A Shady Switch

You might remember when I recovered a lampshade in our master bedroom here.   This is how it looked in the bedroom.

Then I found a remnant of the same toile in a different colorway at Hobby Lobby just a few weeks ago.  This particular colorway actually goes better in my bedroom.

So, what to do?  We have a floor lamp in our sun room {which we use as a den} and I was happy to figure out that the lampshade was the same size as the bedroom’s shade.   I switched them!  I put the bedroom shade in the sunroom.  Luckily, the colors in this shade work with what I’ve got going on in the sunroom.

I recovered the floor lamp’s shade for my bedroom lamp, using the new toile remnant.  I just had to pick up some flat trim and a beaded trim for the bottom of the shade.  A quickie tutorial ~ trace a rough outline of the sections on the shade onto paper, cut out and use this as your template for the fabric.

Remove the existing trim from the lampshade by running your hot iron over to loosen the glue and pull off.

After you’ve got your fabric pieces cut, adhere with hot glue until each section is covered.

Add your flat trim to the vertical areas between each section.  This covers up the rough look of the fabric sections.

Add your top trim and, if doing a beaded trim like I did, add the beaded trim to the bottom.  Then adhere your flat trim on top of the beaded trim’s lip so it is hidden.

What do you think?  It goes much better with the Duck Egg color going on in here.

This switch worked out great for me, allowing me to get a new look for a small amount of money.

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