lampshade re-do
Hi Friend! I hope you had an excellent Labor Day weekend! (What Labor Day is I really have no idea, I just love any day that lets Jared stay home from work!)
Remember me mentioning in this post how I really needed to give this lampshade a new cover? Well, I finally did it!
I looked through my stash of fabric and found this yellow and cream pattern that I really liked:
Once I decided on the fabric I was going to use I knew it wouldn’t look good with the blue lamp base so that got a few coats of white spray paint as well.
I don’t think the colors really go well in Raeca’s room . . . it would work better in the boys room I have been designing in my head for a few months. But until we know if there will be a little boy joining our family it will stay in Rae’s room.
I thought about sharing the complete tutorial but the one that I followed is already online and very useful, you can check it out here, plus I always get into my crafts and forget to take photo of every step along the way. Maybe in the future I’ll do a step-by-step diy.
I like the color of the lamp and shade so much better now.
I’m also planning on doing posts on these canvases in the future, maybe I’ll do a step-by-step diy for one of them!
with love,
Chantel
Very cute! you’re making me want to re-do some of my old lamps!
Go for it Jen! I know they would look awesome!!
This is soo cute. Way to be creative and use fabric! I’m not a DIY-er at all, so I marvel at your skill. 😉 But I do love how you took that lamp and revamped it vs buying a whole new one! So cost effective!
Emily at Amazing Grapes
Haha, I don’t have a lot skill Emily. I do easy crafts only!
Thanks for commenting on my blog:) And I love your lamp!! And that picture with the shape of Africa… how did you do that?! I have some fabric from Ghana and that would look amazing with that idea.
Hey Jessica – the Africa canvas is just strips of paper mod podged onto a canvas and then I have a stencil of Africa that I put over it and I filled it will wallboard joint compound (drywall filler), waited about 30-60 minutes, peeled the stencil off carefully and then let it sit for 24 hours for the stuff to harden. I plan on doing another one on canvas with fabric over top for my diy in a few weeks. If you have any other questions about it let me know!
Wow, what a super cute and simple transformation! At first I thought you had painstakingly used ribbon around the entire lampshade. I like the idea of fabric much better! 🙂
Oh wow, no, I do not have patience to use ribbon around the lampshade! Short and quick crafts only for me!
hey girl! i actually love BOTH! you’ve got a great eye. have been tweeting about your adoption shop too 😉 xoxo
That lamps looks fantastic! I love yellow and white together, too. Well done! I love that little Africa canvas too 🙂
That lamp looks fantastic! I love yellow and white together. Well done! I love that little Africa canvas too 🙂
That is a very lovely ‘new’ lamp you have there! Great work, Chantel.
Ronnie xo