Paper Lampshade

Things are coming together in the baby's room. We're just doing some finishing touches. Today I made a paper lampshade.

We bought a lamp to go next to the glider, but after we purchased the room divider screen I didn't like how the color of the fabric on the divider clashed with the lampshade color.

See what I mean? The white & yellow just don't go together...haha...

So, I went to a specialty paper store bought a large sheet of paper.

I've outlined the process below if you care to follow it...

Here's the paper I chose. It was a a little lightweight, but I wanted the lamp to still give off a nice soft light, in the room.

I removed the old shade

Then laid it out flat on the wrong side of the paper. See where those seams are? I marked those creases onto the paper with a pencil. Next, I cut out the size that I needed, allowing a little excess to be able to fold over the edges.

Here are the faint pencil marks on the wrong side of the paper.

Using the pencil line as a guide I folded the paper.

After that, I turned the paper to the printed side & folded it again using the same crease.

The edges were glued down to give a nice edge and add some stability.

I took some grosgrain ribbon and glued it along the edges

I wasn't sure if the glue was going to show through...

Well, it did...so I ended up taking another piece of ribbon, & sewing it around the edges that would be seen.

I should have done that in the first place, but ended up doing this after the fact...oh well, hindsight...

Prior to sewing, I added some small pieces of wood to the inner sides of the shade to give it a sturdier shape.

 

To finish off the shade, I glued the two ends together & called it good. I also added some flat wood pieces around the bottom of the shade & a couple at the top.

 

Here's the finished project

Have you done any diy projects lately? I'd love to hear about them.

Happy day!

hi-d