DIY transparent fabric lampshade. How to make a lampshade for a table lamp, floor lamp, chandelier with your own hands, photo

Lighting is the most important component of the interior. The coziness and comfort level of our home depends on the lighting. The play of light and shadow allows you to beat the winning moments of the interior and divert attention from bad moments. And also - lamps, floor lamps, chandeliers and lamps create the atmosphere that we call "home". Unique lamps and The best way- make a lampshade with your own hands. Homemade plafonds and lampshades are the thing that will make your home stand out from the rest.

A few words about security

In the manufacture of lamps, floor lamps and chandeliers in industrial conditions, the minimum distance from the "body" of the lamp to the materials is preliminarily calculated. This distance depends on the power and thermal radiation of the lamp and on the type (combustibility) of the material from which the ceiling / lampshade is made. At home, hardly anyone will bother with such calculations. And not to create dangerous situation, it is necessary to adhere to certain rules.

And in general, having made a lampshade and installing it, in the first few days, pay attention to whether the ceiling heats up. Heating is any increase in temperature above environment. If the lampshade feels “warm”, change the light bulb to a less powerful one. Check again. So until the homemade lampshade warms up.

Where to get a frame

If you want to remake an old lamp, floor lamp, sconces in which the old lampshade has become unusable, you can simply use the existing base by peeling old material. Before starting work, inspect the frame well, if there is rust or a damaged coating somewhere, maybe it’s worth stripping everything off and painting it again? At the same time, the color can be changed. If there are no old frames, you can buy an inexpensive lamp (in a store or at a flea market) and do the same operations with it. Good lampshades can, by the way, be made from waste baskets. They are wire, there are plastic. The main thing is to find a suitable shape and size. Then make a hole in the bottom for the cartridge. Further - it's up to decoration / plating, and here there are a lot of options.

If this method is also not available, you can make a lampshade without a frame (there are some) or make a frame yourself. The material for making a frame for a lampshade with your own hands is: wire, wood (wooden or bamboo sticks, specially cut elements), plastic bottles.

How to make a frame for a homemade wire lampshade

The wire for the lamp frame needs aluminum or steel. Aluminum is easy to work with, but wrinkle easily. This is not very important when the lampshade is already in use, but this fact must be taken into account during operation: you can ruin the shape. On the other hand, such plasticity allows easy and simple changes in the shape during operation. So that's a good option. Aluminum wire can be "extracted" from electrical cables. You will have to remove the protective shell and you can use it.

Steel wire is more elastic, so it retains its shape well. It can be searched on construction market. It's harder to work with her. It is desirable that there were strong male hands nearby.

In addition to the wire, you will need powerful wire cutters and pliers to work. The frame of the lampshade usually consists of two rings and racks connecting them. The shape of the future lampshade depends on the size of the rings and the shape of the racks. Questions may arise regarding the number of racks and how they are attached. The number of posts depends on the size of the rings and how "round" you want the lampshade to be. The more posts, the more “smoothly” the fabric will lie. So it's up to you, but optimal distance between the uprights in the lower circle - about 5-6 cm.

Techniques for creating a frame for a wire lampshade

Methods for attaching the stack to the lampshade rings depend on the thickness and type of wire, as well as the tools you have. The easiest is to make a small hook at the end, then clamp it tightly. And so that the ring does not slide left and right, pre-process the wire at the attachment point sandpaper with large grains. This is for the fat aluminum wire. If the wire is steel, and with a diameter of 1.2-2 mm or more, the best way is. Thinner wire can be bent and wrapped around the ring or also made a hook.

If you make hooks, wind the wire, appearance it turns out far from being as perfect as that of factory frames. But this imperfection will be covered by the lampshade itself. If she still worries you, find the tape suitable color(usually matched to the color of the lampshade) and carefully wrap the resulting frame. It will get much better. The tape can be smeared with PVA glue and, wet, tightly, turn by turn, wrap the frame around.

wire mesh

If you can find a fine wire mesh, you can quickly make an almost perfect cylindrical ceiling for a floor lamp, table lamp, night lamp, lampshade for installing candles, etc. All you need is to cut off a piece of mesh of the desired length and width, roll it into a ring and fasten the wires by wrapping them around the racks.

To prevent the mesh from straightening when cutting off a piece, cut so that long free ends remain on both sides. They will fasten the ceiling of a cylindrical shape. And the imperfection of the upper and lower rings can be masked with a tape of the desired color.

From a five-liter plastic bottle

An interesting shape lampshade can be obtained from plastic bottle large displacement. There are bottles of 5-6 liters and even 10. Here they can be used. From the container we cut off the top or the bottom - depending on what you like best. In the cut off part we make a ring for the cartridge. If cut off top part, for some cartridges you can use the neck. For those with a larger diameter, it will have to be cut off.

