Diy Cover Lampshade Fabric

There are several ways to cover a lampshade.

Diy cover lampshade fabric.

If your lampshade is fabric on the inside this won t work. Diy golden glow lampshades. As nostalgic as grandma s old lamp shades might be it s time for an upgrade. Don t forget the spray adhesive.

Start by laying our your fabric and ironing flat if needed to get rid of wrinkles and fold lines. Ask ten diyers how to cover a lampshade and you ll probably get ten slightly different answers. Remove any old fabric from the lampshade frame. Say you re going for a nautical theme in your son s bedroom now s your opportunity to go all out and find some fun sailor like fabric to cover your diy.

Roll the drum shade across the fabric to pick the direction that provides adequate fabric coverage of the shade. It should come off easily. Note that this is the technique i use for covering plastic lined lampshades. If the old fabric of your shade is torn or ruined in any way you ll want to remove it before you recover the shade.

While the interior which is made of a paper has been spray painted for a golden glow. Using scissors puncture the old fabric and gently cut sections away from the frame. Remove the trim if there is any by pulling on it. The fun thing about creating your diy lamps is that you can truly customize the look you re going for.

But let me show you the technique i use. 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. 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.

You may have to roll diagonally across the fabric depending on the size of the shade you are trying to cover. In this diy lampshade makeover a black fabric has been used as a unique outer appeal.