To make a lampshade with your own hands, you need to choose safe materials and think over the design of the floor lamp. The comfort in the apartment is created not only by the furnishings, but also by the lighting, and the correctly chosen shade will add a certain zest to the interior. HouseChief advises not to spend money on buying a new lamp, but to create an unusual detail for an old floor lamp, following simple tips.

A flower shade for a lamp is suitable for the girl's room
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How to make a lampshade for a floor lamp with your own hands: the basics of manufacturing

Before making a lampshade for a floor lamp with your own hands, choose a craft technique. It is necessary to calculate the minimum distance from the socket and lamp to the material in order to prevent fire. It is best to use thick thread and fabric. You can update the lampshade for a table lamp with your own hands, using the old frame, then you don't have to fiddle with the wire, you just need to remove the existing material and put on a new one.

Do-it-yourself restoration of a floor lamp shade is a good idea, since buying a new lamp can sometimes cost a pretty penny, especially when you want to choose an unusual, author's design and decorate a room.

For winding, it is better to use high-quality, bright threads.
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Cardboard and paper can be used as long as these materials are not placed closer than 7 cm to the lamp. Any other materials are also suitable: plastic five-liter bottles, wooden sticks, corks, pieces of cloth.

Frame fabrication

Even a novice needlewoman can make a lampshade for a chandelier in the kitchen with her own hands in fifteen minutes. You only need an old lamp from which the cover will be removed, and some scrap materials. A popular option today is a twine lampshade or a trendy loft-style lamp made from an old sieve, several graters for vegetables or other kitchen utensils.

Even old newspapers can be used, but they need to be placed as far as possible from the light bulb.
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Many balls of thread can be hung on the frame, leaving the structure open
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The chandelier will retain its shape if you leave the old frame base, but you can make a new one using wire and wire cutters. The floor lamp can be of any shape: rectangular, trapezoidal, oval or square. With the help of wire cutters, the corners of the wire are bent in the desired order. Making the frame is the most difficult part of the job, if the master has not yet “got his hand”. First, you should practice correctly bending the corners and forming a certain type of frame.

Lampshade for a table lamp: covering and braiding of the base

To make a beautiful and original lampshade, you need to take a strong iron or aluminum wire. This material is flexible and easy to work with. It is not necessary to buy a whole roll, if old cables are left at home, you can remove the top layer and get the right amount of aluminum wire. On the construction market, you can buy steel wire - it is suitable for complex structures in which it is important to maintain a certain shape.

The beads look beautiful on the lamp when the light is on
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To create a lampshade, you will need any available material that you can find at home: metal rings, remnants of earrings, pieces of fabric and paper, thick thread and PVA glue, buttons. You can make the braid with a cloth or thick thread.

It is not necessary to take a special master class, you just need to show your imagination, focusing on simple photos. In order for the fabric or any other material to lay down smoothly, you need to make as many vertical racks as possible on which the covering will be attached.

Models without frame

Homemade frameless models look very beautiful and stylish. It is important to choose a tough, high-quality and, at the same time, plastic material with which it will be convenient to work.

Options for making a lampshade without a frame:

from lace knitted napkins... If you feel sorry for throwing out old products, you can grease them with glue and dry them with a plastic bottle, giving them the desired shape. The main thing is to leave a place in the center for the lamp holder;
from thread floss... The threads are wound around a ball greased with glue. After the workpiece is dry, the shade is removed and, if necessary, trimmed with scissors;
from ice cream sticks... The sticks need to be washed and dried. First, a base of threads is created, on which sticks are glued with an overlap. It turns out a plafond of an unusual shape, suitable for a modern interior.

You can also make a beautiful lampshade from vines or artificial flowers.

Unusually shaped cardboard and paper shades attract attention
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The origami technique is great for creating light covers.
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How to make a frame for a lampshade with your own hands from different materials

To make a lampshade for a table lamp with your own hands, you first need to prepare a frame. This is a difficult part of the process, which must be approached responsibly so that all the work is not done in vain, and the workpiece does not fall apart when the top layer is glued.

Regardless of whether the lampshade is made with your own hands from threads or pieces of fabric, the base must be made. To do this, you should use a simple instruction.

From the blocks of wood

Small pieces of wood can be used to make a beautiful, modern chandelier.

Illustration	Description of action
	We take a package of wooden sandwich skewers and cut them to the desired length. You should get: 5 sticks 19 cm each, 5 sticks 13 cm each, 10 - 9 cm each, 5 - 8 cm each and 5 more sticks 2.5 cm each
	We assemble the lampshade, starting with sticks 13 cm long. We lay them out in the form of a pentagon. We fasten the figure with instant glue and let it dry
	We take sticks 9 cm and glue them on top, in the form of triangles
	Then we attach the blanks of 8 cm, and glue the corners with glue so that everything sticks well
	Turn the workpiece over and prepare sticks 19 cm
	We glue all the blanks on the back side
	When the glue starts to dry, we connect all the ends together. Care must be taken not to break the structure.
	We use the smallest sticks to connect the workpiece. How to create a hole for the lamp holder
	When the assembly work is finished, you can paint the workpiece in any color: golden, brown or silver

If such a shade seems to be "empty", you can add vertical and horizontal sticks.

