Drum shades work well for lamps or hanging fixtures.
Drum lamp shades can be found on standing lamps as well as ceiling fixtures. If you can't find the size shade you want in the color or texture you prefer, you can make your own shade the exact size you want. Your finished shade should be light and easy to install so you can cover existing unattractive fixtures, even in rental properties.
Instructions
1. Place the inner rings of two large, identical embroidery hoops on the work table. Measure the circumference of one ring and add 2 inches. This is the length measurement of your wallpaper and lining. Measure your height from the ceiling to the height you desire.
2. Cut wallpaper and white bulletin board to the size you need. Place the bulletin board paper face side down on the table. Paint the back side with decoupage glue starting 3 inches from one end. Position the wallpaper face-side up in the glue with the sides aligned. Glue to the end of the board. You will have 3 inches of exposed unglued board and wallpaper. Allow the glue to dry for four hours.
3. Turn the wallpaper face-side down. Apply a bead of lamp shade or white glue 6 inches along the top and of the paper. Align the inside of one embroidery ring with the edge so the ring is in the glue. Attach a sprung metal paper clip to hold the paper to the hoop. Smooth your fingers over the paper, glue and hoop for 2 inches and apply another clip. Continue until you run out of glue. Add another 6 inches of glue and continue until you reach the overlap section of the wallpaper. Repeat following the same technique for the bottom edge.
4. Glue the 3 inches of white bulletin board with decoupage glue. Press the overlap of the wallpaper into position. Add glue along the edges where wallpaper and bulletin board overlap. Press the edges together. Add more paper clips along the top and bottom edges. Allow the shade to dry for four hours.
5. Cut two pieces of double-fold bias tape 1 inch longer than the circumference of your shade. Glue the top front and inside edge of the shade. Fold the tape over the glue to the front and inside. Hold the tape in position with the paper clips. Repeat for the bottom edge.
6. Place the outside embroidery hoop ring over a sheet of diffuser plastic. Draw along the inside of the hoop with a marker. Tape over your line with painter's tape. Cut the plastic using a rotary tool with a cutting edge.
7. Spray the diffuser with spray adhesive. Position fabric over the diffuser and smooth. Allow the adhesive to dry for 20 minutes before trimming off the extra fabric. Insert the diffuser into the shade fabric-side down.
8. Screw three small screw eyes into the inside wood of the top embroidery hoop at an even distance apart.
9. Hold the shade up against the ceiling. Mark the ceiling next to each screw eye in the top of the shade. Screw three screw eyes into the ceiling at your marks. Cut three pieces of floral wire 2 inches long. Attach the shade to the ceiling by twisting one piece of floral wire from the ceiling eye to the shade eye. Repeat for the remaining two sets of eyes. Tuck the extra wire inside the shade.
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