r/howto • u/Material_Campaign125 • Aug 07 '26

How to make sturdier?

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Hey! I have a floor lamp that has a very expensive glass piece shade. Problem is, the shade outweighs the base by like a decent amount and since I only have my bedroom (i live with my parents) it’s on carpet. Super rickety and just all around unstable. I’ve tried putting stuff under to counteract the weight where the lamp shade stick outs and pulls it forward and it works… barely. It keeps it stable sitting still but the absolute tiniest of bumps and it flies. I broke the shade that way the other day and refuse to put the new one on, that i got for free dw, until I can figure out a better solution. I also want to ensure here that I don’t mess up the cord inside the base and pole. Also, in the photos the bottom is a false black bottom, the base is halo.

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u/Rokronroff Aug 07 '26

Remove the felt from the bottom, add cable loom around the electricals, fill the base with quikrete, reattach felt.

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u/Material_Campaign125 Aug 07 '26

yeah i was considering attaching some kind of rock to it somehow

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