Made of paper and cardboard

There are many ideas for making a shade from paper or pieces of cardboard. Products from corrugated or "crumpled" cardboard look best. You can make such a shade on your own in a few minutes.

Would need:

corrugated paper;
glue;
pencil and ruler;
blank from sticks or tubes.

The first step is to form a frame on which the entire plafond should hold. Then pieces of paper or a solid cardboard structure are superimposed on it in layers. It is easy to manufacture, you just need to glue the blanks so that they form a trapezoid or square, and put them on the frame.

From fabric and yarn

To make a wicker lampshade with your own hands, you need to follow the instructions.

Illustration	Description of action
	We take a ball, a saucer, PVA glue, a little water and a plastic wrap
	We attach a plate to the ball and wrap the workpiece with plastic wrap several times
	We dilute the glue with a small amount of water in order to get a not too thick consistency
	We dip the whole yarn into the glue and soak it for a while so that the thread is well wet
	We begin to glue the ball with yarn, leaving space for the lamp holder in the place where the plate is attached
	When the whole thread is wound, we use the remnants of glue directly on the ball and coat the workpiece well. We leave it to dry for at least 24 hours. So that when removing the whole structure does not fall apart, you need to make sure that there are no wet spots left, and everything is dry

DIY lampshade from scrap materials is done simply and quickly. You can make a multi-colored floor lamp by tying several threads together: red, yellow, green and blue. A beautiful shade can also be obtained from pieces of fabric if you cut out small diamonds or triangles and then stick them on top of each other. If desired, you can sew a one-piece cover and put it on the frame.

Creative chandelier lampshades

Before you make a lampshade for a chandelier with your own hands, you need to decide in what style the product will be made. It is not recommended to combine rag and wooden shades of different colors in the same room and apartment; it is best to make a lampshade from newspaper tubes for different rooms, but with some differences in details.

You can make a lampshade for a bath with your own hands from wine corks or pieces of wood, but such a structure should be covered with a moisture-resistant mixture so that it does not crumble. Another option is a do-it-yourself macrame lampshade, the diagrams explain all the steps step by step. They are very easy to repeat.

Lamp Cover Ideas:

fabric shade made of separate pieces or crumpled fabric;
crochet or knitting lampshade for a table lamp;
wicker lampshade made of ropes, floss or twine;
DIY lampshade made of paper, corrugated cardboard or tracing paper;
from a variety of tapes;
made of plastic twigs, leaves and flowers.

You can also show imagination and make lamps from everyday things that are usually not used to decorate the interior: plates, teapot, spoons and forks, sieve, colander, bucket, metal graters.

If you need to quickly transform an old lamp, the easiest way is to glue wide strips. They are stacked on top of each other and fixed with glue. The light will not be bright enough, but you will get an original piece of decoration for the apartment.

From wire and plugs

To make a do-it-yourself lampshade out of wood, you need to choose a ready-made frame, or make it yourself.

Illustration	Description of action
	To make a wooden lampshade, we take a cutter, drill, file, building meter. You will also need a lamp with a holder, a pencil and a corner ruler.
	We cut rectangular blanks 15 × 2.5 cm
	We fasten all the boards with a press and cut off another 10 cm from the length
	Using a drill, we make a hole through which the fasteners will be held
	We connect all the parts with small wooden bolts. You should get several slats with 7 boards in each
	We connect the first two slats, collecting a circle from them
	We also attach all the remaining slats to the structure, but we shift the boards so that they lay down in a zigzag manner
	We connect the socket and the lamp to the structure. The product is ready

It is not necessary to use a special tool, you can get by with a regular saw or jigsaw if you use thin boards.

The easiest way is to make a do-it-yourself lampshade from wire made of aluminum. It is flexible and keeps the desired shape. If you glue the corks together, leaving a place in the center, you can get an original and beautiful floor lamp.

Macrame coating

You can make a do-it-yourself lampshade for a thread chandelier using the macrame technique. Such weaving looks beautiful in interiors in the style of a hygge or a loft, provided that only one lamp is "dressed" in such a cover. A DIY lampshade for a fabric chandelier also adds coziness, but it is often difficult to beautifully fit into a room.

Macrame-style details that are suitable for the lamp:

long tassels;
diamond pattern;
large holes through which light will pass;
bright colors: yellow, red, orange.

The semi-antique model will perfectly fit into the style of shabby and Provence. It is best to choose a tapered pattern, long details and pastel colors. The main plus is that the cover can be removed and washed at any time.

Other ideas for creating a do-it-yourself lampshade from simple materials

To decorate a table or floor lamp, it is not necessary to run to a hypermarket and buy an expensive plafond. Sometimes it is enough to just use old fabric, ribbons or pieces of wood to transform the look of the room.

