I have made a remote-controlled lamp using Arduino UNO. It can be operated with any IR remote. TV remote, AC remote etc. will work. I have also made an enclosure for the lamp. I just took a transparent container and spray-painted that.

Components:

Arduino UNO-R3 x 1
IR receiver 38Khz x 1
Blue LED x 1
Breadboard x 1
330-ohm resistor x 1
9V battery with connector x 1
Jumper wires

Connection:


| Arduino UNO | IR receiver module
| VCC |                        +
| GND |                         -
| 2 |                            Output

| Arduino UNO- R3 | Led
| GND |                            -
| 11 |                                + (Through 330 ohm resistor)

Code 

//  Make a Toggle IR Button
// Define the pins being used
int pinLed = 11;
int pinIR = 2;
// declaring variables to hold the new and old IR states
boolean oldIRState = LOW;
boolean newIRState = LOW;
boolean LEDstatus = LOW;
void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(pinLed, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(pinLed, LOW);
  pinMode(pinIR, INPUT);
}
void loop()
{

  newIRState = digitalRead(pinIR);
  if ( newIRState != oldIRState )//This is the condition when you press the remote
  {
    // has the button IR been closed?
    if ( newIRState == HIGH )//Logic high in pin#2
    {
      if ( LEDstatus == LOW ) {//if LED is previously off
        delay(200);
        digitalWrite(pinLed, HIGH);
        LEDstatus = HIGH;
      }
      else                    {
         delay(200);
        digitalWrite(pinLed, LOW);
        LEDstatus = LOW;
      }
    }
    oldIRState = newIRState;
  }
}