MASKROS crocheted lamp

Materials: MASKROS IKEA lamp, yarn, crochet, glue gun, school glue

Description: We had fun turning the famous MASKROS lamp to a crochet wonder :)
It is pretty simple and you will only need yarn, a crochet and glue.

Here are the detailed instructions.

Name: Tricotin.com, Paris- France

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Maskros - with style!

Materials: Maskros (big one), white round filter paper

Description: I loved the size and prize of the original Maskros lamp but I did not fell in love with the "organic" leaves - and also I could not stand to see Maskros pop up everywhere.

So I came across the use of round filter paper as the leaves, 12,5 cm in diameter.
Each filter paper needs 3 little cuts - you use the original plastic mounts that come with the Maskros lamp.

The result is stunning, isn't it?

~ Steve Nomax

Pimp your maskros lamp otherwise it pimps you one day

Materials: Maskros lamp, paper stars

Description: Sometimes my brain does stupid things to me: I thought I'm kind of the only person in the world who bought the Maskros lamp from IKEA. And then I was quite shocked seeing this lamp everywhere - in every barber shop (humans & animals).

So I decided to pimp mine. Before it pimps me.

I removed the flowers of the original and decorated it with paper stars instead. You can download the stars here.

I needed 160 stars. But it's worth it. Now we have shadows of the stars on our walls when we switch on the lamp.

See more of the starry Maskros.

~ Steffi, www.ohhhmhhh.de

Pantone Light

Materials: Ikea PS Maskros Pendant lamp / Custom Pantone Chips / Hot Glue Gun

Description: We are always looking for unique items that can excite and personalize our studio, and this lamp is a perfect canvas.

This project was super fun, but we also faced some challenges. It was important to get the right proportion throughout the piece, as a whole. Based on how each spindle is spaced, the shapes of the solid rectangle chips would overlap at the top and bottom of the lamp. Our preference was to have equal distance between each chip.


We overcame this challenge by assembling the lamp first, and then measuring the spaces of one "column" of spindles (top to bottom). Then we made sure it was consistent throughout the circumference of the piece. Based on those measurements, we created the pantone chips.

At first we did a test on regular copy paper, and printed enough chips to cover a quarter of the lamp. Once we made the necessary adjustments, the final chips were printed on quality cover stock.

Using a hot glue gun, we attached the chips directly to the flat ends of the spindles. You can also use good quality, double-sided tape. Keep in mind that it will be difficult to reattach any fallen pieces, depending on how high the light is suspended.

Weather you prefer to mix the existing paper shades with something a little more colourful, or create a family photo gallery, you can be really creative, and get your friends to help with all the cutting!

~ Lilia, Canada

MASKROS but not XL

Materials: MASKROS lamp, scissors, small (pen)knife

Description: It has been here already but with the IKEA PS MASKROS (big) lamp.

I bought the smaller version and being inspired with this hack decided to make it.

I didn't glue the cups. Thought if they are going to be dirty or something happens with them I can always change them without any problems. So I cut 86 small holes in each cup and reused plastic latch.

The photos are in the order how I did it but it speaks for itself.

Just need to connect the power and the lamp is in 100% ready!

Greetings from cold Rotterdam

~ Pawel, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Maskros Bling

Materials: Maskros light, liquid nails & mirrored disk

Description: I wanted to cover the little center of the "flowers" on the maskros light in my daughters room. The plastic is a little off white and doesn't match the white of the paper. So, I bought mirrored disk at a craft store and used liquid nails to glue them on to the plastic disk. It is a small change but looks so much more finished.

See more of the Maskros bling.

~ Laurie

Another Ikea Maskros Hack

Materials: Maskros Lighting & Pink & White Poster Board Paint


Description: I wanted to do a gradient color affect on the lighting that was going to go in my daughter's room. She likes color and she's a girly girl so we chose pink. I divided the flowers into 3 groups. I started with a pure hot pink and painted the 1st set, then added some white to create a nice strong pink for the 2nd set of "flowers" and then added lots of white to the pink to create a very pale pink. I decided not to paint the white caps so the lighting would look like pink petals. The project was super easy and I did it over 2 days and only because it took some time for the paint to dry.

See more of the painted Maskros.

~ Laurie jones, Indianapolis

Maskros Dandelion Gold Beauty

Materials: Maskros lamp, gold paint, gold leaf, paintbrush and patience

Description: 1. Cut each of the petals from the Maskros to the size that you desire. I wanted the petals a little bit smaller so that the shadows on the walls weren't quite so big and there was a little more light in the room.

You can do this by using a glass to draw around so the petals are all the same length. I soon got bored of this and just guessed!!

2. Lay out a plastic sheet and paint the backs of all the petals in whatever colour paint you like - gold/silver mix for me.

3. Paint all the arms and the white clips that the petals will mount on. I hung them on a broom handle between two chairs to dry.

4. Paint the fronts of the petals once the backs have dried. Whilst the paint on the front of the petals is still wet, gently place pieces of gold leaf on to the paint. The wetness of the paint makes the gold leaf stick. I found it was best to tear small pieces of gold leaf off of the big sheet with a little brush. Leave to dry.

5. Assemble per the normal instructions and boom - beautiful sparkly Maskros!!

~ K Honey, Midlands, England

Maskros XL

Materials: Maskros, Plain white paper coffee cups, Glue gun

Description: Looking for a reasonably priced pendant lamp for a restaurant in Sarajevo, we stumbled across the Maskros. Actually, we already had one hanging in our office but we sort of needed to re-discover it as a candidate for this project.

The Maskros lamp is an excellent space filler due to its sheer size, but it also provides interesting shadow plays and helps to define the room even outside of its own physical sphere.

For this project though, we needed an even bigger lamp with the same characteristics. What we had to do was to increase the radius of the lamp. However we still wanted to preserve the translucency of the original lamp.

After trying out several ideas we decided to keep it as simple as possible. By using plain white paper cups, we managed to maintain translucency and still increase the radius of the lamp by about 1/3. The result was a spectacular pendant with crisp clean looks and only added a couple of euros to the original product.

Building it is straightforward. Instead of mounting the thin leaves that ships with the light, use the same mount and add a little glue from a glue gun and attach the bottom of a paper cup to the glue. Then assemble the lamp and enjoy!

Paper cups can be found in most bigger supermarkets or office supply stores.

See more of the Maskros XL.

~ Emir Salkic, Dino Eminagic, normal arhitektura, Sarajevo, BiH

Black / Gold

Materials: Lustre ps maskros

Description: The chandelier has been rounded to the color of the logo of the studio. Black outside, gold on the inside. Walleye amplifies the light

~ amandine - acme.dek, france

The Maskros flower

Materials: Maskros (the small one) and Dudero lamps

Description: Of course, the Maskros lamp is already gorgeous. But since the space in my room is limited I decided to transform it into a table lamp and add some color.

First the inside of all paper plowers were painted with a cadmium orange professional marker. It is important to make swift strokes to avoid the ink leaking through the paper.

Then I stripped the cord of the Maskros, filed off some edges, and added one pipe and the base of a Dudero lamp.

Voila, a cute Maskros table lamp is born.

~ Jonas B�hr, Netherlands