Style

• Glass telephone insulators work well together or by themselves. If you want to use them inside your home to add to country style or vintage décor, make a chandelier using several of the insulators and some electrical wiring. Make individual lights to hang out on your back deck or front porch for when you are hosting parties or barbeques.
  
  

Supplies

• You need few supplies when turning telephone insulators into lights. When it comes to making a chandelier type light fixture you will need a drill with bits, light bulbs, lamp kit and wiring to allow you to turn the light on from a switch at the wall. When making individual lights you only need heavy gauge wire, wire cutters and led lights. If you prefer the look of a flickering candle, purchase votives to set down inside the insulators after hanging them.
  
  

Making

• Make the individual lights by wrapping the heavy wire around the insulator. Wrap so the wire will stay in place between two lips on the insulator. Through the wrapped wire, add another loop of wire that will allow you to hang the light from your deck or patio. To make a hanging lights for inside your home, tie a few of the insulators to an already made chandelier that no longer works. Another way to make lights for inside your home is to drill holes through the glass insulator, insert a wire with a light bulb and that hangs from the ceiling. Hang four or five of these over your kitchen counter at different lengths.
  
  

Where to Find

• Finding the glass telephone insulators may be a problem if you do not already have some stored away. Keep your eyes open at local yard sales and flea markets. Look at thrift and antique stores. The computer is another place you can look using Ebay or vintage antique sites. Find insulators of different colors to make your lighting more attractive and interesting.