Let There Be Light......

I decided to take this lamp from Blah to Beautiful. Like I said previously, I needed a new lamp in the guest room because that brown lamp just didn't go. On my quest for a new lamp, I came up empty handed. Just couldn't find anything that I liked that was cheap enough. So I took matters into my own hands and decided to give the old lamp a face lift. Here is how I did it. First, I gave the lamp base a shiny new coat of green paint. Granted, this all came to me when I was painting my picture frames, but kill two birds with one stone is what I was thinking! Then I headed over to the fabric store to grab some coordinating fabric and a new lampshade. Here's what I found:

I found a green stripe and some matching trim to fancy it up a bit. I was disappointed that the fabric shop didn't have any matching Waverly fabric, so I just had to make due. I was going to go and buy some sheets to use for the fabric, but I decided to save $45 and go for the $5 worth of fabric from the fabric store.

Then all you do is follow the instructions on the lampshade. Remove the pattern and cut out your fabric. The lampshade is sticky, so the fabric stays put. All that is needed is a little bit of hot glue on the inside edges, and poof! A new decked out lampshade!

Hot glue on some matching trim (and some fantastic beading) and your new lampshade is ready for its debut!
The finished masterpiece. Note to self: don't use stripes again. I wasn't diligent and didn't make sure that the stripes were straight. Oh, well. Anyways, there is a lamp redo that will only put you out about $15!