Lamp Makeover
When I saw Sarah’s tutorial on covering a lampshade I just had to try this for my lamps in my living room. I had to get another lamp for the living room then get some fabric and get started! I had some leftover fabric and got to cutting. Well…I didn’t roll my lamp all the way around and cut it too short! Feeling a bit frustrated, I emailed Sarah, who by the way IS great, and she said to roll the fabric. So, I went out and got some more fabric and tried again. This time it worked! I got my glue gun and started gluing. Of course, something else had to go wrong! Well I didn’t get my material nice and smooth and it was a bit loose. I was ready to throw my material and my glue gun in the trash! Hubby suggested when taping my material to my lampshade with scotch tape and then go back and glue it. Yay, it worked! My shades looked so good! One of my lamp bases was a pretty blue, but it wouldn’t work with my color scheme in the living room. I got some gray primer, primed it, and painted it with a flat black. I really liked how it turned out! Here are my nice pretty lamps!
Before
After
Lamp base before and after
I’m excited I am marking off all of my projects on my to do list! 
This was a great project for Tim’s Spring Roundup. Check him out and check out the other ladies who have worked on their spring projects!
*Nester is having a Lampapalooza Party today. Check out the fabulous lamps her guests provided! 
It looks so good now that you’ve changed it! Love it!
Manuela
I love your lamp! It makes me want to go out and get a lamp right now! Don’t you just love the way it makes you feel when you accomplish something like that! I know I do! Great job and thanks for including it in the Round-Up!
Tim
Oh wow–that looks so good! Great job!
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Wow! Covering that lampshade really dressed it up, didn’t it? Great job!
Hey, I click over and see tim’s face up there!
I need to recover some lampshades badly.
Love your lamp makeover! I have never attempted to redo a shade! Nice job!
Way to go! It turned out very cute!
Nice job! It turned out very cute!
I’m a bit crazy in the morning, clicked twice and I just thought I’d send you lots of encouragement! Ha!
That looks great! I love the fabric you choose.
Love the fabric, I bet it looks really pretty with the light on!
I’m a little scared to try to recover a lamp shade, but your post made it seem accessible. Thanks and they look great.
I’m getting inspired! So far I’ve just done decoupaging on plastic shades, but now I think it’s time to grab the fabric tub and get to work!
Looks great!