DIY Lamp

A little while ago I posted about some goodwill treasures that I bought - including a lamp that I wanted to revamp for my jungle-themed room. Well, I finally finished it. (And, it was super easy to do!)

Here is the BEFORE picture again:



And here is what it looks like AFTER:


Of course, my little shadow (aka Snickers) snuck into this picture. This sweet little cat follows me around the house all day checking out what I am doing. :) When we took this little stray into our house, we weren't really sure if we would be able to keep him - now we can't even imagine not having him! He is the sweetest little thing!

Anyways, if you'd like to do your own lamp-makeover, it is really simple. Here is what I did.
(Sorry - some of these pictures are not the best quality.)




Use a pencil to trace to length of fabric needed on the backside of the fabric.





Cut the fabric a few inches wider than the line that you traced.





Here he is - watching everything I do. :)

Spray this adhesive on the shade and press the fabric into place. This adhesive stays tacky for a little bit so you will have time to make the fabric fit just right. (You may notice that I painted the shade white to try to get rid of the pattern showing through when the lamp is turned on. If I was to do this again, I would just start with a white shade.)



Fold and hot glue the fabric to create a seam.



Fold and hot glue to over-hanging fabric.



I had to snip the fabric so that it would fold around the metal pieces.





Everything is now glued into place.




I added this peel and stick beaded trim. (I found it at Jo-Ann's on clearance.)



Lastly, I hot glued this brown satin ribbon on the top and bottom edge of the shade.



Happy Tuesday!