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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Cute Little Lamps Redone

Last Summer I bought these cute little lamps at a garage sale for about $1.50 each:

I really liked the textures on the lamp, but wasn't very crazy about the Brass, so almost a year later, I decided to do some spray painting!


So, I totally blew it with the pictures.  I only took a few of the before pictures!  Here is where I measured how much burlap to put on the shade.  I rolled the shade along the burlap and drew a line with a pen.  It was actually really easy!  I made sure to leave some extra on the top and bottom so I had room to glue.


I used spray adhesive to adhere the burlap on the shade.  Then, I used my glue gun to glue the ends over as seen in this picture.


The, I decided to make a "W" stencil with my Cricut using vinyl.  I used a stencil brush to apply the black paint.  


Here is one of the finished lamps.  Wahoo!!  I really love the way it turned out!  I spray painted the lamp heirloom white (my favorite color!). 


How do you like the way they look?  I was really surprised at how quickly I got them done.  It took me about 2 hours total, including drying time for the lamps. 

9 comments:

  1. this looks awesome! thanks for sharing! LOVE it!

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  2. That turned out really cute! Does the burlap make the light dim or is it still pretty bright?

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  3. I love how you transformed your lamps, so cute! Good job on the great deal too. :)

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  4. what a darling transformation:) love these!

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  5. Very cute! And I'm a "W!" I found you through AGI and am so thankful!!

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  6. Cute lampshade! I'm following from AGI and love your giveaway!!

    Briana

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  7. Great idea! Thanks for linking up with Lemon Tree today!

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  8. Such a cute NIFTY THRIFTY idea...come over and share with us at my weekly party. I’m having an Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Giveaway…hop over and enter…ends at midnight 8/7.

    Blessings,
    Linda

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