Some housewives resort to completely unique design options: a floor lamp from a washing machine drum, wine corks, rice paper, a wicker basket, old beads, pencils, napkins, plastic spoons, paper roses. You can collect all the items to be discarded and build an unusual, interesting shade out of them.

Finally

Going to a flea market, you can find things that are suitable for creating a lampshade. It can be anything from the drum of a broken washing machine to cups.

Do you like to do crafts for the house with your own hands? What else, in your opinion, can you make a shade for a chandelier?

Every hostess wants to make her home unusually beautiful. Some decorate it in some unusual style, for example, Provence, country or minimalism. Someone is trying to decorate with decorative elements. Others focus on one element, for example, a lampshade or plafond.

Consider options on how to make a ceiling for a chandelier with your own hands. To do this, you will need not some rare, but ordinary improvised means.

Option number 1: paper

The easiest way is to make an original lamp shade out of paper. Such a decorative element can be of any shape. It will harmoniously suit almost any interior - in the kitchen, in the living room, in the nursery. It is worth remembering that the lifespan of a paper lamp shade depends on the quality of the paper. It should not be too thin, but at the same time light-transmitting.

The easiest way is to consider how to make a lampshade with your own hands from the wallpaper left over from the repair. Let's consider how to make a product in the form of an accordion. The workflow does not take much time and does not require any special skills, abilities or schemes. From wallpaper, you can make a lampshade for a floor lamp with your own hands, for a table lamp or sconce:

First you need to prepare the material - a piece of wallpaper 1.5 m long and approximately 30 cm wide.
Mark the edges with a pencil or pen.
Gently form an accordion. The width of each rib should not exceed 3 cm.
Using a hole punch, make holes in the accordion.
Pass a decorative lace through the holes and glue the lampshade along the side seam.

Even a child can make such a product on his own.

In the process, you can use rice paper instead of wallpaper. It can be used to update the old lampshade. Tied with this kind of paper, it will look stylish and modern. You can decorate the product using such decorative elements as special stamps, stickers, etc.

DIY paper lampshades will decorate any interior style. The main thing is to choose the right color scheme and shape.

Option number 2: rope

Do-it-yourself rope lampshade will look original. It can be used to decorate any lamp: sconces, floor lamps and others.

First you need to prepare the necessary tools and materials:

20 meters of rope;
1 inflatable ball for the base;
PVA glue;
white paint (preferably in a spray can);
duct tape;
gloves (ordinary household or medical);
weaving device (special plaque or perfume box).

It is quite easy to make such a lampshade with your own hands:

Use a plait board to make a decorative ribbon out of the rope. Its lines can be smooth or curved - as your fantasy tells you.
Now you need to glue the ball filled with air with tape.
Taking the top of the ball as a reference point, lay the rope in smooth turns. At the same time, grease it with glue.
Remove the plafond from the lamp. Paint it white. Put on the finished lampshade on top.
Cover the ball completely and grease with glue again.
Punch the ball with a needle and pull it out. After that, a form woven from a rope will remain.

A do-it-yourself twine or rope lampshade is suitable for a table lamp, sconce or floor lamp. It is recommended to use an LED lamp under it, which will not heat up such a lamp very much.

Option number 3: threads

Another option is a do-it-yourself lampshade made of threads. Self-made thread chandeliers look very original. They attract attention and fit perfectly into any interior.

You will need:

balloon;
cotton threads of one or more colors;
250 ml PVA glue;
suspension cord;
Powersave lamp;
scissors;
large needle;
oilcloth or plastic the size of an A3 sheet;
petrolatum;
brush;
cotton pad and stick.

The process of making a lampshade for a table lamp, sconce, chandelier or floor lamp from threads with your own hands consists of several stages:

Inflate the balloon. It is desirable that its size is 25 cm or more.
Lubricate its surface with Vaseline.
Cover the work surface with paper or oilcloth.
Puncture a hole closer to the bottom of the tube with glue.
Wrap the ball with threads in any order.
Lubricate the threads with glue. Leave to dry completely overnight.
Use a cotton swab to separate the ball, deflate and remove it.
In the upper part of the finished product, make a hole for the lamp and socket.
Insert the lamp inside. Fasten the holder for the chuck in the hole.

Now just hang the finished lampshade in the designated place.

Option number 4: lace

You can try DIY lace lampshade. From this material, you can make a lampshade for an old table lamp with your own hands, for a sconce or a floor lamp.

Work begins with the preparation of things necessary for work. These are the actual lace, PVA glue with a brush, a balloon and electrical elements for the lamp.

Stages of work:

The first stage is lace preparation. Several circles of different sizes need to be cut.
Inflate the balloon. Lubricate its surface with glue.
Attach lace circles to the ball. This must be done with an overlap.
Leave the product to dry completely. This will take about a day.
Burst the ball and pull it out.
Secure the socket, lamp and wires. It is recommended to use low-power lamps that will not heat up the lace.

