel Tab

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage beer barrel tab; it is fitted on on a wood base, with a brass lamp holder and a decorative LED lamp. When switch on it is reminiscent of a roman torch.
It is 44cm high (to top of lamp).

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Beer Bottle

This lamp upcycling project is based on a BIG beer bottle, and when I say big I mean big, it stands 37cm (14.5”) tall and holds 2l. The bottle is German and is “Das Altenmunster Brauer Bier”.

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Green Enameled Spong Mincer

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage green enameled Spong mincer; it is fitted with a brass large bayonet lamp holder with a decorative LED lamp (vintage look squirrel cage lamp).
It is 36cm (14”) high to the top of the lamp.

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A beefy vintage cobblers last

This lamp upcycling project is based on a beefy vintage cobblers last, it is placed on a wooden base and fitted with a chrome large bayonet lamp holder and topped with a charity shop find oval shade depicting newspaper articles.
It is 47cm high to the top of the shade and is quite heavy.

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Revamp of Mottled glass Art Deco Fly Catcher Ceiling Lightshades

What to do with a matching pair of vintage mottled glass Art Deco fly catcher ceiling lightshades? Well for a starter ditch the chains and make a bespoke modern light feature out of them using a rectangular mount plate and some fish wire to kick it in to the 21st century. The rectangular plate measures 75cmx31cm.

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A vintage brass OPTIMUS No 00 camping stove

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage brass OPTIMUS No 00 (made in Sweden) camping stove, it is fitted with brass large bayonet lamp holder and topped with a stainless steel perforated fruit bowl on a brass lamp harp.
It is 37cm high (to top of finial on the bowl) and the bowl has a diameter of 23 cm.

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A pair of vintage wooden bobbins

This lamp upcycling project is based on a pair of vintage wooden bobbins, they are fitted with chrome large bayonet lamp holder and topped with a cream linen coolie.
They are 45cm high (to top of coolie), and the bobbins are 24cm high.

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Vintage Tilley Pressure Lantern

This lamp upcycling/conversion project is based on a vintage Tilley Pressure Lantern, It was rescued from a skip, covered in dirt, glass broken, it had its broken glass shade and burner head removed, had a thorough clean and was fitted with chrome large bayonet lamp fitting.
It is 35cm high.

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Vintage Green Enameled Spong Mincer

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage green enameled Spong mincer, it is fitted with chrome large bayonet lamp holder and topped with a vintage (70s) hard plastic shade.
It is 40cm high to the top of the shade, the shade is 15cm high and has a diameter of 10cm.

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Vintage Cobblers Last

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage cobblers last, it is placed on a dark tulipwood base and fitted with a brass large bayonet lamp holder and topped with a vintage 60s 70s spun fiberglass shade. It is 40cm high to the top of the shade; the shade is 15cm high and has a diameter of 10cm.

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Vintage Thermos flasks (KIC – Keep It Cool)

This lamp upcycling project is based on a pair of vintage Thermos flasks (KiC – Keep it Cool); they are each fitted with chrome large bayonet lamp holder and topped with a small black drum lamp shade. They are 43cm high (to top of coolie), and the flasks are 25cm high.

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Vintage Spong Mincer

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage Spong mincer (MADE 90 ENGLAND), it is fitted with chrome large bayonet lamp holder and topped with a vintage 60s 70s spun fibreglass shade.
It is 40cm high to the top of the shade, the shade is 15cm high and has a diameter of 10cm.

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Vintage 2 Tier Rubber-Stamp Holder

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage 2 tier cast-iron rubber-stamp holder (A RELIABLE Quality MARKING PRODUCT), it is fitted with brass large bayonet lamp holder and topped with a terracotta coloured coolie.
It is 38cm high to the top of the shade, the stamp holder is 17cm at its widest.

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Vintage Beer Barrel Tap

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage beer barrel tap, it is fitted on a wooden base, with a brass lamp holder and topped with a vintage 60s 70s spun fibreglass shade.
The shade has a height of 15cm and a diameter of 10cm, the base is 14x10x6cm and the whole lamp is 45cm high.

