Not So Shabby Lamp Re-Do

I bought this lamp about 6 months ago from the Christian Ministries...Something about it just caught my eye so I paid $10 bucks for it, rode it around in the back of my vehicle for about 3 weeks, then stuck it in my craft room to collect dust.  I cleaned my craft room out a few weeks ago and there it was, still waiting for me...

I have had a vision for this from the moment I spotted it.   It was a lot of fun seeing it come to life.  Oh, and it looks exactly like I had envisioned it.

This is the lamp before I started.  It's about 3 feet tall... and I must admit, it was a pretty cool lamp before I got started.  The base was like mirror / mercury glass-looking because the metallic paint had starting chipping off...so vintage!  But this didn't match my decor so...I had to add a little burlap, some spray paint, and a few embellishments!

What You Need: 

old lamp  

old lamp shade

spray paint

burlap

ribbon or trim

hot glue gun

scissors

marker

..Numero Uno...1...One...

First things first... I took tape and wrapped it around the socket and the cord...then spray painted the base of the lamp. 

While you wait for the base to dry...

...Numero Dos...2...Two...

You need to cut the burlap to the shape of your lamp shade.  I just laid the shade onto the burlap and as I rolled the lamp shade around, I traced around the bottom of the shade.

...Numero Tres...3...Three...

Now cut your burlap...I cut about 2 inches below my traced line so I would have plenty of burlap to fold under and glue to the shade.

...Numero Quatro...4...Four...

Here I just cut out a small circle around the top...leaving plenty of burlap to fold over and glue to the shade.  This is what your burlap or material should now look like.

...Numero Cinco...5...Five...

Now just lay your lamp shade down on one end of the burlap and roll the shade around, gluing the burlap as you go.  Any excess burlap that you have on the inside of your shade, you can trim.

Oh...and let me just say this... if someone tells you that covering a lamp shade is easy, you may wanna decide whether or not that person is really your friend...because THEY ARE LYING TO YOU!!  I thought this was super tough...but maybe its just me.

...Numero Seis...6...Six...

There is a seam in the lamp shade anyways so try to work it to where the end of your burlap is overlapping this seam.  Fold the burlap under and hot glue in place.

This is how your covered lamp shade should now look.

Walmart has this pretty little flower embellished ribbon rolls now in their craft section.  Love!! When I was thinking about this re-do, this ribbon came to my mind as the perfect trim!

...Numero Siete...7...Seven...

Hot glue the trim around the bottom rim of your lamp shade.  I guess you could glue it around the top rim of the shade, too, if you like...

And your finished shade... isn't she a beauty!!

Now, just grab ya a light bulb, top your freshly spray painted lamp base with your newly covered shade, and plug in your revamped lamp!

And here are a few pictures of the finished project....

  

Lamp from Ribbons & Twirls

I have to share this with ya'll because I absolutely LOVE it! I guess it's a good thing that I don't have any little girls because I would probably have to fight them over this! A dear friend of mine from Ribbons & Twirls made this for a craft show this weekend. She does a lot of those frilly little tulle TuTu's, ribbons and hair clips, and cute holders for hair clips, this lamp being one of those!

She found a lamp at a consignment shop, spray painted the base, and pulled the fabric off of the shade, leaving just the metal. Then she covered the metal wire in colorful pink and brown ribbon, adding extra strips of ribbon where there was no wire. And finished it off with that darling pink pom-pom fringe...FANTASTIC huh?!

Shabby Chic Cupboard Frames

You know me and my large appreciation for turning old into new, so when I found some old cupboard doors, I knew exactly what I wanted to use them for, thanks to Stacie over at The Creative Crate. She has a fabulous tutorial for Cute Cupboard Frames that I stumbled upon. Be sure to go over and check it out.

Anyways, I thought I would share them with you. I started out with these cupboard doors from, you guessed it, Habitat! Man, the more I blog the more I realize how often I shop there! I may not build any of those Habitat Homes but I sure do contribute!

I found these beauties and I paid a whopping $0.50 each!

I spray painted them with an almond tan...LOVE some spray paint! Once they dried, I sanded the edges, then, with a paper towel, rubbed stain in the corners and around the edges, and then rubbed it off.