Option number 5: macrame

Lovers of original decor elements will undoubtedly pay attention to the macrame lampshade.

To make macrame lampshades with your own hands, you need to prepare:

172 m of 3 mm thick cord;
metal tubes and rings for the frame;
8 rings with a diameter of 7.5 cm;
1 ring with a diameter of 17 cm;
1 ring with a diameter of 36 cm.

How to make a frame for a lampshade with your own hands? We connect together two rings (17 and 36 cm in diameter) and 8 metal tubes 27 cm long.

The workflow for making the plafond itself looks like this:

You need to cut 40 threads of 3.5 m each from the cord. Attach them to the top ring.
Using patterns for macrame, weave an openwork mesh.
Insert 8 rings along the bottom edge, braiding them with thread.
Also braid all the vertical tubes of the frame.
Decorate the bottom edge with decorative elements.

Before making lampshades with your own hands, you can watch master classes. They will help you master the basic elements of macrame weaving and avoid mistakes in the workflow.

Option number 6: fabric

A fabric lampshade will also look great. With the help of fabric, you can update or restore an old product. It is enough just to cover it with prepared material and decorate it with any suitable decorative elements. A cardboard-based fabric lampshade is suitable for a table lamp, sconce, infrared lamp, night light and even a chandelier.

In order for the product to be neat, it must be sewn on a sewing machine before fitting it. In addition to her, you need to prepare:

iron;
pencil;
ruler;
the cloth;
pins;
threads matching the color;
thick paper (thin cardboard or whatman paper);
universal glue.

The workflow consists of several stages:

Make a template of the desired shape from paper. It is important that it fits the frame.
Connect the template to the fabric using pins. Outline it with a pencil. Draw another line 2 cm from the template line.
Fold the seam allowances inward, gradually detaching the pins. Mark the fold line with them.
Remove the template.
Sew the fabric on a typewriter.
Iron the fabric well.
In a well-ventilated area, lay out the workpiece and grease it with glue. Let dry a little.
Glue the fabric to the frame. All seams and cuts must be hidden.
Allow the lampshade to dry. After a day, you can use it.

A fabric lampshade decorated, for example, with flowers, buttons, bows, will look good. Organza can be used instead of regular fabric.

Option number 7: wood

Separately, it should be said about the lampshade in the steam room, sauna or in the bath with your own hands, because there is high humidity, and the glue may cease to keep the shape of the product. For making with your own hands from scrap materials, wooden materials are most popular.

To make a do-it-yourself wood lampshade for a steam room, you need to take:

paper;
pencil;
wood;
sandpaper for grinding;
self-tapping screws.

With this set of tools and materials, you can make a corner lampshade:

Draw a template for the bottom of the frame on paper. It should be trapezoidal. It is important that its sides fit the walls of the bath.
Using a pencil, transfer the drawing to the prepared wood. Cut.
Sand with sandpaper.
Cut 3 strips with a width of 1 cm and a thickness of 0.5 cm. The height should be equal to the height of the luminaire.
These planks will connect the top and bottom of the frame. They need to be nailed on the sides and center.
After measuring the distance from the center to the edges, cut out several more planks of the same size.
Tighten the strips with self-tapping screws from the inside of the luminaire. You can fix them in any position.

As you can see, there are many options for making lampshades with your own hands. In addition to those listed, there are also wire products, knitted products, beaded lampshade and many others. In the process of work, almost any material that is at hand is used. If necessary, you can make a new product, or you can update the old one (make a restoration). Almost always, a diagram or template is required to work. It is important that the workpiece matches them exactly. Only in this case the finished product will become a real decoration of the house or apartment.

It is not always possible to find an offer of lamps in stores that meets our needs. Often an old lamp takes on a rather unsightly look, and it is a pity to throw it away. Why not try to design your own lighting and make your own lampshade for a table lamp?

Where to start, where to find inspiration? What materials are needed? You will find answers to these questions and some interesting master classes in this article.

DIY paper lampshade for a table lamp

Lamps with a paper lampshade do not belong to products that are made exclusively by folk craftsmen. Luminaire covers are available at many stores that sell lighting fixtures and home furnishings. Their price, as a rule, differs significantly from the cost of production. For this reason, many people decide to purchase cardboard, paper, and make their own. How to make a do-it-yourself paper lamp shade for a lamp?

Paper selection

The paper lampshade can take many forms and can be used in different styles of interiors. What kind of paper to buy?

For manufacturing, it is necessary to purchase sufficiently high-quality and suitable paper, since the durability of the product directly depends on this.
The paper cannot be thin like regular paper, as this will quickly deteriorate the product.
She must let light through.

The best option would be a rice paper hat. This material, despite its small thickness, is very durable. Rice paper is sold in sheets of various sizes. For example, a sheet with a colored pattern can have a size of 50 x 70 cm.

