Yes, it's another lampshade makeover, but this time it wasn't on a lamp that I purchased. This time, the lamp and lampshade I used is possibly as old as I am...my mom and I can't quite decide exactly how it is though. With that being said, here enters the gold lamp base and the accordion lampshade. Yes, I mean accordion. Not pleated. Not fabric. Plastic Accordion. (Cute right? I'm sure at one point in time it was in style, but not so much anymore) Despite the fact that it wasn't my favorite lamp, I couldn't imagine getting rid of it because it worked fine! It was just a little outdated...so the first remedy for this was redoing the lampshade.
First, I realized that under the plastic accordion piece, there was a perfectly good REGULAR lampshade. Therefore, I just decided to rip of the accordion piece. Well, this actually turned into my hubby basically tearing it off, and not so gently either. But it all came off cleanly, which left me with a nice clean slate.
I followed the same process as a did the first lampshade but with a different fabric to match the color scheme in the entry way. Then I busted out my handy hot glue gun to attach the fabric to the shade. Once it was all attached, I had this brand new lampshade for only the cost of the new fabric, which was about $6.00 for a yard!
Next time you think you might need to replace something, think about how you might be able to redo it instead. Happy DIY-ing!
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