Covering A Wire Lampshade Frame

How to cover a lampshade frame with fabric a hot glue gun 1.

Covering a wire lampshade frame.

Place the lampshade on its side. Look at the pots you. Diy wire lampshade frame step 1. Place the lampshade frame on the.

You can also add fringe rickrack or other types of materials to cover the hems on the top and the bottom of the newly covered lampshade. You ve seen the yardsale lamps i found for the guestroom redo i spied some fabric that i really wanted to use on these lamps so that meant recovering my own. To really make your lampshade look store bought add a border around the bottom edge of the lamp. Remove the existing cover from your lampshade including any old material glue from the metal support wires.

Simply use a hot glue gun to stick a thicker piece of fabric along the top and bottom edges of your lamp. Cut 6 feet of wire with wire. Shop in your garden and house for objects you can use as pattern forms for your lampshade. Apply hot glue along the outside edge of the top and bottom frame and press the paper into the glue.

Protect your work surface with plastic split clear garbage bags work well for this. Cut the old lampshade fabric from the lampshade frame with scissors. S o i ve done a lampshade covering tutorial before but thought i d throw it in here again with my newest project underway. Apply hot glue to the outside of a vertical rib.

Wash the lampshade fabric with laundry. Use rubbing alcohol to clean off the wire supports. To re cover your wire frame lampshade also refer to photos below. Select a wire you can bend usually between gauges 8 and 14.