On Monday, I want to address a serious question that came up in the comments on Tuesday. Today I'm a little fried though, so I'm doing light.
Remember my commitment not to spend (much) money decorating my office? Well, I had some tired lamp shades that I decided to "Amy-ize". Here they are:
First I went and bought some fabic and trims. Joanne's had everything 60% off. Love a bargin!
Then I made a pattern with some paper like this:
I cut it out, sprayed the lampshade with spray adhesive and smoothed on the fabric. Even though I know that modern and sleek is "in", I still like some froo-froo, so I glued on trim. Clothes pins worked great to hold everything together while it dried.
Voila! Here is my Goodwill lamp all spray-painted and froo-frooed. It's sitting on my desk and makes me smile to look at it.
I had another lamp that I love with a shade that needed some pizzaz. Here's how it turned out...
I'm thinking about cutting off the tassels on this one and just leaving the scalloped edge on the trim. Any thoughts on that?
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4 comments:
Your lamps are great! Isn't it fun to take something old and make it like new? Carla
I agree you should cut off the tassels.
Kate
I agree! Get rid of them tassels!!
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