Here is a quick step by step guide for creating your own shabby chic lamp shades from spare fabric you might have laying around. Pictures will follow below. Enjoy!
I also custom make these so if you would rather not do it yourself just let me know and I can make you one!
1. Pick out an old lamp shade you can deconstruct. Great places to find cheap ones with good "bones" would be a thrift store, junk store or resale shop. You will need to remove the old shade and get it down to the bare metal structure. Mine is in two pieces here.
2. Second pick out your fabric scraps. For this project mine were 18" long by about 1.5" wide. I used about 27 strips. This is to make a small lamp shade that hangs down about 8". So keep that in mind when starting to measure your fabric. Just play around until you find the right length to cut, then cut them all the same. I used 9 different fabrics but you could certainly do this with only 2-3 fabrics as well.
3. Once the strips are cut, begin to tie them (single knot) to the top of the shade base and the bottom of the shade base. Slowly work your way around keeping the material fairly close to each other as to not let too much light though when you are done.
4. Hang shade onto your lamp and turn the light on. check to see if there are any holes (too much light coming through) or if any of the material looks too long, etc. Make adjustments as needed. Remember to always remove the lamp shade before trimming or retying fabric for safety reasons.
5. Put final product on your lamp and viola! A new look for your living space, office, etc!
As a general rule i usually do not use a bulb over 40w for any of my fabric lampshades.
Enjoy!
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