I love this idea that I found a while back:

I’ve been thinking about doing something similar, but bigger. Like a tree shaped, pipe floor lamp.

I went to a plumbing store yesterday and realized that pipes are sooo expensive! So unless I can find a scrapyard with piping I’ll have to reconsider my idea…

I could do it with plastic piping, but it’s not as pretty… So I was thinking of doing something tree-like with garden hose. Something like this:

And if I can get a hold of kitchen taps, this might work:

Room for the light bulb fitting could be a problem, but I’ll have to try different approaches to work it out.

Update: RoboLamp! This is what i’m talking about!