Lamp Shade Make-Over

Hey! I'm linking up with The Shabby Nest for "Frugal Friday" Stop on over and play!

Have you ever bought something with a certain idea in mind only to have that something sit in your basement for three years? Yeah, me too...like all the time. I have such good intentions. Just not good follow through.

O.K. with that confession out of the way, years ago (maybe three) i bought a plain Pottery Barn lamp shade with the intent of covering it. Maybe a bold graphic! Maybe embellished in lace! Maybe gold leaf!...or maybe i'll store it in my basement for three years.

Here's what i ended up with-and of course, there's no before picture!

Imagine a plain white shade

I dug into my stash of sheet music and covered the whole thing using matte mod podge

I love the sheets with the teachers writing on them

I trimmed the edges with a tan cotton ribbon, and added a light kit

Used up all my supply of linen to make miles of cord cover

Shoved in the cord and scrunched like crazy

Using a medium sized cup hook in the ceiling, i hung the lamp ( here's where you stop and send up a prayer that it doesn't fall out of the ceiling and bonk your children in the head- they frown upon that)
Perfect over the piano! Now i can see what i'm playing and have no more excuses for all the mistakes ("No, it's the bad lighting, really!")

Now to tackle the 50 other projects waiting for me in the basement!

Have a great day!