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.)
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| Use a pencil to trace to length of fabric needed on the backside of the fabric. |
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| Cut the fabric a few inches wider than the line that you traced. |
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| Here he is - watching everything I do. :) |
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| 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.) |
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| Fold and hot glue the fabric to create a seam. |
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| Fold and hot glue to over-hanging fabric. |
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| I had to snip the fabric so that it would fold around the metal pieces. |
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| Everything is now glued into place. |
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| I added this peel and stick beaded trim. (I found it at Jo-Ann's on clearance.) |
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| Lastly, I hot glued this brown satin ribbon on the top and bottom edge of the shade. |
Happy Tuesday!
