Custom Lampshades
2,377 views · Published 14 November 2013 · 2:08 · Indexed 31 October 2026
Channel: Home Made Simple · 2013 · Howto & Style
Kim: I'm, Kim Myles from Home Made Simple and I'm going to show you a simple way to customize your lamp shades that bring out your personal style, without breaking the bank... Autumn, do you recognize this—this little number here? Autumn: I do. Kim: There were two older lamps sitting on the side tables next to the couch. We're gonna give them just kind of a quick makeover and you won't even recognize them... Making over these lamps couldn't be easier. The first thing we're gonna do, is to address the lamp shades. What I have here is papel picado. They are Mexican festival flags, and "papel picado" just translates to "cut paper." They are bright, they're fun, they look a little lacey and what I like is that they celebrate cultural diversity—and Alexandria house, which is really what we wanna go for. Right? Autumn: Yes. Kim: So, what I'm gonna do before making anything permanent, is lay them down on the surface of the shade... Autumn: Yeah... Kim: If you hand me a little piece of tape, I'm just gonna kinda anchor an edge, hold it into place. And then, I say, 'Well, that's a lot of extra. Not necessary.' So, we just cut along the top... So, I think you should get started on your lampshade. Autumn: Okay! Kim: All right. We have our papel picado laid out, next step is to lay them down permanently. Now we're gonna use spray glue, which is a crafty person's best friend and we're gonna spray the backs of these flags. So, let's head right over here... Perfect. And then the bottom edge, too—any place where we think it might curl up. Awesome! ...Okay so, don't lay the bottom down first, we wanna lay the straight, top edge. Nice... Now, what I'm doing is just going in and smoothing. So now, we just continue to spray and just stick on. Autumn: That's awesome. Kim: And then, we're going to sand, prime and paint the bases. ...You ready? Autumn: I am ready. That's so awesome! Kim: What do you think!? Autumn: I love it! Kim: Totally different. Autumn: I can't believe we just made something old new, again. Kim: I know. And we did it ourselves! Autumn: We did! Kim: And it wasn't that hard! Autumn: It wasn't!