Then we cut out the excess plastic, form the rims and racks of the ceiling. In order not to be mistaken, you can first draw all the lines with a marker. Cutting will be easier. Everything is elementary. Then we just decorate. And yes, it is necessary to cut the plastic, otherwise warm air there will be nowhere to go.

We make lampshades on the frame

There are enough options on how to make a lampshade cover:

From tapes

The simplest and fast way transform an old lampshade for a floor lamp or table lamp - use ribbons. You need a frame or lampshade in the form of a cylinder. It can be "naked" or covered with fabric. If you use a "bare" frame, the light will break through the cracks, which will create interesting lighting effects, but the lighting will be uneven. Reading in this light is inconvenient - this is an interior solution. If you need even lighting, cover the frame with fabric first. It can be the same color as the ribbon, a couple of tones darker or lighter, it can be contrasting. Everything depends on your desire. And remember that the darker the fabric, the less light the lampshade lets through.

We take a tape 1-2.5 cm wide. We fix it from the wrong side of the lampshade with PVA glue, additionally fixing it with a pin. If you took a wire frame without fabric, we attach it to the upper or lower rim (you can sew it on with your hands, you can use glue). Then we begin to wrap the entire frame, from top to bottom, placing the turns of the tape close to each other, but without overlap.

Having finished the circle, we unfold the tape 90 °. We fix it in this position (with a needle and thread or PVA glue, glue from a gun, temporarily fixing it with a pin, pressing it with a clothespin). Then we skip the tape under the first tape, pull it out, lay it on top of the second one, then pull it down again, pull it up through one tape. So, gradually, we create an interlacing, filling the entire lampshade.

Alternatively, you can skip two vertical tapes. But then you need to make sure that each next row moves one crossbar. Then you get a different type of weave. Such a lampshade is ideal for floor lamps, since it will direct the light downwards, scattering through the walls will be small.

AT this option ribbons can be the same, they can be of the same color, but of different textures, they can differ by a couple of tones or be contrasting. In a circle, the tapes can be started all the way, or you can - after a certain distance. If you find a wide tape and apply it with an overlap, then horizontal ones will not be needed at all. And if you use a braided or twisted cord (in the lower photo on the right), we get a completely different lampshade in appearance. So only this technique of finishing the lampshade gives a lot of options.

Let's briefly present the ideas. There are many options for how you can design standard frames for lampshades in a non-standard way. The first method has already been voiced: you can knit a lampshade cover on knitting needles or crochet. Several options in the photo.

Not everyone knows how to knit. It is easier to work with beads, especially if you glue them. You can decorate old fabric with beads, sequins, beads different shapes and sizes. You can make such a “new-old” lampshade with your own hands in a couple of hours. You select the decorations that match the color, coat the fabric with PVA glue, stick the decorations. To complete the look, you can assemble pendants from beads and beads that are attached to the lower rim, but this is already painstaking work. Although the effect is interesting.

You can sew a new lampshade out of fabric. But it is not necessary to make it an updated copy of the old one. Fantasy must be turned on! If a lamp or floor lamp is in the girls' room, new case on the lampshade can be made in the form of a skirt. The style of the skirt is up to you. Interesting look in the fold. With and without ruffles.

In the boy's room, you can use the old geographical map. They are on thick paper. If the paper is not thick enough, first you need to stick the card on cardboard, and then glue the lampshade from such a blank.

Original shades are obtained if the finished frame is braided with threads or ropes. Ropes can be natural. In this case, they are gray, brown beige. You can find thin synthetic colored cords. Of these, more "fun" in color products will turn out. The situation is even simpler with knitting threads. They are thin, thick, textured, with a smoothly changing color. In general, there are a lot of options.

We take the frame and braid it according to a certain pattern. You can start with racks. Braid each rack with a pigtail (the length of the threads should be 3 times the height of the rack). When this work is finished, we begin to stretch the threads / ropes between the racks. They will need to be passed through pigtails, so it is more convenient to do this with threads with a needle, and the ropes can be pushed through like that.

The second option is to first entangle the entire frame horizontally, and then braid the racks. A pigtail will no longer work here, you just need to fix the turns on the rack with oblique stitches with a certain slope. This version is somewhat simpler in execution, but the “pigtails” look more decorative.

Homemade ceiling lamps without a frame

Many materials are rigid enough to hold their shape on their own, yet malleable enough to be made into something interesting. There are a lot of such homemade lampshades. And almost all of them are worth your attention. We give here only a part, the other part will go in the photo section (see below).

From knitted lace doilies

Many people have crocheted napkins and they lie in the “stash”, because it’s a pity to throw it away and they don’t know how to use it. There are very interesting idea- make them a lampshade for a chandelier on a suspension. In addition to napkins, you will need a large Balloon or inflatable ball, glue for heavy wallpaper (vinyl, silkscreen, etc.), brush.

