My DIY Mad Men Swag Light

I feel like I've been working on my DIY Mad Men swag light forever. Is it still 1966? Whew! Well, my mad friends, it's done. Want to see it? First, the inspiration. Don Draper's swinging apartment:

And now mine:

A little lighter? Brighter? Yes? Here it is in my swinging apartment, er, I mean my Minnesota split level:

As you can see, the whole problem was that, much like Don Draper, I have a very dark corner in my life.

But not anymore! You see, Don and I are opportunists. I couldn't find a light I liked that I could afford, so I made one. He, well, he just basically does whatever the f*** he wants. I get it. We seize opportunity. And I already had all that burlap on hand. It was meant to be. Here are the details:

I brushed Mod Podge onto the burlap to stiffen it and to keep the edges from unraveling. Then I cut lots of rectangles.

And stitched them into tube shapes.

I think this is where I took a brief hiatus and started working on the deck. Like when Don took off to California. But we both came back and got down to business again.

A swag kit. Spider fitters (2 of them). A pair of curtain rod finials from Lowes ($11).

More stitching.

Some forced creativity with electrical wires.

Some, uh, screwing. Oh sure, it's fine when Don does it!

A socket. Where'd that donkey come from? Can't you hear Roger Sterling saying that after a bender?

And I'm out like Don Draper at 5 o'clock.