Okay first things first who remembers the show Home Improvement?! I used to watch it ALL THE TIME when I was a kid and I thought it was the funniest thing in the world. I hope I'm not as derpy as Tim Allen in my own DIY endevours, but either way I think all my "home" posts will start with that title.
SO ANYWAYS
I just moved and I'm still missing a bunch of furniture. I mean it. I literally only own one chair right now. While I'm waiting on all this furniture, I've been making small changes to things I already own. Basically I've been giving myself busy work because I'm so impatient about everything else. But I digress. Today I re-decorated an old, boring, plain lampshade and I thought I would share the results!
If you want to know how I did it, it's actually pretty easy, if a little time-consuming.
Start by measuring out the top and bottom diameter of your lampshade, and dividing that measurement into 4 and marking those quarters.
Once your quarters are marked, join the top marks with the bottom marks with a ruler and pencil. Then divide those quarter marks into two and then those sections into two again. Now you have a bunch of equal sections that are evenly spaced around your lampshade.
Next, use a clear craft/sewing ruler (I know it sounds dumb to specify the type of ruler you should own, but I promise you will not regret purchasing one of these babies. I have 4 different ones and I manage to use them all. They are the best, and the longer you use them the more tricks you'll find they have) to mark out a line that is angled 45 degrees to one of your section lines.
Again use your ruler to replicate that line 1/2" above and below your original line, then again and again until you reach the top and bottom of your lampshade. Then move on to the next section, where you will be repeating these steps but making sure that your lines are going in the perpendicular to your first section. Then do it all the way around until your lampshade is covered.
Although you want all your lines to stay pretty uniform (I kept mine 1/2" apart but that's up to you), it's more important that your chevrons line up together. So it's okay to cheat a little bit, like so:
As you can see, the line I'm about to create doesn't line up 100% with the line below it, but it does line up perfectly with the other section's line it will be creating a point with.
Once your lines are all drawn, colour them in! I used a light blueish grey sharpie for it, but you can use whatever you want. I like markers for this because they won't block out the light like a thicker paint would. However, that could be a cool look too, so again, it's totally up to you.
And now you are done! I also coloured the top and bottom border of the lampshade with a darker purply-blue colour. I know that you can see some of the marker streaks, but I actually kind of like that look, so I'm fine with it.
Here's the finished product:
Have a super day!
marianne.
SO ANYWAYS
I just moved and I'm still missing a bunch of furniture. I mean it. I literally only own one chair right now. While I'm waiting on all this furniture, I've been making small changes to things I already own. Basically I've been giving myself busy work because I'm so impatient about everything else. But I digress. Today I re-decorated an old, boring, plain lampshade and I thought I would share the results!
If you want to know how I did it, it's actually pretty easy, if a little time-consuming.
Start by measuring out the top and bottom diameter of your lampshade, and dividing that measurement into 4 and marking those quarters.
Once your quarters are marked, join the top marks with the bottom marks with a ruler and pencil. Then divide those quarter marks into two and then those sections into two again. Now you have a bunch of equal sections that are evenly spaced around your lampshade.
Next, use a clear craft/sewing ruler (I know it sounds dumb to specify the type of ruler you should own, but I promise you will not regret purchasing one of these babies. I have 4 different ones and I manage to use them all. They are the best, and the longer you use them the more tricks you'll find they have) to mark out a line that is angled 45 degrees to one of your section lines.
Again use your ruler to replicate that line 1/2" above and below your original line, then again and again until you reach the top and bottom of your lampshade. Then move on to the next section, where you will be repeating these steps but making sure that your lines are going in the perpendicular to your first section. Then do it all the way around until your lampshade is covered.
Although you want all your lines to stay pretty uniform (I kept mine 1/2" apart but that's up to you), it's more important that your chevrons line up together. So it's okay to cheat a little bit, like so:
As you can see, the line I'm about to create doesn't line up 100% with the line below it, but it does line up perfectly with the other section's line it will be creating a point with.
Once your lines are all drawn, colour them in! I used a light blueish grey sharpie for it, but you can use whatever you want. I like markers for this because they won't block out the light like a thicker paint would. However, that could be a cool look too, so again, it's totally up to you.
And now you are done! I also coloured the top and bottom border of the lampshade with a darker purply-blue colour. I know that you can see some of the marker streaks, but I actually kind of like that look, so I'm fine with it.
Here's the finished product:
Have a super day!
marianne.
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