We soak the glue according to the instructions, wait until it swells. Inflate a balloon or take a ball, hang it up. When the glue is ready, lay out a napkin on some clean surface, coat it with glue, put it on a ball.

It is necessary to lay out with such a condition that in the center there will be a hole for the cartridge. Glue the napkins one by one. They need to be laid out so that the edges overlap slightly. When all the napkins are laid, once again coat them with glue and leave to dry. When the glue is dry, blow off the ball or ball (the ball can be pierced if you don't mind) and take it out through the hole. That's all, the lace lampshade is ready.

In some cases, there are problems with how to hang the finished lampshade on the cartridge. The problem is solved simply - take a transparent plastic bottle, cut off its neck, if necessary, expand the hole to the desired size (so that it fits tightly on the cartridge), then cut off the plastic so that you get a ring 5-7 cm wide. Lubricate this ring with PVA glue , and glue it to the lampshade from the inside of the ball.

Round plafonds made of threads

Almost the same technology can be used to make round and semicircular stylish shades. Choose the thread of the right color. Their composition is absolutely unimportant - the color, thickness and texture are important. They can be shaggy, smooth, twisted, thinner and thicker. It depends on the appearance. It is most convenient to work with cotton threads of medium thickness. They absorb glue well and then, after drying, keep their shape perfectly.

You will also need a ball or ball. This will be the base of the lampshade, which sets the shape. Choose the size of the base as you wish. The threads will need to be glued, for this you need PVA glue. It is poured into a container, diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 1.

You can use other glue. It is important that it becomes transparent after drying. These are WB-29 from TYTAN Professional and D2 joinery adhesive. If you use any of these types of glue, read the instructions.

On the ball or ball, draw a circle, which will be slightly smaller in size than the lamp socket. On the opposite side, draw a larger circle - this will be the lower edge of the ceiling. Now everything is ready, we can start.

We coat the threads with glue and wind them around the ball in a chaotic manner. It is more convenient to do this if the glue is poured into a container - you can lower the entire skein there, and just pull the thread slowly. With glue in a tube, everything is not so comfortable: you have to coat sections up to a meter long, wind them up, and coat them again. Time goes much longer. This is if you do not use PVA. But on the other hand, the products turn out to be more rigid and do not sag, do not change shape over time, as can happen with filament lampshades on PVA.

When winding threads around the ball, we carefully go around the drawn circles. If you accidentally climbed on " forbidden territory”, just move the threads, forming an even (more or less even) edge. When the threads run out or you decide that there is enough density, the process can be stopped. We fill the edge of the thread between others. All. Then we coat the ball with wound threads again with glue (PVA can be watered) and leave to dry (at least 2 days). To prevent the ball from rolling, we find a bowl or pan and use it as a stand.

The last stage is to blow off the ball or ball. If the ball has a nipple, press it with a thin wire, releasing air. Take out the dropped ball. That's all, you can thread the lamp inside and test the lampshade.

The technology is the same, but the appearance is very different…

According to the technology described above, it is possible to make not only round shades. Rectangular, triangular, trapezoidal. Choose a base that is easy to remove, wrap threads soaked in glue, braid, even sticks, newspaper tubes, etc. After drying, remove the base and, behold, you have made a lampshade with your own hands. A couple of examples in the photo below.

You can also use chopsticks... Just wrap the ball with cling film too and use not PVA glue, but transparent carpentry

It's pasty polymer clay in a tube, which was applied to a milk bag, then dried and the bag was removed ...

Creative homemade shades for lamps, floor lamps and chandeliers

You just wonder what people don’t make beautiful and unusual things from. Plafond from a cup, grater, bottle, beer or glass can, metal parts and beer can rings ... It seems that everything can be used ...

Do you have old slides and cameras? Make a unique lamp for the photographer!

Candlesticks turn into lamps ... without lampshades

You can’t tell in life, but these shades are made of hooks used to open metal cans for drinks and canned food… if they are painted, it will be even more interesting

Don't know what to do with grandma's crystal? Make plafonds out of it ...

Agree, a lot depends on the light in the room, compare at least the “cold” hospital and “warm” home light. But not everything depends on the lamp: do-it-yourself lampshades will help to “domesticate” the light. Only in this article, you will receive complete information on how to make a fashionable lampshade quickly, inexpensively, beautifully! Read and enjoy!

How to make a lampshade with your own hands

Before choosing a design and starting to create a lampshade with your own hands, let's dwell on a few important points. So pay attention to the following points:

1. The greatest freedom will be given by the use of energy-saving or LED lamps because incandescent lamps get very hot and may burn paper or fabric lampshade.

2. When reworking the finished lamp, try to handle the wires as carefully as possible, and upon completion of the work, check their integrity.

