Taking a cue from Ashley's $12 Pendant Lamp Makeover, Katie from Chicago, brought new life to a lamp that had seen better days. This makeover ran her less than $5, click through to see how!
Flickr Finds: Parchment Paper Makeover
Katie used a roll and a half of parchment paper and we're assuming scotch tape as well. After a few hours of cutting out petals to tape on, it looks flounce-y and bouncy and we love it! It's romantic and modern and best of all, reused something that otherwise would have been donated or discarded.
Nice job Katie! Thanks for sharing!
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I like this one even better than the other one. Does anyone else have diy lamp makeovers? I made a couple in art school I am thinking of redoing for fun.
view H L I's profile
love it!
view eribear12's profile
I'm still trying to figure out what that beastly looking creature under the lamp is...
haha
view chrisciever's profile
i love this. i was just about to buy a new lampshade for one of the boyfriends lamps that he refuses to get rid of. maybe i'll try this for a little make over!
view tabithacat's profile
This is so great, I love it! I have a serious lamp addiction lately, and I'm scheming of a way to do something like this :o)
view heylucy's profile
Do you think this would work with colored tissue paper? To thin and fragile?
view LovieDud's profile
I wonder what kind of lamp Katie used? I like this lamp more than Ashley's!
view Mad Hatter Tea Cakes's profile
im working on my own version of this right now! LovieDud, this would definitely work with colored tissue paper. It would look really awesome actually. It doesn't matter how thin the paper is as long as you go crazy with layers. cute! and fun to do while sitting around watching bad tv ....
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Okay, seriously. What is that thing under the lamp? I'm thinking taxidermied llama. (But the lamp looks great!)
view katillathehun's profile
Really fantastic!
view spaceystacey's profile
ah! I love it!
view AdrienneClaire's profile
that's brilliant
view duckumu's profile
This is wonderful.
view Cassis's profile
I LOVE this lamp. At first I didn't know that it wasn't purchased like this.
view lloydjason's profile
(Toy stuffed llama, I think...)
Pretty cool lamp idea! I can see endless variations, too.
view SherryBinNH's profile
yes! I'm stealing this makeover for my $2 lampshade from the ikea as-is section =)
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