A bright idea...Revamped lamp
I've had this Ikea lamp for several years throughout University and it got a little beaten up in the process of several moves into residence. I love it, but it had some broken spots and when I had leftover fabric from my breakfast bar chair upholstery, I decided to put it into use and make this lamp like new again!
Here it is:
Here it is:
One of the several broken spots:
I wrapped the rest of the fabric around the lamp (it's nice that it is circular and can wrap around nicely as opposed to a cone shaped shade which will need a cutting template). I cut off the excess fabric and started gluing! This is such a great idea if you have a broken lamp, or just changed the colour scheme or decor in a room and want your lamp to match without hurting your wallet.
Materials:
Materials:
- Lamp
- Hot glue gun and glue
- Scissors
- Fabric (about a quarter of a yard, leftover, yay!)
I glued the edge of the fabric on the side of the lamp and then folded the edge of the un-glued side and glued that down as well. I folded the edges along the top and bottom of the lamp and began to glue them down along the edge as well. And that's it! Such a simple project and it only took about 10 minutes total.
Here's the end result. I really like it! It ties in a lot of the colours in the room and I love the fabric just as much as when I first bought it and only a yard of it has come in handy for a few projects ! At first I wasn't too sure if I liked the idea of the previous lamp shade sort of showing through, but it's grown on me and I like how it let's the light out a lot better than the old brown shade did.
Here's what it looks like in the corner of the living room :) Much better!