3. When choosing a lamp, remember that they are often divided into “cold”, neutral and “warm” depending on the color temperature. For home lamp the best choice will become warm.

The difference in color temperature is clear. The higher the value on the package (higher temperature), the colder the light will give the lamp and vice versa.

A little about the frame

For your own lampshade, you will need a base. Often it consists of two rings on which a cardboard or plastic substrate is fixed to hold the shape.

Such frames can be woven from wire using only pliers.

The frame can be bought at a needlework store, but since our stores do not always boast such a variety, it is worth looking for frames in hardware stores.

The simplest solution: the neck of a 5-liter bottle holds the cartridge.

You can also buy an old lamp at a flea market or make a frame yourself from wire.

Finished cylindrical frame hardware store(metal grid).

Green lamp... literally

A lamp can be used special, for plants, but a simple "housekeeper" or LED is also suitable.

It will not be difficult to repeat the design with your own hands, especially since it is very easy to change it, based on what materials you have at hand.

The main thing is that in suspended version the pot was not too heavy (in the desktop this can be neglected). You also need to isolate the wiring well, you can run it along one of the supporting wires.

10 steps to a fabric lampshade

DIY fabric lampshade: master class

The process of creating a fabric lampshade begins with preparing everything you need, so that later you don’t have to look for the missing parts.

You will need:
- the cloth;
- masking tape;
- measuring tape and plastic ruler;
- chalk (or other material for marking fabric);
- pencil;
- scissors;
- thick self-adhesive film (from a needlework store);
– lower and upper wire rings;
- clothespins-binders for paper;
- PVA glue;
- brush;
- threads;
- paper strip.

1 step

Step 2

Cut out a rectangle of the desired size from the self-adhesive film, and then a piece of fabric 5-6 cm larger at the edges. Glue the fabric right side to the table.

3 step

Select the part of the pattern that you want to leave on the lampshade, and using a ruler and something rectangular (like a book), draw the cutting lines and corners.

Step 4

Flatten the fabric and start gluing the film on it. Do not tear off the entire backing from the very beginning: first separate 4-5 cm, stick them. After that, simultaneously tear off the substrate and level the pasted part of the film.

Step 5

Attach the lampshade to the frame, starting from the middle, using paper clips. When you reach the end, flip the lampshade over and start at the other end.

Step 6

Using a pencil, mark the line of contact and label the side that will be at the top. Next, glue the halves of the lampshade and let them dry.

Step 7

Flip the lampshade over, apply a thin bead of glue to the edge, and insert the wire ring. Secure it immediately with paper clips, let dry, and then repeat on the other end.

Step 8

Step 9

Also close the seam on the side of the lampshade.

10 step

Put everything together and enjoy the finished lampshade.

Advice: taking the lampshade given in this instruction as a basis, you can make no less interesting designs, for example: the ever-popular thread lamp.

Lampshade - both a photo album and a map

Marie Darby shared online her success in creating a lampshade - a photo frame. To do this, she writes on her blog, you need a base, such as the one in the previous section, or a ready-made purchased lamp with a white lampshade.

You will also need tracing paper (several sheets, you can buy in needlework and stationery stores), scissors, glue, pencil, ruler and printer. The result in the photo was obtained from the use of an inkjet, but you can also use a laser, the main thing is that it does not “chew” thin tracing paper.

You can make a collage from a photo on your computer using Photoshop or another collage maker such as Picassa. You can collage photos by cutting them with scissors.

Please note: if using an inkjet printer, allow the ink to dry. Also, you need to be careful with tracing paper and not bend it, otherwise the trace of the bend will always be noticeable.

In exactly the same way, anything can be transferred to the lampshade: a children's drawing or a favorite quote, or even a map of a favorite place.

rope sun

Making a popular openwork lampshade for a lamp is actually a breeze. You only need threads (acrylic or natural), glue (PVA or wallpaper), and balloon or a ball that can be blown away and Vaseline.

The inflated ball is smeared with petroleum jelly (so that the threads do not stick to it) and they begin to wrap it with threads previously moistened with glue. When the design dries, the ball is blown off and removed. Everything, the lampshade is ready!

Tip: before making a "clean" - make 2-3 small test lamps. Also, on the ball, immediately mark with a marker the place where the threads should not be - through it you will need to remove the ball and insert the cartridge.

Do-it-yourself room "night sky"

The pattern on the lampshade can be formed in different ways, each has its own advantages. But in originality, few people can compete with a perforated lamp.

To make this, you just need to prepare the base, on which you will make the first row of holes (contour) with a thin awl. After that, you need to add many smaller holes and fix the perforated blank on the lamp.

How to make a lampshade video:

Knowledge of English is not required, everything is clear and without words.

As you can see, in order to make a lampshade with your own hands (), you do not need a lot of resources or experience, but the result can be excellent. And if you attach to the case a male comrade-in-arms who will help to make good frame, you can consider that it's in the bag.