Rice paper

Rice paper can be glued to an old light fixture, giving it a new look. You can also remove the old material and wrap the new metal frame. Sometimes the paper is additionally decorated with special stamps. This allows you to add additional decor for plain paper.

White paper lampshades are not only a tribute to the Far East, they are perfect for a Scandinavian-style interior. Almost everywhere where muted colors and natural materials dominate, you can safely use such solutions.

From wallpaper

Another interesting idea that requires almost no financial costs is a wallpaper lampshade for a floor lamp or table lamp. The most popular option is accordion-folded paper. For this purpose, the wallpaper left over from a recent renovation will come in handy; such an element of the interior will be perfectly combined with the walls. If there is no wallpaper, you can always buy a roll of leftovers; large stores usually offer favorable discounts for such products. Wallpaper can be used to make a lampshade for a table lamp using the existing frame, or for pendant lamps.

What you need:

a piece of wallpaper;
ruler;
a pen;
hole puncher;
lace.

How to make a lampshade from wallpaper - master class

This is a simple solution that even a child can handle.

DIY plafond from mesh

In a modern apartment, decorated in an industrial style, as well as in the garden, a luminaire made of metal mesh and wire will show itself perfectly.

The mesh can be formed in any shape you like and the ends can be connected, for example, with a thin wire.

Then, using a wire, the mesh is attached to the top of the lamp cable.

The shape of the lampshade is usually reduced to a ball or ellipse, but you can make any option, for example, a parallelepiped. To obtain this shape, you must use a frame made of durable wire or thick cardboard. The lampshade can be supplemented with artificial flowers, intertwined with colored laces. As a result, the mesh loses its harsh minimalist character and the product can be used in a different style of interior.

Lace

Lamps with lace lampshades add lightness and elegance to the interior. Depending on the type of lace, they allow you to get diffused or bright light. This lamp is suitable for:

living rooms,
bedrooms,
children's rooms.

The main material required for the manufacture of the case is lace. However, due to the relatively high price, lace can be replaced, for example:

unused lace napkins;
a piece of lace fabric;
leftovers from curtains tulle for windows.

The lace should be cut into circles, squares or stripes. The most time consuming process is the gluing of individual elements with glue. You can use regular wallpaper glue.

A lampshade for a chandelier made of lace, created with your own hand using a crochet hook and a thin thread, looks very romantic. Such a product will decorate the room of needlewomen, and will be an excellent demonstration of the skill of the needlewoman.

From beads

In this case, beads are used instead of paper and fabric. The glamorous lamp shade obtained from beads lets in a lot of light. Its implementation is simple, and the end result is definitely amazing.

You will need:

frame for the lampshade,
fishing line,
beads.

Work order

Attach the end of the line to the frame.
String the beads or seed beads, making knots so that the balls do not move.
Then attach the other end to the frame and place the beaded lines about 3 cm apart.

Making a lampshade out of thread with beads can be a little more time consuming than making crafts out of paper or lace, but the unique and impressive decorative effect more than compensates for this.

Thus, there are many interesting ways to make a lampshade with your own hands. Using the above recommendations, you can refuse to buy an expensive, unoriginal lamp and replenish the interior with a unique piece of decor of your own production.

Master class for making a lampshade at home - video

It is very difficult to part with your favorite things, especially if they are still in good working order, but they are worn out outwardly. Therefore, many are trying to return such things to their former gloss and freshness with the help of repairs, or even make them even more spectacular.

In the case of table lamp shades, this is more than possible. There are a lot of options for updating them and even creating them from scratch. You can come up with your own or use the ideas of designers and simply creative people who have already implemented them and shared the result.

How to make a frame for a lampshade

In old table lamps, the frame usually does not undergo such irreversible changes and deformations that it cannot be used to create a new lampshade. But a person may not be satisfied with his shape or size, and then he has to make a new one with his own hands. The question is - how and from what?

The easiest way is from aluminum or steel wire of such a cross section that it keeps its shape well. The skeleton of the future lampshade is formed from it.

Stages of work	Description
	We cut out templates for all diameters of the lampshade from cardboard. It can be one if the shape is assumed to be cylindrical, two if it is conical, three or more if it is complex. Cut off pieces of wire and form circles out of it according to a template. Twist the ends tightly, using pliers if necessary.
	Determine the height of the lampshade and the number of vertical bridges. We cut the wire for them 8-10 centimeters longer than necessary.
	Bend the extra ends of the wire perpendicularly and wrap them around the upper and lower circle. All joints are additionally fixed and masked with electrical tape. It can wrap the entire frame with it.
	If the lamp does not have a support for the cartridge, we modify the frame. For this, we first make a wire ring with a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the cartridge and connect it to the frame racks with horizontal jumpers.

The frame can also be assembled by welding or soldering. When brazing, it is better to use brazing acid instead of rosin.

