DIY Basket Lamp Shade
| May 29, 2012 | Posted by Jessie under Crafty Things, Living Room |
Hello everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend. Ours was spent at a few cookouts, time with family and friends, and some relaxation thrown in there too. A perfect weekend to welcome the summer. It is amazing to sit back and think about the men and women who work so hard to give us the freedom to do all those things. Grateful, grateful.
Back to my silly ramblings…I have a quick little lamp shade project to share today inspired by some of the beautiful woven shades at Pottery Barn…
I created this fun, simple, and inexpensive basket lamp shade.
Materials:
- lamp base
- basket
- floral wire
I bought my basket and floral wire at the Dollar Tree and started by removing a lamp shade from a lamp we had around the house.
I took my floral wire and cut four long strips of the floral wire with tin snips.
I took end of a piece of wire and wrapped it through one piece of the basket.
I did this 4 times, spaced out evenly around the basket. Then I had my husband hold it in the center for me and I basically just wrapped the wire around the bottom of the bulb. This will keep the basket in place and off the bulb and, don’t worry, it doesn’t have to be pretty because you won’t see it:)
And it is really that simple. $2 and about 5 minutes later, you’ll have this beautifully textured, warm basket lamp shade. P.S-ignore my dusty table…cleaning will happen this weekend:)
I love this project because you can really make this shade for any size lamp, any color or texture you want. What do you think? would you make a lamp out of a basket? Any other fun lamp ideas to share?
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Very cool idea. It’s crossed my mind before. I may try it now that you’ve been so brave to show it can be done. Looks great. Jumping over from the linky pity party. Hope you’ll drop on in to So Simple
Thanks, Sonya!
I love it. I’ve been wanting to try to make a hanging lamp shade out of a wicker basket, but I haven’t found the right wicker basket at a garage sale yet. Maybe I’ll have some luck this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks, Peggy! Good luck with your search:)
This is the greatest idea! I love the texture of wicker, and the flexibility of being able to use whatever type of basket or paint it whatever color you want! Just dropped by from 5 Days-5 Ways…now I’m off to find the perfect basket!
Thanks, Kathryn! Good luck with yours!