It happens that a properly working lamp or a favorite night light inherited from my grandmother works properly, but is significantly shabby ... It’s a pity to throw it away, but it’s impossible to look without tears - the fabric is rubbed, faded, even torn in places, and the paint and varnish fell off ... Believe me, there is at least 20 ways to improve the situation: either fix the old lampshade, or beat it in a new way, or, at worst, throw it away, creating something mega-creative instead!

A few words from history: translated from French, abat-jour translates as "light dimming". For the first time, such mufflers appeared about two hundred years ago, but their ancestors - dampers for torches and candles, were invented in antiquity. Until that memorable day, when the talented designer Louis Tiffany tried to create his first lampshade from pieces of broken multi-colored glass, they were made exclusively from fabric. Approximately overnight with Tiffany, another equally talented designer, Antonin Doma, came up with a crystal lampshade.

Today, crystal, fabric and glass are not enough - lampshades are made from almost any material known today. You, too, can use almost everything that comes to your hand - the main thing is the right combination and a sense of proportion! So, 20 ideas for inspiration...

Fabric lampshade

You can choose absolutely any fabric - from organza to jeans. You can simply drag the frame anew with one fabric, or you can create a whole collage from patches of different textures and colors. You can also make artificial flowers out of fabric and sheathe an old lampshade with ready-made buds. You can beautifully use children's clothes, as the authors of such an original night lamp did - skirts ...

We apply knitting

If you have a lot of unused balls, or an old worn sweater - you will definitely need them when creating a new lampshade! Of course, you can tie the frame of the night lamp again, but it will be faster to sew a colorful warm “cover” from an unnecessary sweater. Stick knitting needles with started knitting into it, or put a basket of yarn next to it - and the atmosphere in the house will become warmer from such a cozy little thing!

Planting territory

Brilliant and, as often happens, very simple idea. We take a flowerpot with the most lush vegetation and fasten it in the frame of a floor lamp or a night lamp. Looks very creative and lively.

Lace or thread

The old version of fake, which many of us were taught in school - inflate a balloon so that it turns out to be as round as possible and wrap it around wool thread or straws, periodically wetting it in glue. When the work dries completely, the ball is pierced and removed. In your hands you have a beautiful ball of threads or straws.

I suggest using lace knitted napkins instead of threads! But remember that popping the ball is only worth it when all the glue on the product has dried and the lampshade has become dense!

Chinese lantern in a new way

A simple Chinese lantern can be revived beyond recognition in an evening with the help of fabric flowers and ordinary gouache! Just draw sakura branches on a flashlight, attach flowers with glue and that's it!

paper or pictures

One of the most simple options updating an old lampshade - paste over it with newspaper clippings or old photos. Some even manage to use unnecessary x-rays!

We update the fabric lampshade with decoupage

Those who have a creative imagination and love to free time decorating the house with your own hand-made things has several advantages over the rest.

1. What is the advantage
2. From fabric
3. From paper
4. From threads
5. Other Solutions

What is the advantage

• Opportunity to save money. A unique author's product will turn out free of charge or you will need to purchase a small amount of materials, which is several times less than the cost finished goods bought in a store.

• A way to express your individuality, to come up with and make extraordinary, unlike typical, interior items, for example, ceiling lamps for chandeliers, with your own hands;

• Joint work with young children will allow them to be involved in work, spend fruitful weekends together, and show their creative abilities.

• Putting your soul into your creation and positive energy, you can make a wonderful gift to relatives, mothers and grandmothers will be especially happy with it, as it will become a pleasant reminder of their beloved children or grandchildren.

From fabric

Decorate the chandelier with the rest beautiful fabric even those who have not learned the rules of sewing and do not have a home can sewing machine. It’s good if there is the same material in the house as on the upholstery upholstered furniture or curtains. Then the lamp will become part of the overall interior decoration.

A bright ceiling will decorate the kitchen, country house, children's room. Its manufacturing technology is very simple. Thanks to her, he will have a neat appearance both from the outside and from the wrong side of the product. To work, you need to stock up on a suitable fabric, scissors, double-sided tape, thread and a needle.

• Remove the old coating from an unnecessary chandelier, leaving the frame.

• Prepare even strips from the fabric of the future product. To do this, at regular intervals, approximately 3 - 5 cm along the warp threads, make cuts and tear the fabric with quick movements.

• Then iron the strips and cut off the excess threads, carefully shaping the edges. The length of the strips can be different, the longer the better, because fewer connections are required.

• Starting the process of forming the ceiling, one of the strips should be fixed with a needle and thread on the upper ring of the frame.

• Gradually wind the fixed strip around the upper and lower rings of the frame, applying each subsequent layer to the previous overlap. When the first strip is finished, hem the next strip to it from the wrong side and continue.

