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How to revamp an old lampshade
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Step 4. Next, we cut lengths of beads from our room divider and hot-glued them down the sides of the shade. We wanted to cover the original contour of the shade but could no longer see the seams as they were now covered. Try this trick: pop your lampshade on the lamp and turn on the light so you can see the shape of the original frame underneath. You can now easily glue the beads in the right place.
After hot gluing on the bead strings, we recommend you give the whole project a cover of a matt finish varnish for protection.
We used an art matt spray.
Step 5. To make the trim for the top and bottom, we bought a ball of an exciting, shiny, soft fluffy multi-colored yarn; a bit like a silky fringing.
Measure around the top and bottom of your shade. Using large sized knitting needles, cast on 5 stitches, making sure you leave a little length of yarn hanging from the first stitch. Knit enough length to go around the top of the shade. Do not knit anymore than you need, so keep exactly to (or a little less than) your measurement.
When you have reached the correct length, cast off and leave a long piece of yarn. Tie the two ends of yarn together: you then have a circle to put around the top of your shade. We also hot-glued this into place.
For the bottom of the shade, we only cast on three stitches as we wanted to balance it out.
You could get the same look by crocheting or even finger-knitting. Although it looks expensive, it is a very cheap way of making a trim.
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Below are photographs of other lampshades we revamped using the same method.
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