Advice. Ready-made things can also become the basis for a lampshade. For example, plastic or metal wire trash bins, wicker vases, or plastic bottles. They only need to cut a hole for the cartridge.

Prices for different types of lampshades

Making lampshades with a wire frame

So, there is a frame, you might think what to dress it up with. The first thing that comes to mind is new textile clothing.

Fabric lampshades

To make fabric lampshades, it is not necessary to have a sewing machine and be able to sew. But you will have to make a pattern in any case. Why do you need a newspaper sheet or Whatman paper, scissors and scotch tape.

The newspaper is wrapped around the frame, the joint is fixed with tape and the excess is cut off from above and below. Then the paper cap is cut lengthwise and the pattern is transferred to the fabric, leaving allowances for the folds.

The edges of the workpiece are tucked inward and ironed with an iron. After this operation, its dimensions should remain slightly larger than the newspaper pattern.

We wrap the fabric around the frame and glue the joint or carefully sew it with a needle and thread. We wrap the edges from above and below inward and glue them to the frame.

With tailoring skills, you can make a more voluminous lampshade. And you don't have to be smart with the pattern. It is necessary to cut out a rectangle from the fabric along the height of the frame and the length of the largest circle. This is usually the bottom circle of the frame. Of course, do not forget about the seam allowances.

We sew the fabric from the wrong side with short sides to get a cylinder, the diameter of which exactly coincides with the diameter of the lower part of the frame. Then we fold and stitch the lower edge and put the fabric cylinder on the lampshade. Gather its upper part with uniform folds, temporarily securing them with pins, fold it over the upper circle of the frame and glue it. It remains to sew a braid or lace strip to the bottom edge and tie the lampshade with a ribbon.

You can also insert an elastic band into the upper part of the fabric cylinder - the appearance of the lampshade will be completely different.

Lampshade from an old knitted skirt. An elastic band is inserted on top

In the end, you can simply put on a child's skirt of a suitable length on the old frame. It can be sewn from any fabric - chintz, knitwear, jeans, organza, etc. The main thing is that in color and style it should be in harmony with the interior of the room.

Napkin lampshade

Crocheted napkins and capes now seem to many to be completely unnecessary old-fashioned things. Well, or simply not applicable in the interior of an apartment for its intended purpose. But it’s a pity to throw away the products that were connected by mom or grandmother. But from them you can make a lampshade by analogy with a fabric one. Only first, all the napkins will have to be sewn into one canvas, in shape and size suitable for tightening the frame.

Advice. To prevent the metal frame from being conspicuous through the openwork fabric, paint it, wrap it with a tape of a suitable color, or cover it with paper / cardboard, creating a hard inner layer.

A table lamp with such a lampshade will perfectly fit into a Provence style girl's bedroom.

Compare these two photos.

It uses the same fabric, but different finishing techniques. And the second lampshade looks more elegant, richer. The secret is to use not a single piece of fabric, but strips cut from the fabric and creating the effect of folds.

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	You need to prepare a frame, threads with a needle, scissors and a strong fabric that does not crumble around the edges.
	The fabric needs to be cut into long strips 3-4 cm wide. It will go faster if you just cut it from the edge and tear it with a sharp movement.
	The resulting strips are smoothed with an iron. If you wish, you can fold the edges and smooth them inward, but this is not necessary. It is enough just to cut off the protruding threads.
	The first strip is fixed to the top of the frame with glue or thread.
	And they begin to gently wrap the frame in a circle, alternately wrapping the strip over the lower and upper rings. At the same time, it must be pulled and laid with a slight overlap on the previous layer. Then the next one is sewn to the first strip, trying to ensure that the seam is on the wrong side of the lampshade.
	Having wrapped the entire frame, the tip of the fabric strip is hemmed from the inside. You can stop at this - the lampshade already looks very attractive. Or you can make the edging with a contrasting fabric.
	A strip of this fabric 12-15 cm wide is folded on one side, the fold is ironed and double-sided tape is glued to it.
	With the other side of the tape, the strip is glued to the edge of the lampshade and tucked inward. The tape must be glued on both sides, so it is bent axially.
	The other edge is trimmed in the same way, and the excess fabric is neatly trimmed with scissors.

Instead of one fabric, you can use different ones, alternating stripes in color and width. It is even more convenient to use ribbons - they do not need to be stapled.

Ribbon shade with bows

Alternatively, strips or ribbons of different colors are not sewn together, but the ends are left hanging down freely.

Ribbons and fabric strips are excellent weaving materials. Having made the base according to the method described above, it can be intertwined with transverse or diagonal lines.

Plafonds made of braid, yarn, twine look very original. If the frame has many intersecting ribs, they can be wrapped in different directions.

If an existing or hand-made smooth fabric lampshade suits in all respects, but it lacks zest, you can always decorate it. Beads, rhinestones, paper flowers and butterflies, fringes, etc. But there is a more original and effective way to decorate plafonds ... with putty on wood. It is best to take a ready-made polymer putty. It is white and the color of different types of wood. White can be tinted perfectly in any shade.