• In order for the lamp to have a finished look, it is necessary to arrange the lower and upper edges of the ceiling. To do this, cut a strip 14 cm wide from a contrasting fabric.

• Tuck one edge 2 cm and iron.

  Glue Double-sided tape from the inside.

• Then glue the finishing tape to the ceiling, gradually removing protective layer from adhesive tape, while wrapping it on the inside.

• Similarly to the top, trim the lower edge of the ceiling. Cut off the excess material.

Thus, with the help of this master class, it is not difficult to update an old chandelier.

From paper

Another way to show your imagination and at the same time spend your free time usefully is the opportunity to make a ceiling lamp out of paper.

To do this, cut strips of white, colored paper, thin cardboard or plain newspaper. Then arrange them in the product, laying the strips arbitrarily, winding them symmetrically with respect to the central part of the chandelier, as seen in the photo.

Periodically, at the points of contact, apply glue and form a stable structure.

From threads

Quite simple to manufacture and effective in working order is a ceiling made of threads.

How to update a table lamp with your own hands: 37 lampshade ideas

The proposed instruction will tell you how to make an original lamp from scraps of colored yarn.

1. To work, prepare a rubber ball according to the desired size of the lamp, scissors, glue, threads.
2. Inflate the balloon and wind the threads, crossing them in any direction, leaving free gaps.
3. When finished, apply transparent glue to the surface.
4. Without waiting complete drying, carefully cut a hole, which will subsequently be necessary to screw in the lamp, blow off and pull out the ball.

Other Solutions

People with non-standard thinking, creative imagination will not throw away unnecessary things, from which it is quite possible to build an original lamp. For example,

• from a plastic bottle and disposable spoons;

• from metal gears and parts;

unique, original decoration the premises and the surprise of guests from the exclusive ceiling will be provided.

See also: DIY wooden chandelier, Which lamps are best for stretch ceilings

A minimum of material and a modest skill in craftsmanship is all it takes to give a new look to an old table lamp.

The lampshade of your favorite lamp has faded and is no longer pleasing to the eye!

Replace it with a new one.

Ideas and workshops for making lampshades with your own hands for a floor lamp and table lamp

And it’s not difficult to make it by covering the armature of the old lampshade with a fabric with a pattern you like or a piece of wallpaper left after repair.

The use of self-adhesive paper (with a protective film) for the manufacture of the lampshade simplifies the "production" process. Such paper is sold both in rolls and in the form of individual sheets.

If self-adhesive paper is not available, self-adhesive transparent film can be dispensed with. It is especially effective for gluing upholstered wallpaper lampshades.

To make a new lampshade, you will need: self-adhesive paper with a protective film, a steel ruler, covering material, tape for finishing the edges, adhesive tape, universal glue, frame rings, clothespins.

How to make a lampshade pattern

The dimensions of the lampshade are determined by the diameters of the large and small rings of the frame. Marking patterns for tightness is done like this. First, on a sheet of plain paper of a suitable size, a segment AB is drawn, the length of which is equal to the diameter of the lower ring. From the center Z of this segment, the perpendicular is restored and the point Y is marked on it - the height of the future lampshade. It is chosen at will. Further, through point Y, a segment CD is drawn parallel to AB, equal to the diameter of the upper ring.

The close-fitting pattern should be in the shape of a ring segment. To find its center, extend the segments AC and BD. The point of their intersection will be the desired center X. From it, through points A and C, arcs of concentric circles are drawn with a compass.

The segments EG and HF that bound the segment are the joined edges of the pattern. Their position is found as follows: the length of the segment AB is divided by the length of the segment AX, the quotient of the division is multiplied by 180 degrees. The resulting angle is laid off from the center X, halving relative to the XZ axis.

How to assemble a lampshade

Depending on the design of the lamp, the lampshade is attached to it by the bottom or top ring. To do this, the corresponding lampshade ring is connected by knitting needles to a sleeve worn on the base of the cartridge.

Our lampshade does not have parts that fasten the rings together and determine their relative position. This function is performed by a wrap. Therefore, the rings must be attached exactly to its edges parallel to each other. The slightest inaccuracy - and the lampshade will warp. To prevent this from happening, before finally assembling the lampshade, the rings must be carefully tried on.

	1. Wrap the ring with adhesive tape, sticky side out, so that its surface is as even and smooth as possible without wrinkles.
	2. Remove protective film with self-adhesive paper and stick it on the fabric. Smooth the fabric to the paper.
	3. Put the pattern on the fabric, align the edge and cut out the lampshade trim along the contours.
	4. Fold the workpiece into a lampshade, insert and fasten the lower (larger) ring with clothespins. Glue the edges of the workpiece from the inside.
	5. Glue the bottom ring and squeeze the glue joint with clothespins until the glue dries. The same is done with the small (upper) ring.
	Additionally, fasten the adhesive seam from the inside with adhesive tape. The upper and lower edges of the lampshade can be decorated with braid.

