House, design, renovation, decor. Courtyard and garden. With your own hands

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

Consider options for 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 have any shape. It will harmoniously fit into 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 to consider how to make a lampshade with your own hands from the wallpaper remaining 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:

1. First you need to prepare the material - part of the wallpaper 1.5 m long and approximately 30 cm wide.
2. Mark the edges with a pencil or pen.
3. Gently form an accordion. The width of each rib should not exceed 3 cm.
4. Using a hole punch, make holes in the accordion.
5. 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 decorative elements such 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:

1. 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.
2. Now you need to glue the balloon filled with air with tape.
3. Taking the top of the ball as a reference point, lay the rope in smooth turns. At the same time, grease it with glue.
4. Remove the plafond from the lamp. Paint it white. Put on the finished lampshade on top.
5. Cover the ball completely and grease with glue again.
6. 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;
• energy saving 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:

1. Inflate the balloon. It is desirable that its size is 25 cm or more.
2. Lubricate its surface with Vaseline.
3. Cover the work surface with paper or oilcloth.
4. Puncture a hole closer to the bottom of the tube with glue.
5. Wrap the ball with threads in any order.
6. Lubricate the threads with glue. Leave to dry completely overnight.
7. Use a cotton swab to separate the ball, deflate and remove it.
8. In the upper part of the finished product, make a hole for the lamp and socket.
9. 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:

1. The first stage is lace preparation. Several circles of different sizes need to be cut.
2. Inflate the balloon. Lubricate its surface with glue.
3. Attach lace circles to the ball. This must be done with an overlap.
4. Leave the product to dry completely. This will take about a day.
5. Burst the ball and pull it out.
6. 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:

1. It is necessary to cut off 40 threads of 3.5 m each from the cord. Attach them to the top ring.
2. Using patterns for macrame, weave an openwork mesh.
3. Insert 8 rings along the bottom edge, braiding them with thread.
4. Also braid all the vertical tubes of the frame.
5. 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 the prepared material and decorate it with any suitable decorative elements. This 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:

1. Make a template of the desired shape from paper. It is important that it fits the frame.
2. Connect the template to the fabric using pins. Outline it with a pencil. Draw another line 2 cm from the template line.
3. Fold the seams inward, gradually detaching the pins. Mark the fold line with them.
4. Remove the template.
5. Sew the fabric on a typewriter.
6. Iron the fabric well.
7. In a well-ventilated area, lay out the workpiece and grease it with glue. Let dry a little.
8. Glue the fabric to the frame. All seams and cuts must be hidden.
9. 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:

1. 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.
2. Using a pencil, transfer the drawing to the prepared wood. To cut.
3. Sand with sandpaper.
4. 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.
5. These planks will connect the top and bottom of the frame. They need to be nailed on the sides and center.
6. After measuring the distance from the center to the edges, cut out several more planks of the same size.
7. 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.