The Creative Vault: The Lamp Re-Vamp HIS & HERS

When I found out that this month's Create With Me project at Ucreate was lamps I was so excited. The CSI Project is also lamps. I've had two of these lamps for a while now and I just haven't been motivated to do anything with them. My friend Missy sold them to me at a yard sale (and by sold I mean she gave them to me, she's nice like that) a while ago. I thought I wanted to use them in my living room so I started to paint them black but then I changed my mind and they sat.

I used the tutorials HERE as a starting point for my inspiration and this is the end result

His & Hers lamps for the kids rooms! Jackson's theme is dinosaurs and Maggie's is birds.

How I did HIS:

I removed the outside fabric of the shade and used it to trace the proper shape onto grey fabric. Once I had my fabric cut out I stenciled a "j" onto the fabric and free hand painted the dinosaur. After letting the paint dry I then hot glued the fabric onto the frame, pulling as tightly as I could. I finished it off by coating the whole thing in Mod Podge I felt it protected the fabric a little better and would be easier to clean. I also felt like it helped tighten up any loose patches once the Mod Podge dried and shrank the fabric. I then hot glued a little piece of ribbon in the inside to cover my seams.

I may decide to paint the base red in the future but for now I like the blue.

Looking for more of Baby Jack's decorations? You'll find them here:

Shag Rug

Wall Hanging

How I did HERS:

I removed all of the fabric from the shade and wrapped the top and bottom rings in sisal, using hot glue to secure it in place. I then wrapped the entire shade horizontally in sisal again using hot glue to secure it in place. The sisal gave it the nature feel that her decorations have but I also wanted to give it a little birdie so I cut out a tiny bird shape from fabric, sewed it and stuffed it and hung it from a chain to create a faux lamp chain look.