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Good lighting can radically transform any room, just like poor quality lighting can make a room uncomfortable and gloomy. For example, in restaurants and cafes, soft warm lighting always prevails, conducive to relaxation and rest, but cold and harsh light in hospitals, on the contrary, strains eyesight. In winter, we especially lack sunlight, but we want our houses to be light and cozy. Beautiful floor lamps and lamps can create a cozy homely atmosphere. But if you did not find a suitable model in the store, then you can make a lampshade for a table lamp with your own hands. How to do this - we will learn more from this article.

Where to start creating a lampshade?

First, we select a lamp or several lamps at once that you decide to transform. Devices with LED and energy-saving lamps are excellent for this.

Important! Please note that ordinary light bulbs can burn through the fabric.

First of all, we remove the frame, on which a brand new lampshade will be sewn. If it is not there, then you can buy a new one at a hardware store or a specialized salon.

In principle, the frame can be made with your own hands, for this you need to purchase pliers and thick wire. At the expense of the form - here you can fantasize as much as you wish. But in order to have fewer problems, it is better to make a cone-shaped or cylindrical frame.

From what materials can a new lampshade be made?

Before considering how to make a lampshade for a table lamp with your own hands, you need to familiarize yourself with the possible options for choosing improvised materials. Even the oldest lamp can be made stylish and attractive.

You can use a variety of materials for this. For example, beautiful fabrics, old film, beads, ribbons, fabric and knitted flowers, plastic, mesh, various paper and even wallpaper.

And now let's take a closer look at the most popular options for transforming old lamps and creating real masterpieces.

DIY paper lampshade

Paper lampshades are made not only by craftsmen, but are also sold in the most ordinary stores where home furniture is presented. As a rule, they are not cheap, so it is more rational to make them yourself.

Important! The shape of such a lampshade can be any, and due to this they can be used in a variety of modern interiors.

For these purposes, you need to buy only the highest quality and densest paper so that the product lasts as long as possible.

Important! It must be remembered that the thickness of the paper will determine how much the lampshade will transmit light.

There are several varieties of paper that are ideal for the manufacture of such products:

1. Rice paper lampshade. Such material is perfectly glued to old lamps, which gives them a new shine. Often, finished products are decorated with special stamps, in particular in cases where a plain base is used. White lampshades are in perfect harmony with muted shades and natural materials.
2. Wallpaper shades. This idea is especially attractive due to its minimal financial costs. You can even use the remnants of wallpaper, lying around after the repair.

Important! The most popular option is to make a cap for a table lamp in the form of an accordion:

• First, a piece of wallpaper is taken about one and a half meters long and no more than 30 centimeters wide.
• Then it is folded into an accordion.
• After that, the resulting lampshade is perforated and the laces are threaded into it.
• Then the structure is glued together.

Mesh lampshade for home

And now let's look at how to make a lampshade for a floor lamp with your own hands from the most ordinary metal mesh, which you can even find in your garden or in the country:

1. You can form this material into any shape, because you just need to connect the ends and create at your discretion. More often products are made in the form of an ellipse or a ball. To get this shape, you need to use a ready-made frame made of thick cardboard or strong wire.
2. A mesh lampshade is attached to the light bulb cable using the same wire.

Important! The finished lampshade can be decorated with weaving from colored laces or artificial flowers.

Lace lamp shade

With the help of such lampshades, you can make the interior of your home more elegant and light. The lace itself, depending on the variety, allows you to make the light brighter or diffused.

Important! Such products look great in children's rooms, bedrooms and living rooms.

Here are some helpful tips to help you along the way:

• Naturally, the main material for making such a lampshade for a table lamp with your own hands will be lace. But if for someone they seem too expensive, then you can replace them with lace napkins or pieces of old curtains and tulle.
• The material must be cut correctly in order to give it the shape of a circle, strip or square.
• The most difficult thing is to glue individual elements with special glue, so you need to do this as carefully and carefully as possible.

Important! Lace can be glued even to the most ordinary balloon or to a prepared frame covered with paper or fabric.

Stylish beaded lampshade

Now we will learn how to make a frame for a lampshade with our own hands, which will then be covered with beads. In this case, you can make the base from the same wire or the old frame. But the product itself will be made of beads, not paper or fabric, as in previous cases.

Important! Such a lampshade will perfectly transmit light, and the result itself is truly admirable.

To work, you will need a frame, fishing line and, of course, beads:

1. The end of the fishing line should be firmly attached to the base, and you can string beads on it, making knots between them so that they do not move.
2. Then the second end of the fishing line is attached to the frame.

Important! The manufacturing process of such a lampshade is quite laborious, but all the work is compensated by a unique decorative effect.

Original fabric lampshade

Many needlewomen are interested in how to sew a lampshade for a table lamp from various fabrics left over after making other interior items or tailoring.

Important! In principle, light, dense, and rigid fabric is suitable for this. Some craftsmen even manage to make wool lampshades - it all depends on the interior of the apartment and their own flight of fancy.

If you already have a wire frame, it's best to use an opaque material to help hide it, such as dark-colored taffeta, cotton, or silk.

The manufacturing process of a fabric lampshade consists of several stages:

1. We make a template to correctly cut the right amount of material:
   1. If the frame has the shape of a cylinder, then you can measure the circumference and draw one line on the fabric, and then measure the height and mark it with a second line. After that, you only need to finish the two remaining sides and cut out the finished template.
   2. If the frame is cone-shaped, then you need to lay out the paper, and use a pencil to mark dotted lines on the sheet as it passes over the sheet. The frame should rotate completely. Then we connect the lines and cut out the pattern.
2. We apply the template to the already finished frame in order to check whether it fits clearly in size. In case of discrepancy between its dimensions, it is necessary to take measurements again and make a new template.
3. Having received the correct template by all standards, we attach it to the fabric:
   1. If you have chosen a material with a print, then you need to position the template in such a way that all elements of the pattern look in one direction.
   2. You need to apply it to the wrong side of the material, and then attach it with pins.
   3. Then we circle the template and be sure to make small allowances.
   4. Carefully remove the pins and wrap the allowances inward.
   5. We fix the fold line with pins.
4. We sew the resulting parts on a sewing machine on three sides, one must remain unprocessed so that it can be done, then form a seam directly on the frame.
5. With the help of an iron, we thoroughly smooth the fabric blank.
6. We cover the work surface with a piece of old tablecloth or paper, lay out the fabric on it. Apply glue to it and wait a few minutes.
7. We glue the fabric to our frame and hide the raw cut. The seam must be made as accurate as possible.
8. Leave the finished lampshade for a while to dry completely. In a day, you can put it on your favorite table lamp and enjoy the result.