How to make a lampshade with your own hands?

Nowadays, many people strive to ensure that there is always an atmosphere of comfort and beauty in their home. As a rule, we do this with the help of various ideas that help us design the house in a certain style. We also try to decorate our interiors with various elements of decor, introducing some mysteriousness and originality into it.

In this article we will focus on such an important detail of the interior, as the lampshade, made with your own hands. If your favorite lampshade is completely worn out, you can always decorate it, thereby breathing new life into it. It can also be made independently for a floor lamp, night lamp, ceiling or floor light source.

Two hundred years ago, the first lampshades were created. Such an interesting name came to us from the French language and means in translation "muffled light". As a rule, they were made of leather, wood or fabric, but especially popular and fashionable in those days were shades of colored glass and crystal.

In order to decorate the lampshade for the lamp, you need to pick it up with a not too complicated structure, so for this you will need the most simple floor lamps and night lamps. They can be both floor and suspended. After all, intervening in their simple mechanism from a vertical base and a round frame will not be a big problem for you.

Usually it is very easy to pick up parts for such lamps or replace them with a wire, metal or metal frame. The main thing is to keep the lamp with lampshade very tight on its design.. At the same time, a floor lamp with a lamp shade will never be damaged or fall, and you can safely move it to any place convenient for you.

Making or decorating lamps with lampshades is a creative and interesting activity,at the same time it is very fruitful: it gives an opportunity not only to make a unique element of the decor, and in full accordance with the style of the room, but also helps to save money. You just need to buy the most uncomplicated floor lamp or night light for little money and decorate it for every taste. This will help you a variety of manufacturing techniques and materials.

At home, you can create lampshades for every taste. For this you will need any serviceable night light, lamp or floor lamp, as well as the frame and the basis for them. The lamp must be LED or energy-saving, so that the material from which your lampshade will be made deteriorates. Making such an item of decor, you must carefully observe all safety standards, because working with electricity can carry a potential threat of fire or electric shock.

Try not to use when working materials that can easily ignite and have a toxic composition, so as not to harm themselves and others. The frame of any shape can also be made independently of wire or ready to purchase in advance.

Wooden lampshades are considered to be the most durable and moisture-proof, which will serve you for a long time and at the same time fit into any interior in a classic or modern style. But usually they are of great relevance to the bath or sauna. For the manufacture of such a lamp from the tree with your own hands, you need a roll of paper, a simple pencil, wood and screws.

Using these materials, you can make a corner lamp:

• To do this, draw on paper a mock-up of a trapezoidal frame. Please note that the side parts must match the wall on which the luminaire will be mounted.
• Next, take the wood and apply a pattern on it and cut it. Wood can be painted or varnished. From three wooden planks one centimeter wide and half a centimeter thick make a frame.
• Combine the top and bottom of this frame on the sides and in the center. Measure the distance from the middle to the edges and cut a few more strips of similar size. The slats must be fastened with screws from the inside.

• It is also possible to make the lamp from a rod or dry branches. To decorate a lamp from dry branches with your own hands, you will need branches of various sizes, a lamp, a base for a lampshade, glue, paints, brushes.
• Before glueing the branches onto the base, sand it with sandpaper, then rub it with alcohol. So the branches are better glued. Next, take the branches and glue them in a different order to the base in a circle.
• After the lamp has completely dried, attach it to the lamp.
• To make the lamp look bright and modern, paint the branches with silver or golden acrylic paint. Combining these shades, your lamp shade will turn out in Nordic style and will become an ornament to any interior.
• You can also add various decorative elements in the form of cones, chestnuts, feathers, artificial leaves, beads or glitter.

Weaving from vines and branches has never lost its relevance, and if you want to please yourself, as well as create interesting decor items for your home, you can do it yourself only by studying the sequence and rules for working with such material as a vine.

For weaving a lampshade or various items you can use branches of all varieties. and you. This should be done in the spring before the first shoots appear on the branches so that the product will turn out to be of high quality and serve for a long time. Excellent material will be willow branches, straw and reedswhich are also procured in advance. As a rule, this happens in the autumn season. And for a solid foundation of products sprigs are suitable. walnut and willow.

The advantage of a material such as paper is its availability and ease of manufacture of products of any shape. A lamp shade made from newspaper tubes is one of the most popular and creative ways. To weave such a lampshade you will need newspapers or magazines, a bottle, scissors, glue, a disc, paint or varnish.

Operating procedure:

• Tubes are harvested in advance by folding and gluing, it is also necessary to dry them well.
• Next, we cross three tubules, put a bottle on them and spin it in a spiral. Thus, the lampshade is expanded by overlapping the tubes. Thereby we reach a certain size, glue and cut unnecessary tubes.After that, you need to paint the lampshade and varnish.