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Vintage Paraffin Torch

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage brass THREE CROWNS ORIGINAL SWEDISH (made by KF Eriksson’s Eskilstuna Sweden) paraffin torch is the base for this upcycling project; it is fitted with a small Edison screw lamp fitting with a Decorative Zig-Zag Filament candle lamp.
It is 21cm high (to top of candle) and 28cm long (to tip of candle).

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Vintage Shearing Scissors

This lamp upcycling project is based on a pair of vintage shearing scissors on a wood base, with a brass lamp holder and topped with a with vintage 60s 70s spun fibreglass shade.
The shade has a height of 15cm and a diameter of 10cm, the base is 15cm square and the whole lamp is 57 high.

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Vintage/Antique Blakeys Cast Iron Shoe-last

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage/antique Blakeys cast iron shoe-last fitted on a beach wood base, with a brass lamp holder and topped with a with vintage 60s 70s spun fibreglass shade.
The shade has a height of 15cm and a diameter of 10cm, the last on its own is 18cm high and 14cm wide. The whole lamp is 40 high.

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Vintage 80s small Thermos flask.

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage 80s small Thermos flask commemorating the 1986 Mexico World Cup, fitted with a chrome lamp fitting, black cable and topped with a small black coolie.
The flask on its own is 18cm high.

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Vintage cast-iron rubber-stamp holder

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage cast-iron rubber-stamp holder, fitted with a chrome lamp fitting and a small brown coolie.
It is 34cm high to the top of the shade, the holder on its own is 12cm high.

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Vintage cast iron shoe-last

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage cast iron BLACKBOY No2 shoe-last, fitted with a chrome lamp fitting and a square shade.
The whole lamp is 45 high.

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Vintage Thermos jug

This lamp upcycling project is based on a vintage 70s THERMOS Leisure maker jug (for coffee or tea breaks), it is fitted with a large chrome bayonet lamp fitting, black cable and topped with a black coolie.
It is 50cm high to the top of the shade, the flask on its own is 31cm high.

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Old stone water bottle

What to do with an old stone water bottle, well upcycle it to a bed side lamp.
Why a bed side lamp, the bottle has “DORMAWARMA” embossed on it, which gave me a warm snug feeling.

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Vintage VACCO vacuum jug

A vintage 1970s red plastic VACCO vacuum jug is the base for this upcycling project; it is fitted with a large bayonet brass lamp holder and topped with a black coolie.
This vacuum jug was made in Newhaven in Sussex.
It is 49cm high to the top of the shade.

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Shoe-Last with vintage 60s 70s spun fibreglass shade.

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Golf Club Coat Hooks

Old golf clubs are the basis for this upcycling project; a sets of 6 irons were mounted onto a tulipwood plank. .
It is 89cm (35”) long.

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Vintage Hand Saws Shelves

This upcycling project is a little wall hanging shelving unit, made of 2 vintage “Spear and Jackson” hand saws, with tulipwood shelves in-between and some old brass hooks.
It is 64cm (25”) high and 47cm (18.5”) wide.

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Candle Holders / Bookends

A matching pair of antique cast iron flat irons (by: T.SHELDON&Co W-HAMPTON) are the base for this upcycling project; they were cleaned waxed and fitted with candle cup holders.
They are 12.5cm (5”) high.

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Coat Hooks

Old trumpet mouthpieces are the basis for this upcycling project; two sets of 5 mouthpieces were mounted onto tulipwood planks.
The larger of the two coat hooks is 66cm (26”) long and has the larger mouthpieces mounted on it.

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Bubble Paperweight Posy Vases

A trio of vintage bubble paperweight posy vases and some old oak planks (from a pallet) are the basis for this upcycling/repurpose project and were made into a vases holder.
It is 26cm wide and 23cm high..

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Vintage Tenon Saws Shelves

This upcycling project is a little wall hanging shelving unit made of 2 vintage ("W Tyzack Sons & Turner Sheffield" no 25) tenon saws, with beach shelves in-between.
It is 43cm high and 37cm wide.

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Last update: 23 Jul 2016 - AW Design
© Andre Westerdijk