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s not the light of the lamp that brings out the best in illumination,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it's the lamp and lampshade. Here are some simple frugal home design lamp ideas to give that old lighting standard a new look.
Let's start with the shade: Did you know you can paint most any fabric and paper shade with either a commercial spray paint or a home made spray paint application? The home made formula consists of 1 part paint (latex or craft) to 10 parts water. Measure the parts based on the size of a standard plastic spray bottle.
All you need to do is choose your color and apply it in one or all of these decorative applications.
-Tape off diagonal lines or stripes with painter's tape. -Create some basic stencils creating your own designs or browsing your local craft store. -Instead of spraying on paint, apply the paint with a sea sponge to give it an entirely different look.
Be sure your shade is dusted before you get started so the paint will adhere solidly.
All paint aside, another way to give that shade a fresh designer look is to apply dark paper silhouettes to the inside of a lighter shade. Create a seasonal lamp shade accent by changing the shape as appropriate. For example, place stars or Christmas tree silhouettes during the Holiday season. Rabbits or egg shapes will look just right for Easter. Simple floral leaves, stems, and any shape you might need can be downloaded from free click art web sites.
Be sure you don't allow the loosely tacked silhouette which is taped to the inside of the lamp shade be too close to the light bulb.
Now let's take a look at the base of your lamp. Here is where creativity is unlimited. It's simple to create a lamp base out of almost any sturdy 3 dimensional shape: Yard Sale Vases Large Soup Mugs Bowls turned upside down Terra Cotta pots Books That have been glued together in a horizontal stack Wooden boxes with your decoupaged touch Teapots Antique Bottles Anything!
Most of your home made bases will need a hole drilled at the bottom or on the side to run the cord down and through. Unless you have an old lamp shoved in storage somewhere that you can take apart and reinstall to your new lamp, you will need to purchase an inexpensive store lamp kit. This kit provides all the hardware and electrical parts you need to put your lamp together.
The other tried and true frugal home design option to resurrecting a lamp is to paint the base.
Here again the choice of application is really up to you. Here are a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing: Guild Decoupage Etch Stencil Add colors that accent wall art
Whatever you do, these simple frugal home design lamp and lamp shade ideas will bring fun,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], fresh and noticeably new illumination to any room in your home.
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