It will be very easy to make paper lamp shade with butterflies. You can also use various fakes in the technique of origami.

The frame of the lamp is taken as the basis of the lampshade. Next, we cut a large number of butterflies according to the pattern and fix it on the frame with a transparent fishing line or a white thread. Such a product will look very original and fit well into the child’s room.

For decoration of the lampshade from paper any elements of decor will fit. Consider some useful ideas for decorating such lamps. To add a little bit of brightness, purchase a few butterflies in a stationery store or make your own. Next, attach it to your lampshade. This idea of ​​decorating a lighting device will appeal to any child or teenager.

Even more original idea is the decoration of the lamp with special aromatic bags, which include dried herbs and essential oils. This will create you a romantic and cozy atmosphere in the room or bedroom.

If you are fond of picking up herbarium from flowers and leaves and decide to use them to decorate your lampshade, then you definitely cannot go wrong by creating such an unusual element of decor. You just need to glue them on the finished lamp and let the glue dry. So you will rustic style lampshadewhich will decorate any interior in the country or in the house.

Wallpaper shade would be a great idea. Its creation does not require large expenditures and efforts. Consider the most interesting option, made in the form of an accordion. This will require a frame lamp and wallpaper. On the required length of wallpaper, draw stripes, the distance between which will be at least two centimeters. Then fold the accordion-shaped wallpaper and make holes on the upper part of the cut. Then they need to pass through the cord to fasten and glue the structure.

Another idea to create a lampshade - from the napkin. To do this, you need to have glue, lace knitted napkins and a balloon. Next, take the napkins and coat with glue, put them on the balloon and wait for complete drying. The ball can be pierced or lowered, and a light bulb can be attached to the resulting lampshade.

Napkins can also be paper. Cut them into equal parts, spread the lamp with glue and glue on its surface. You can attach a ribbon or ribbon to the lower or upper part of the luminaire, which will give it a more vintage look.

To make a lampshade from scrap materials, it is initially necessary to decide from what means it will be made, and also it is necessary to have a frame for the lamp. Such a basis can be a balloon or a ball.

Another option for creating a lampshade frame is a regular five-liter plastic bottle. To do this, you will need to trim the top of the bottle and paint it from the inside with any light paint, and the outside with blue or green. To make the edges of the bottle look more neat, stick tapes on them to the color of your lampshade.

Do it yourself lampshade from plastic cups. To do this, you need a stapler, wire, wooden base and a cartridge with a lamp. Further, the glasses are fastened in a circle between themselves, and the cartridge with a lamp and the construction of cups are attached to the wooden base.

Any available material can be used when making a lamp shade. Cocktail tubes are no exception. To do this, it is necessary to prepare about two hundred straws, which are glued to the glass base of the lamp with the help of construction glue. And you can make a small night lamp in the shape of a cube from finely chopped multicolored tubes.

The easiest solution to decorating is to stick the cocktail tubes vertically to make the old lamp even brighter and more beautiful.

It will not be difficult to make lamp shade made of simple galvanized wire and beads. To do this, you will need wire cutters and pliers to give the wire a variety of shapes. It can be curls, leaves, hearts, circles and patterns. Such a simple design will look very original. You can also make a base of wire and stretch fabric or leather on it.

Cardboard shade it is very easy to make with your own hands and will be distinguished by its unusual appearance, while it will find a place in any room.To do this, you will need to cut out four frames from durable cardboard and attach a fabric to the back side using lacing. For this, not only regular threads can be used, but also various ribbons or ribbons.

Thus, you get a flashlight, which additionally needs to be glued with glue. After that you can paint this unusual lamp shade in any color and install it on the lamp.

Cork or self-adhesive paper can also be great when making a lampshade. To begin with, apply an old silver paint to the old lamp, then apply it with cork paper. Glue twigs of different sizes on top of them. And if you still have felt, then you can sew a new lampshade out of it. To begin with, make a pattern for the base of the lamp, sew its parts and pull it onto the base. Decorate with various applications.

The most environmentally friendly option for your home will be lamp shade made of twine or twine with your own hands. To work, you will need threads of two different colors or varieties, a needle, a balloon, glue and a glass.In order for the thread to be impregnated with glue, it needs to be threaded through a glass of glue or pierced a jar of glue. You can do this with a needle.