The technology is extremely simple: a flexible stencil is glued to the lampshade with adhesive tape, and then a uniform layer of putty is applied to it. After it dries, the stencil, along with the tape, is carefully removed along with the excess putty.

Other types of lampshades

If you don't want to mess with wire, fabric and paper, you can use completely different materials and techniques for making lampshades. Here are some examples.

To make an eco-style shade, you will need a wooden or plastic embroidery hoop, quick-setting glue and slats.

The slats are sawn along a length equal to the height of the future lampshade. And they are glued to the hoop. That's it, the lampshade is ready. It can be turned into a full-fledged table lamp by making several bars longer and using them as a support.

Any work with wood is always exciting, because there is an opportunity not only to show your own imagination, but also to make a thing that fully meets your needs and tastes. Agree, it's nice when there is a hand-made thing in the house. Read on our website about how to make a wooden box with your own hands.

Disposable spoon lampshades

As a frame for such a lampshade, a plastic container with a volume of 5 liters is most suitable. It was she who was used in the proposed master class on making an original plafond in the form of a pineapple. But you can take any other container of a suitable size.

With a sharp knife, cut off the bottom and neck of the bottle, leaving a hole through which the bulb holder will pass.

Cut off the cuttings from plastic spoons, leaving "tails" 1.5-2 cm long. Paint the convex side of the spoons yellow with odorless paint. Acrylic is best.

We put a drop of hot glue on the cuttings and glue the spoons with the painted side outward to the bottom of the bottle close to each other.

We glue the second and subsequent rows of spoons with an overlap on the previous one with an offset, in a checkerboard pattern. There should be no gaps between them.

Thus, we glue over the entire container.

Cut out a circle from thick paper or thin green cardboard with a hole in the center that coincides with the hole in the upper part of the bottle.

Cut the outer edge into large teeth and bend it slightly down. We glue it to the lampshade. Cut out long leaves from the same paper and insert them in a bundle into the upper hole, having previously installed a cartridge in the lampshade.

Note. Lampshades made from materials that are not resistant to fire or strong heat can only be used with LED or fluorescent lamps.

Using this technique, you can create lampshades in a completely different style. If "Pineapple" looks great in a children's room, then the lamp, the production of which is shown step by step in the following photos, will decorate the bedroom.

Lampshade "Pineapple" with feathers

Lampshade "Tiffany" from a plastic bottle

A large plastic bottle can be a great base for making a lampshade that mimics the Tiffany style - multicolored stained glass mosaic.

The bottom of the bottle is cut off. The cut can be flat or curly. Then a drawing is applied to it and the contours are outlined with a special contour paint of golden or silver color. And after it dries, the plastic inside the contours is painted in different colors.

Lampshade made of paper plates

If an old table lamp has a thick cylindrical shade, it can be changed beyond recognition using disposable paper plates. Their number is easy to calculate by measuring the circumference of the cylinder: one plate is needed for each centimeter.

The manufacturing instructions are given below.

Fold each plate in half, step 5 mm from the fold line in both directions and draw two parallel lines.

Attach a ruler to these lines and, with slight effort, draw along them with the blunt side of a knife or other pointed (but not sharp!) Object.

Bend the plate along the squeezed lines and glue it to the lampshade with hot glue.

Glue gun prices

Glue gun

Glue the second workpiece and all subsequent ones tightly to it and at the same height.

Here's what you should end up with.

This method is known, if not to everyone, then to very many. The instruction is attached.

Inflate the balloon to the desired size and lubricate it with Vaseline so that the threads soaked in glue do not stick to the rubber. You can also wrap it with thin cling film.

In a jar with PVA glue, we make a through hole with an awl just above the bottom.

We put the thread into the needle and pass it through the jar, after which we remove the needle.

We wrap the balloon in random order with thread with glue until we get the required winding density. It is better to leave the area around the tail of the ball free so that later you can put the lampshade on the lamp.

We wait until the glue is completely dry and pierce the ball. Before this, the lampshade can be painted with spray paint from a spray can.

We decorate a ball of threads with paper, wire or fabric flowers, if there is such a desire, and put it on the lamp.

Video - How to make a beautiful lampshade with your own hands

A very unusual material for decorating a table lamp is metal clasps from tin beer and other cans.

For the first row, they are bent in half and fixed on the upper ring of the frame lampshade.

For all other locks, one ring is cut in half and the second row begins, clinging the lock with the cut ears for two adjacent rings of the first row.

Having reached the bottom ring, the locks are crocheted again inward and hooked onto the frame.

These are so different, but very beautiful and original lampshades can be made from traditional and seemingly not intended materials at all.

Video - Origami lampshade

Original lamps and lampshades with your own hands. Ideas, master classes

DIY lamps and lampshades. Ideas, master classes

Hello everyone!

