DIY Lamp Shade Makeover

For the last month or so, I have been turning my son’s nursery into a big boy room! I’ve done so many projects for it, but haven’t shared many yet.  There are tons of posts to come on this big boy room, but today I am going to share how I recovered a lamp shade for his room.  This project was so easy! It took less than 30 minutes, and I love how it turned out!

Last month, I was browsing Hobby Lobby and I found some super cute bright orange chevron fabric. I bought a couple yards, knowing I would be able to incorporate it into my son’s new room since it matched the color scheme I was planning.  Up until that point, I had pretty much removed all the nursery decor from his room, except for the little lamp we use every night while reading before bed.  Not just any lamp, a jungle animal lamp.  It had to go. I pulled out an old lamp from the closet, and found the chevron fabric.  I quickly looked up ‘how to recover a lamp shade’ and there was about a million results (actually more).  Little did I know how easy it would be….

What you need:

• old lamp shade
• chevron fabric (or fabric of your choice)
• hot glue and glue gun
• paper to trace on (to make a pattern). I used kraft paper; I have a giant roll which I use for everything
• a pencil or pen (to trace with)
• iron
• Spray Adhesive (optional)

What to do:

• Follow this great tutorial from Fat Orange Cat! She has step by step directions and seriously made it so easy to figure this out! I didn’t do that last step of her tutorial (adding ribbon), but everything else was spot on!

This project was super easy and cheap too! All I ended up having to buy was the fabric, which made this lamp under $5 total!  Total win if you ask me!