Go away it to a designer to give you the best lampshade hack I’ve seen all yr (and perhaps ever!). For her “Hipstoric Nowstalgia” room at Small/Cool NYC this yr, designer Hollie Velten-Lattrell needed to have a statement-making mild fixture that — like the remainder of the area — felt like a mix of recent and classic. Sadly, the sunshine fixture of her desires was hundreds of {dollars}. “The funds referred to as for DIY,” Velten-Lattrell says.
Velten-Lattrell began her undertaking at Walmart, the place she scored a plain lampshade for $20 that will function the bottom for her undertaking. (The precise one she used is out of inventory, however there’s an analogous — albeit smaller — choice from Amazon that’s priced at $25.) She additionally picked up some plain white valances, just like these, which she deliberate to make use of to brighten the shade.
The subsequent piece of the puzzle was including the valance ruffles to the sunshine fixture. You might definitely connect the ruffles on to the highest and backside rims of the lampshade, which might be putting in itself, however Velten-Lattrell needed one thing a little bit further. Her husband, Sean Lattrell, stepped in for an help.
For the following a part of the undertaking, Lattrell picked up versatile pipe and tees from the ironmongery shop. The concept: Create a hoop for the ruffle to hold from that sat about midway up the shade so the ruffle would seem like floating.
To do this, Lattrell created two rings utilizing the pipe that had been each the identical circumference as the underside of the lamp shade. Every ring was created by attaching two lengths of pipe collectively utilizing two pipe tees, one on either side of the ring. Then, Lattrell used a brief piece of pipe fitted within the remaining openings of the pipe tees to connect the 2 rings collectively, making a double hoop.
From there, Lattrell sewed the underside ring to the underside of the lampshade, permitting the highest ring to “float” above it. He added the valance material to the highest ring to create the floating ruffle.
The highest ruffle was a bit easier: All Lattrell needed to do was match the material over an embroidery hoop that he then sewed onto the shade. The overall value for the entire undertaking was about $60 in supplies, and Lattrell was in a position to pull all of it collectively in just a few hours.
The top product is something however plain. “I simply love how coquettish and large-scale it’s, like a giant parasol or petticoat,” Velten-Lattrell says.
If this sounds intimidating, don’t fear: There’s an easier model of this ruffle hack that you are able to do with out something past a lampshade and a valance. All you’ll have to do is use material glue to connect a ruffle to the highest ring of a lampshade (you may also use just a few hand stitches to safe it) after which do the identical to the underside ring. You gained’t get the floating impact, however you’ll have a cottagecore-perfect ruffle that may take a plain lampshade to the following stage.
The ultimate piece of this undertaking? Really placing the shade on a lightweight, in fact. For her show, Velten-Lattrell used a pendant equipment; you can additionally add this lampshade to any flooring lamp or desk lamp you have already got to present it a fast new look.
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