Creating or decorating lamps and lampshades is not only incredibly interesting, but also quite useful activity: it allows you not only to create a unique object, and in full accordance with the interior of your home, but also to save a lot. It is enough to buy the simplest lamp for little money and beat it to your liking. And there are a lot of options for what and how you can make, in a variety of techniques, using a variety of materials.

I have selected for you and me ideas for creating and decorating lamps, I hope you can choose the right option for yourself :) Enjoy your viewing!

The lampshade is decorated using decoupage technique, the base of the lamp is made of books

The decor of the metal frame of the lampshade with feathers is very stylish :)

Quite often fabric or paper flowers are used to decorate lampshades, the result is very romantic :)

Fabric flowers with candle processing

Calico convolutions are used here as colors.

Twisted fabric flowers

Here are the ready-made flowers

The flower is made of a cotton strip of fabric, strung on one side and gathered in a bud

Spiral roses from newspapers

The bottom of the lampshade is decorated with spiral paper roses

Decor ikeevsky lampshade with paper flowers

Lampshades made of lace and knitted napkins look very beautiful

Shaped with glue

A ball is inflated and lace napkins are applied to it with the help of glue. After drying, the ball is pierced, deflated and removed.

A very beautiful option: a birdcage is used as the base of the lamp, the lampshade is decorated using decoupage technique with aging.

Even an umbrella can be used for a chandelier :)

Even scraps-cuttings of fabrics will go into business: they wound up, tied in a knot. This option will perfectly fit into the design of a country house or a children's room.

Buttons-buttons

For the manufacture of lamps, various glass containers are very often and successfully used - jars, bottles. Below I have given a master class on the manufacture of such a lamp.

A bottle as the base of the lamp - a similar master class is also given below

Here it is a little more complicated - at the bottom on the back of the bottle there is a hole drilled through which the cord is wound.

The lamp is made of shaped metal sheet

Origami technique has been successfully applied to create lampshades

Glued fabric strips on the base of the lampshade

Lampshade made of various retro leaves

Basket lampshade - why not? :)

The second life of a metal colander

Unnecessary forks and spoons created a very interesting version of the chandelier :)

A very nice solution: a metal mesh is stretched over the frame and the poultry house is beaten. For a child's room, I think.

And here's another bird theme :)

Painted lampshade with acrylic paints

Thin veneer lampshade

The base of the lamp is pasted over with seashells

Knitted lampshades - they look very cozy :)

Lampshade decor with memorable photos and slides

The flowers on this lamp are the bottoms of plastic bottles :)

Lampshades are pasted over with paper circles

Vegetable lampshade :) I think the flower is still hot there :)

Lace lampshade

The decoupage technique is also applied here.

A very interesting solution - a wire as an art object :)

Lampshade decorated with strips of fabric

Lamp made of branches

Lampshade decorated with crumpled-squeezed coffee filters (muffin tins)

Glass vase lampshade

The base of the lampshade is unnecessary toy soldiers, glued and painted with spray paint

Creative striped felt lampshade

Ping-pong ball lampshade :)

Floral decor

And many, many different ideas ...

Workshop on making a lamp from a tin with a metal lid by Tom & Brit (bestofinteriors.com)

Punch holes with a nail to create a hole

Insert the cartridge

We paint in one color

We screw in the light bulb and insert it into the jar

The lamp is ready :)

Lamps made of paper from the resource varrell.com

We need a picture of the castle

Cut out, cut through the windows, glue

Place a battery-powered spotlight inside

Rope chandelier by Sarah M. Dorsey (sarahmdorseydesigns.blogspot.com)

We need a rope, Mod Podge glue (can be replaced with diluted PVA), a ball

In order to create a wavy shape, Sarah used wooden slats. We lay out the form, coat with glue for fixing.

After drying, spread on a ball and coat with abundant glue

After drying, remove the lampshade from the ball and paint it with white spray paint - Sarah has four layers

Very beautiful lampshade from grandmother's squares from the author of the resource Aboutgoodness.com

We cover the lampshade with fabric

We bend a strip of fabric in half lengthwise and twist it into a roll

Straighten slightly

Apply glue to the fold and glue to the base

Workshop on creating a base for a lampshade from Kiri (ilikethatlamp.com)

Necessary components

The bottle is thoroughly washed, disinfected and dried

Cover with spray paint

Installation process

This is how the gin bottle turned into the base for the lampshade :)

As you can see, creating lamps and lampshades with your own hands is quite simple and very interesting. Give free rein to your imagination, create and let it be beautiful and cozy in your house!

Well, for those who still prefer to buy ready-made lighting fixtures, I recommend looking into a specialized online store Lampa.ua- www.lampa.kiev.ua/katalog/nastolnye_lampy/, where a huge range of high-quality and stylish table lamps, chandeliers, sconces, accessories, etc. from the best manufacturers and at very flexible pleasant prices :) By the way, according to Google statistics, this online store is the most popular among Ukrainian buyers :) Use it with pleasure!

I wish you all good luck and good mood !!