Tikiskip's rain lamp

This lamp was modified from an existing lamp as follows.

• First unplug the lamp, and remove all the oil to prevent making a mess.
• Reach in through the fibers, and remove the Venus statue.
• Create and insert tiki centerpiece and stand.
  • Drill a central hole in two cork floats to fit over the lamp's centerpiece post.
  • Reach in through the fibers, place the 1st cork float over the centerpiece post.
  • Reach in through the fibers, place the 2nd cork float over the first, glue it in.
  • Reach in through the fibers, place the tiki over the second cork float, glue or wire it in.
• Create the bamboo post covers and attach them to the posts.
  • Find bamboo large enough to fit over posts, small enough to avoid touching nearby fibers.
  • Cut bamboo to the proper length. It looks better to have the nodes at mismatched heights.
  • Split the bamboo segments in half.
  • Hollow out the bamboo with a Dremel rotary tool, especially the nodes.
  • Put the bamboo halves back together, over the posts.
  • Glue the bamboo halves back together. Hold the halves together with wire until the glue dries.
• Add the paper covering.
  • Remove the gold plastic top.
  • Make a spacer out of foam.
  • Cover the foam spacer with paper.
• Add two rattan hats, one on the top, one on the bottom, to add pointed ends to the lamp.

Total cost = $10 rain lamp + $14 tiki + 2 x $10 hats = $44

This modified lamp reminds me a great deal of Disneyland's Enchanted Tiki Room (ETR) because of the rain (ETR has a rain storm at the end), the tiki (ETR is full of tikis), the plastic shrubbery (ETR's central fountain has many plastic plants), the rattan (ETR's walls are rattan), the bamboo (ETR has bamboo beams throughout), and golden light in the top of the lamp (ETR has several colored lights in the ceiling). Such modifications open up a world of possibilities for rain lamps since they show that rain lamps look great without needing a classical look.