Last month I bought a couple of vintage milk glass table lamps
from eBay. One came with a shade and the
other one did not. I planned, when I
bought them, to buy new lampshades for them.
However, after checking out a few stores I didn't find what I
wanted. Not at all.
While out shopping at a few thrift stores I happened across a cute
little shade on sale for $1.59. Problem
was it was discolored, had a couple of stains and the glue holding the trim had seeped out along the edges and turned brown. Not pretty.
I had heard you could spray paint lampshades so I figured, why not
give it a try? For $1.59 I thought it
might be worth a shot. So I bought the
lampshade.
My neighbor had a couple of cans of spray paint she wasn’t going
to use. One yellow and one white. The yellow was nearly full and the white was
about half. I happily took the paint,
but I decided I'd stick with the white for this project. I also decided to go ahead and paint the one
that I already had too. It was seriously
yellowed and I was actually planning to toss it.
I started out by painting the insides of the shades first. Surprisingly, they were in the worst
shape. Once dry I flipped them over and
painted the outside.
Quite awhile ago my mother had given me this vintage trim. Now I finally had something to use it on.
I fired up the ol' glue gun and once the shades had dried I glued
the trim to the top and bottom edges of each lamp. Then I put them on the lamps and WOW! What a transformation. I couldn’t be happier with how they turned
out. Perfect vintage charm!
OMG! OMG! OMG! I
just love them!
OMG! OMG! OMG! I LOVE THEM TOO!
ReplyDeleteThey came out great- I am so happy you had that trim! Those lamps are beautiful. :)
LOL That trim made it perfect, I think. I think the blue one is my favorite.
DeleteThose turned out beautifully! A job will done!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. Fun to do too!
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ReplyDeleteThis is really beautiful and very crafty on your part. Told my son we need to try on our dated shades. Thanks for sharing. Gina.
ReplyDeleteHope you do! It was a fun project.
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