Next, take the ball and draw on it a circle for the hole for the bulb, while wrapping the ball so as not to hurt this circle. After that, leave the ball for a while, so that the glue dries well and the structure does not deform when air is drained from the ball. Next, insert the cartridge in the hole of the old lamp and fasten the resulting product to the ceiling.

Another unusual way to decorate a lampshade is crochet it. For this you need a base for a lampshade, yarn, crochet hook, glue. Under the scheme of knitting, tie two openwork products of the required size and fully round the lampshade frame. Patterns can be varied.

To give an even look to the product, apply a mixture of water and glue, diluted in equal proportions. During drying, you can give a lampshade any shape. Next, install it on a floor lamp or a lamp.

And in order to make a wicker lampshade with your own hands, purchase a frame from an old lamp in retro style. This element will make your interior unusual and emphasize its advantages. You will need threads, glue and spray to make.Wrap the base of the lampshade with arbitrary and uncomplicated movements.

Watch that the threads are tightly wrapped. After that, dissolve the glue with water and spray from the sprayer onto the threads, so that after drying they hold a certain shape.

Manufacturing jute lampshade will be great ideas for those who want to decorate their home. To do this, you need jute thread, glue, wire, decorative leaves. First you need to make a lampshade template that will fit the frame of the lamp. Fasten screws or studs to the finished template. Then along the contour of the layout, we stretch the thread and drag it vertically along the entire contour. Next, we do weaving horizontally and process with glue.

Immediately after drying, remove the product from the layout and glue the side parts. In order to decorate the lampshade, we take decorative ivy leaves and fasten it with a wire to the base of the lamp. Such a lamp will create an atmosphere of fabulousness in your home.

First you need to choose the fabric for the lampshade. It can be a fabric of any density and stiffness. The choice of material will depend on what the lamp frame is made of, but preference should be given to dark fabrics, rather than transparent, as this will be more practical.

If the base for the lampshade is made of wire, it is necessary to apply paint on it or to wind the tape so that the fabric does not deteriorate over time. You can sew the product manually or on a sewing machine. You will also need an iron, pencil, centimeter, thread and glue.

First you need to take measurements and cut a template that will fit the lampshade frame. Next, cut the pattern on the pattern and pick up the thread to the fabric. On the sewing machine, we stretch the parts and then smooth them with an iron. The next step is to glue the product to the base of the lamp. In this case, you need to carefully hide the seams, tightly fitting the frame. Ready lampshade dry enough and put on your lamp.

Very interesting in the interior can fit lamp shade made of burlap. This fabric is well transmits light. Its main feature is that it can be decorated with some kind of decorative details, buttons, beads, artificial flowers or lace.On the burlap, you can also make inscriptions with special paint.

Another idea to make a lamp shade will appeal to many. It will be in the form of flared lampshade in cylindrical shape. You can choose any fabric to match the color of your furniture or sofas and armchairs. You can not worry about the density of the fabric, because it can be made more durable with glue or starch.

Measure the diameter of the base of the lampshade frame from below and above, as well as its height. Next, make a pattern on the fabric with a certain margin of a couple of centimeters by the measurements that you took from the frame of the lamp.

Thin fabric of dark tones can also be pulled over the frame of the lamp. But its feature will be the fact that from the inside there will be a cardboard in which you can cut various shapes. It can be various butterflies, animals, plants. The main thing is that the carved silhouettes can be easily distinguished when the light is on, which will emanate from your lamp. Thus, we get the original lamp and a kind of play of shadows.

If the lamp shade looks very dull and inconspicuous, it can be decorated in an original way. Next, we consider interesting solutions that can help in the transformation of your lamp. This will require a thick fabric or colored patches. For example, if you decide to decorate your lamp in the style of Provence, you will need a fabric of blue, light green, pink hue, since this style is characterized by pastel colors, checkered or floral pattern.

In order to start making shade, select the appropriate fabric for it and cut two strips. From one make a bow for the upper part of the base of the lamp, and to the other strip sew lace or braid. The fabric can be decorated with various beads, buttons or sheathed with sequins. Do not forget to cut the edges of the fabric and attach or sew a second strip around the base of the luminaire. Similarly, attach the bow to the top of the lamp.

Another interesting idea is the design of the lamp with flowers and leaves of fabric of pastel shades.From ribbons or ordinary chiffon fabric, you can make roses and decorate them completely the whole lamp shade. Such a lamp will find its place in any room, especially in the bedroom or nursery.

A good idea for the design of a glass lampshade would be a photo or picture pasted on it, which will glow even in a dark room. Also on the glass, you can apply stained glass paint or paint it. And from the unnecessary remnants of shreds you can make an interesting application of floral motifs and sew it on your lamp shade.

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