~ Shabby Lamp ~

In my last post I showed you a makeover I did on a desk for my office / studio. Well I decided that my desk needed a lamp but I didn't really want to spend any money so I went "shopping" around the house and decided this little lamp would work . The makeover was quick, super easy & cheap (all the materials were left over from other projects...yay!!!)

This is what the lamp looked like before

The first thing I did was spray the base white ~ once it  dried I took sand paper to the edges to get the chippy aged look

Next I took everything off of the lamp shade so that all I had was the wire form (sorry I got carried away and forgot to take a picture of this step... I know I'm such an amateur !!)

Using left over canvas drop cloth I cut strips that were about 1 inch to 1 1/2 wide and then tied each strip to the top of the wire form pulling it tight so it will hold

The next step was tying the ends of each strip to the bottom of the wire form but this time I tied a knot so that the strip would stay in place

 keep going until you work your way around the wire form ~ you can fill it in as much or as little as you want

This is how my  lamp looks now....

If you decide to make one or have made something similar let me know ~ I would love to see it!

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