The problems with the choice of lamps are familiar to many. Luminaires are purchased last, so it can be difficult to combine them with all other interior elements. But there is no need to despair. After all, spectacular lamps can be made independently..
1. New Year’s decor on the chandelier
You can decorate a finished lampshade with plastic beads, which can be purchased in the New Year’s decor department. Bright colors and brilliance will turn the lamp into a real decoration of any interior.
2. Cityscape
The outlines of city roofs, cut from dark paper, are pasted onto a light-colored lampshade. Such an application will easily transform a boring monochromatic lamp..
3. The whole world at a glance
In every house there are old cards that have been unused for years. You can make a lamp from them with your own hands. Just wrap an old lampshade with a piece of a suitable size card. For a cleaner look, the paper can be coated with acrylic varnish.
4. From papier-mâché
To make an original lamp with your own hands, you will have to remember the papier-mâché technique, familiar to everyone from childhood. The paper should be torn into small pieces and left for several hours in an aqueous solution of PVA. Then with paper pulp we apply layer by layer on an object of the desired shape – for example, an inflated balloon. After the papier-mâché has dried, your lampshade is ready.
5. The second life of old newspapers
Cut circles out of newspaper and glue them so that they partially cover each other. An interesting play of light and shadow is guaranteed. Additionally, it is better to varnish the lampshade.
6. Eternal lampshade
From an old metal basket or ordinary wire, you can make a lamp with your own hands, which will become a champion in strength and durability. In addition, such a lampshade is also completely fireproof..
7. From bright cocktail tubes
The lamp made of cocktail tubes looks democratic, but at the same time spectacular. Proto glue the tubes on one side of the old lampshade using silicone glue. If you cut the tubes in half, then the lamp will turn out to be smaller..
8. Chic and shine
Beads that have not been used can be used to decorate the lamp. Slip them over a thin jewelry wire (available at craft stores) and attach it to the metal base of the lampshade.
9. Clear geometry
Cocktail tubes, painted in gold or silver, will become the material for making a lamp with your own hands. They are fastened together with a threaded thread..
10. Lace patterns
cover or glue the plain lampshade with contrasting lace. In the first case, it is better to use elastic laces: they will fit more tightly to the surface of the lampshade.
11. Paper chaos
Plain white paper, rolled into tubes, becomes the raw material for the original lampshade. Glue them together in a chaotic manner, moving from bottom to top.
12. Cozy lamp for needlewomen
Buttons can be used to make a cute lamp. Put the buttons on strong threads and secure them at the top of the lampshade.
13. In harmony with nature
An intricately shaped branch will be an excellent basis for an unusual lamp. In addition to her, you will need several bulbs in sockets. Wrap the wires around the branch.
14. Almost edible chandelier
The base from the old lampshade, decorated with cutlery, looks quite brutal. Such a lamp will perfectly fit into the interior of a country-style kitchen or loft.
15. Delicate textile petals
For the manufacture of such a lamp, a fabric is selected whose edges do not crumble. The petals cut from it are attached to the lampshade with glue.
16. From decorative rope
Spread generously the base for the future lampshade with a thick layer of glue and wrap it tightly with a rope with a rough texture. You can use an old lamp as a basis. Use old dishes such as glasses or bowls.
17. Lamp in a skirt
Semi-transparent textiles, for example, tulle from old curtains, can find a second life. Gathering it at the top in folds, fasten it to the lampshade.
18. In the patchwork style
Many colorful shreds are tied on a base from an old lampshade. The more, the better.
19. From favorite postcards
Paste over a boring lamp with old photos, and it will instantly transform.
20. Our whole life is a game
A deck that is missing a few cards does not need to be thrown away. Thick glossy paper with a contrasting pattern is an excellent material for lampshade decor, practical and beautiful.