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Today I will show you how you can breathe into old things new life. It's about the Soviet floor lamp. In truth, even in its best years, it was a completely ordinary and unremarkable lighting fixture.

How to restore an old floor lamp with your own hands

Of course, it was possible to simply cover it with white paint, but we are not looking for easy ways. We will change the design of the subject radically. So, in order to restore a floor lamp, we need:

1. golden acrylic paint in a can;
2. polymer glue (I used DRAGON);
3. brush;
4. satin and gold braid (they can be purchased at stores specializing in the sale of fabrics and accessories for sewing);
5. threads in the color of satin and a needle;
6. gold acrylic paint for painting on fabric. They are produced on the basis of an aqueous acrylic dispersion, so they do not stink either during painting or after drying. I recommend using Javana (Germany) or Decola (St. Petersburg) paints. Read the instructions carefully and follow all safety precautions during operation.

As a result, I spent $ 10 on materials for the restoration of the floor lamp. I think it's much cheaper than buying a new one.

With a leg from a floor lamp, everything is simple. We spray paint from a spray can in 2-3 layers.

How to make a lampshade with your own hands from fabric

In order for the paint to dry well and not drip, we take a break before applying each new layer for 15-20 minutes. Do not bring the spray can closer than 30 cm to the base of the floor lamp, otherwise the paint will lie unevenly. It is better to do this business on the street or on the balcony, because the smell from the paint until it dries will be sharp and unpleasant.

Then everything is a little more complicated. We lay out the satin on the floor, put a lampshade on it in the center sideways. Gently roll it first to one side and then to the other side, at the same time we outline the contour of the future product. I did it with chalk. the fabric was dark, you can use a pencil. Cut out the resulting figure, leaving 2 cm allowances on each side.

Next, let's start painting. The pattern can also be pre-applied with a pencil or chalk. From the first time, it is unlikely that the color and texture of the fabric will completely cover up, so you will most likely have to apply the paint in 2 layers.

Well, the last stage of the floor lamp restoration is the assembly of the product. A new fabric lampshade needs to be sewn with a needle seam forward and put on the old base, it is better to fix it from above and below with polymer glue. From above we carefully sew a braid. Attach the lampshade to the base. Everything, our restored floor lamp is ready.

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How to make a lampshade with your own hands and a frame for it - on a floor lamp, beautiful from paper + interesting video

1. How to do beautiful lampshade do-it-yourself paper
2. How to make a lampshade for a floor lamp with your own hands
3. What can you make a lampshade from?
4. How to make a frame for a lampshade with your own hands

Fortunately, you don't have to buy a lamp just because of a beautiful lampshade, since you can make it yourself.

Yes, one that will cost less than buying a floor lamp, and at the same time it will be much more beautiful. And now Infosborka.ru will teach you how.

How to make a beautiful DIY paper lampshade that can be used as a lamp

You will need

• Glass with a long stem
• Candle
• Rope - can be twisted from threads
• Lace with a tassel at the end
• decorative tape
• Scotch
• Scissors
• Transparent paper with a decorative pattern
• A little sand

Manufacturing process:

1. Make a template from plain A4 paper.

2. Attach the template to the transparent decorative paper with a pattern and circle it with a pencil. Then cut out the resulting image.

3. Glue the decorative tape to the edge of the paper.

4. Fix with adhesive tape a rope with a tassel at the end with reverse side paper.

5. Glue the side ends of the paper to each other.

6. Tie a string to the stem of the glass.

7. Wrap it around the leg as shown in the figure below.

8. Pour sand into the glass, put a candle on top and light it.

9. Put on the made dome on the glass.

And such a beautiful lampshade turned out with a lamp.

How to make a lampshade for a floor lamp with your own hands

You will need

• Paper with a pattern
• Decorative paper
• An awl with which you will pierce holes on the future lampshade
• Glue and brush
• Scotch
• Tape in the color of decorative paper
• clamps
• Lampshade frame

In our case, the frame for the lampshade consists of two parts:

Manufacturing process

1. Tape the patterned paper to the wrong side of the decorative paper.

2. Make holes with an awl along the outline of the pattern.

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As a result, it turns out like this:

3. Wrap the paper around the first part of the frame.

4. Mark with a pencil the line along which you will glue the decorative paper.

5. Glue the paper with glue.

6. Lubricate the lower part of the resulting cylinder with glue and glue the second part of the frame to it.

To make it stick, press it with clips.

In the same way, glue the first part of the frame to the top of the lampshade.

