Diy Cover Lampshade Fabric

As nostalgic as grandma s old lamp shades might be it s time for an upgrade.

Diy cover lampshade fabric. In this diy lampshade makeover a black fabric has been used as a unique outer appeal. Ask ten diyers how to cover a lampshade and you ll probably get ten slightly different answers. Remove the trim if there is any by pulling on it. Don t forget the spray adhesive.

Pick out a yard of fabric in your choice of color and or design at a local craft store. Roll the drum shade across the fabric to pick the direction that provides adequate fabric coverage of the shade. While the interior which is made of a paper has been spray painted for a golden glow. Start by laying our your fabric and ironing flat if needed to get rid of wrinkles and fold lines.

Here are the directions. If you re on a tight budget rummage through your craft supplies to find scrap pieces of fabric you can use to decorate your lampshade. It should come off easily. If your lampshade is fabric on the inside this won t work.

Cover it with fabric. The fun thing about creating your diy lamps is that you can truly customize the look you re going for. Dry fit your fabric making sure you cut it right i don t doubt that you did just sayin it s easier to fix without glue on the whole thing and all with craft glue place a line of glue on the seam and adhere your fabric then lay the shade down and glue a little as you go rolling fabric onto shade. Old lampshade or a new plain one a large sheet of paper kraft paper or old wrapping paper works pearl head pins fabric glue clothespins scissors pencil pen.

Remove any old fabric from the lampshade frame. You may have to roll diagonally across the fabric depending on the size of the shade you are trying to cover. Diy golden glow lampshades. Note that this is the technique i use for covering plastic lined lampshades.

Using scissors puncture the old fabric and gently cut sections away from the frame. There are several ways to cover a lampshade.