After the stain dried, I measured and drilled two holes in the top of the cupboard. You can see in the picture that there was already one hole drilled in each of the doors. Based on that one hole, I measured for the other hole, and that is where I did my drilling. That sounded really confusing. Sorry! Short version...I drilled some holes!

I had some brown ribbon laying around, so I don't count that cost into this project. Oh, and I also already had the spray paint and the stain. I threaded the ribbon through each hole and tied it into a pretty bow.


And a close up of one...ALMOST THERE...



I found a pack of 4 sliver magnetic clips in the office section of Wal-Mart, I think they were around $1.98. I used some E6000 glue, that stuff is pretty incredible by the way, and glued the clip onto the frame. And this was the end result...


And another...


And a close up...


I just think these are darling! LOVE them! And I am sure there will be several more to come! Oh, and they cost me a total of $2.98! That's probably the best part!

A Project Reveal from Junking Parte Uno

Hopefully this picture looks familiar! I know I've already shown you several jewelry holders that I've made, but I wanted to make sure I stay true to my word when I say that I will show you completed projects from previous blogs. The project I'm revealing today originated back in September when I brought home this darling black frame. I found this at a basement flea market for $2.50.

It was really pretty black, but I thought it would look even better with a little more color. Mix things up a bit, ya know?! I found a real neat green color of spray paint at Wal-Mart...I thought it would be perfect for this frame so I bought it! Speaking of spray paint, I was reading a blog the other day and it mentioned that there are two types of people in the world, the kind that use spray paint and the kind that use a paint brush or roller. Well, when it comes to pieces of furniture or frames, I am a spray paint kinda girl! Sorry, I get off topic pretty easily when talking about things that make me happy... and in case you didn't know, spray paint makes me happy! Even ecstatic sometimes!



So, I coated the frame in green, let it dry, then stapled some chicken wire to the back of it, with a pretty brown zebra print behind the chicken wire and, voila, instant jewelry holder!





I think the colors on this thing rock! They just pop! And it is so convenient for earrings, sunglasses, pins, hair clips... all of those great accessories!

I linked this project to Domestically Speaking 96th Power of Paint Party...check out the linky party!

Old Frame + (New Paint) Stain + Wire = LOVE at first sight

I am currently in LOVE with some old frames. I know, I use LOVE way too much, but it's just the best word I've got! and the best description. The hubby would tell me to branch out and use expand my vocabulary, but I believe love is universal...when I say love you know exactly how I feel. I guess I could say, "I am currently overly passionate about some old frames." There, I didn't use love...that's all the branching out I'm gonna do tonight.

ANYWAYS....back to my appreciation for aged frames. Each visit to the Habitat or the Christian Ministries has yielded several of these treasures and I'm finally getting to put them to good use!

Here's my before picture. I found this beauty and I spent a fortune on it...$1.00. I had every intention of making these to sell on Etsy and at shows but I think I need one...or four. We'll see what happens. Ok, back to the before picture. This frame caught my eye because of the decorative edging and I knew how great it would hold a stain. I love am crazy about the look of an antique white frame with a brown stain over it, dipping into all the nooks and crannies...BEE-U-TIFUL!

I spray painted the frame white. I just used the cheapest, most plain white I could find. Since it was gonna be stained, the color of white didn't realy matter to me. Once the paint was dry, I used sand paper and rubbed it on the edges and on the ridges of the frame. Then, I used a brown stain, dipped a paper towel into it, and rubbed it all over the frame. I let the stain sit for a couple of seconds, and then wiped it off with another paper towel. I repeated this step about 3 times, until I achieved the look I was going for.

Almost there! Oh, this is so exciting! Isn't it great! I was really tempted to do something different with this once I got to this point. Maybe frame some old plates or a wreath or just look at it like this, I don't know. But I knew the end result would be well worth it!

I wanted you to be able to see the detail. "Isn't she lovely....Isn't she wooondeerrrrful..." Sorry!

Next, I took some galvanized steel cage wire and cut it to the size of the frame. Turning the frame over, I stapled the wire to the back of the frames. I then cut out a piece of burlap to cover the back of the frame and stapled it to the back of the frame, over the cage wire. Then, I turned it over and... L-O-V-E!

See what I was talking about? Muy fantastico!