9. Glue the tape to the top of the lampshade. It is done like this:

• smear a small piece (five centimeters)
• glue and clamp
• then coat with glue and glue the next piece, etc. until you glue the entire tape

10. Bend the tape so that it covers the frame, and glue it.

As a result, you get such a lampshade on a floor lamp:

Using this technology, you can make any drawing.

What can you make a lampshade from?

• Beaded lampshade
• Lampshade from plastic bottles
• Wicker lampshade in Provence style
• Lampshade made of organza or thread - you can make a hanging option

We'll show you how to make them. the following materials And now I'd like to tell you about...

How to make a frame for a lampshade with your own hands

You will need

• Welded wire - select 3 lengths, focusing on the height of the lampshade. At the same time, do not forget to add 3-4 cm for the connection.
• The upper part of a jar of vitamins, the neck of which will fit right into the ceiling.
• Vacuum cleaner cord return spring.
• Soldering iron.
• An object that can pierce holes (awl, nail, etc.)
• Pliers

Manufacturing process

1. Make a circle out of the cord return spring from the vacuum cleaner required diameter. Solder the ends.
2. Make three holes in the neck of the jar of vitamins and in the circle made. The holes on each item should be approximately the same distance apart.
3. Poke into holes welded wires and bend their ends with pliers so that they do not come off.

In the end, this is what you should get:

To relax a little after the learned information, here's a video on how to make a candle out of an incandescent light bulb:

Don't switch. Soon there will be a continuation of the topic lampshade with your own hands. Using these links you can switch to the second and third parts of the article.

Fortunately, you don't have to buy a lamp just because of a beautiful lampshade, since you can make it yourself. Yes, one that will cost less than buying a floor lamp, and at the same time it will be much more beautiful ..

How to make a beautiful DIY paper lampshade that can be used as a lamp

You will need

• Glass with a long stem
• Candle
• Rope - can be twisted from threads
• Lace with a tassel at the end
• decorative tape
• Scotch
• Scissors
• Transparent paper with a decorative pattern
• A little sand

Manufacturing process:

1. Make a template from plain A4 paper.

2. Attach the template to the transparent decorative paper with a pattern and circle it with a pencil. Then cut out the resulting image.

3. Glue the decorative tape to the edge of the paper.

4. Fix with adhesive tape a rope with a brush at the end on the back of the paper.

5. Glue the side ends of the paper to each other.

6. Tie a string to the stem of the glass.

7. Wrap it around the leg as shown in the figure below.

8. Pour sand into the glass, put a candle on top and light it.

9. Put on the made dome on the glass.

And such a beautiful lampshade turned out with a lamp.

How to make a lampshade for a floor lamp with your own hands

You will need

• Paper with a pattern
• Decorative paper
• An awl with which you will pierce holes on the future lampshade
• Glue and brush
• Scotch
• Tape in the color of decorative paper
• clamps
• Lampshade frame

In our case, the frame for the lampshade consists of two parts:

Manufacturing process

1. Tape the patterned paper to the wrong side of the decorative paper.

2. Make holes with an awl along the outline of the pattern. As a result, it turns out like this:

4. Mark with a pencil the line along which you will glue the decorative paper.

5. Glue the paper with glue.

6. Lubricate the lower part of the resulting cylinder with glue and glue the second part of the frame to it.

To make it stick, press it with clips.

8. In the same way, glue the first part of the frame to the top of the lampshade.

9. Glue the tape to the top of the lampshade. It is done like this:

• smear a small piece (five centimeters)
• glue and clamp
• then coat with glue and glue the next piece, etc. until you glue the entire tape

10. Bend the tape so that it covers the frame, and glue it.

As a result, you get such a lampshade on a floor lamp:

Using this technology, you can make any drawing.

What can you make a lampshade from?

• Beaded lampshade
• Lampshade from plastic bottles
• Wicker lampshade in Provence style
• Lampshade made of organza or thread - you can make a hanging option

We will tell you how to make them in the following materials, but now I would like to tell you about…

How to make a frame for a lampshade with your own hands

You will need

• Welded wire - select 3 lengths, focusing on the height of the lampshade. At the same time, do not forget to add 3-4 cm for the connection.
• The upper part of a jar of vitamins, the neck of which will fit right into the ceiling.
• Vacuum cleaner cord return spring.
• Soldering iron.
• An object that can pierce holes (awl, nail, etc.)
• Pliers

Manufacturing process

1. Make a circle of the required diameter from the return spring of the cord from the vacuum cleaner. Solder the ends.
2. Make three holes in the neck of the jar of vitamins and in the circle made. The holes on each item should be approximately the same distance apart.
3. Insert welded wires into the holes and bend their ends with pliers so that they do not come off.

In the end, this is what you should get:

To relax a little after the learned information, here's a video on how to make a candle out of an incandescent light bulb:

Don't switch. Soon there will be a continuation of the topic lampshade with your own hands. Using these links you can switch to the second and third parts of the article.