I love this lamp I found at Target. At first glance, it looks like an average light.
Until you turn it on:
The lovely damask pattern comes to life in the light. I love the way it coordinates with my damask bedding.
This lampshade really inspired me to customize this lamp (another clearance aisle special from Tar-jay) in my favorite new corner of the house.
The first house my hubby and I lived in a million years ago benefitted from my stencil-happy hands. I think I stenciled every room in the house! I haven’t stenciled in awhile and thought it would give this lamp a neat touch. It’s such a cheap and easy way to customize.
I taped the stencil to the inside of the lamp. And added black acrylic paint.
I love the simple elegant touch this added!
I couldn’t decide if I should do the whole lampshade. What do you think?
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This is such a great idea. I have a lamp shade that I waa thinking about getting rid of and I think you just gave it a new life
Great idea; I never would have thought about doing a design on the inside.
I wouldn’t do more panels on your lampshade, but I might do a reverse-effect one by doing one on the base in gold. It would be a cool way of tying them together.
That is so neat!
Thanks for sharing!
I think both lampshades are gorgeous. I don’t know that I would do more stenciling on the shade that you did. It looks so nice as it is. Good luck with whatever you decide.
Good Job,
Rene
That is a great idea!
WHAT A LOVELY HOME. THE LAMP SHADES ARE VERY NICE. I THINK THEY ARE PERFECT THE WAY THEY ARE.
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Very neat. I think RefreshMom had a good idea; stenciling the base in gold.
I love that idea..the bedroom lamp is beautiful!
I think I would do all sections of the new lamp.
Where do you come up with all of these great ideas?
i love that! I never would have thought of that!! it looks good either way! I am now trying to decide if i can trust myself enough to do that and it look right haha..
So creative! I love it. Yes do the whole lampshade.
I think I like the single. Then when you tire of it, just turn the lamp shade around to where the pattern is facing the wall…no one will see it then, so a new looking lamp!! ha ha ha. That is why I am not in charge of decorating!!!
Love the stencil! I think I would keep it as is, packs more of a punch that way.
What a fun lamp!
-sandy toe
Thanks for the idea! That is sooo cute. I can’t wait to do that to mine!
What a great idea!
As the voice of dissent, I think I would put on on each panel. I like repeating patterns.
that’s gorgeous. Never would I have thought of that. Great job.
That is beautiful!!! I think I would do all of it too. I never have luck with stencils. How do you do it without it bleeding outside of the stencil??
What a creative idea!!!!
I like the one. I think if you do it anymore it’ll look too busy!!! Great idea.
so cool! I love it!
I love that idea! I definitely think you should do the whole lamp. Now I need to go and search for lamps at my house that need a little stencil pick me up!
Great to meet you at Blissdom.
Toni
This really is a fabulous (and easy!) idea; I have a table lamp given to me by my grandmother that I luv, but the shade needs….*something* – this just may be my solution! Thanks for sharing…
Cool! I think I’d just leave it as is. Pretty!
I love this idea! I have a lamp that would be perfect for this – I think I’ll try to do a monogram stencil. Hope I can get it on right side out!
Your lamp turned out so pretty. I like the idea of a gold stencil on the bottom–to tie it together.
But I also think adding one per pannel to the top would be pretty, too.
Guess it’s all up to you!
Well all be? I had no idea! What a GREAT decorating tip! I’ve have to try it with my next one!
Brilliant! I love it!
I so would have never thought of that! I like it just how it is–or all over either way~
nice job k!
I love your ideas!!! Perfect as is!
Suzanne
That’s super cute! Thanks for the tutorial.
Confession: I had to MAKE myself wait to come to your site until I got to your name on the list. I survived and found your BEAUTIFUL redo!
I’m gonna be stenciling a lampshade realllll soon….. Thanks for the great inspiration!
Okay that is brilliant! I love that idea! You have such house smarts.
Wow! That looks great! I think I might try that with a monogram stencil…..thanks for the idea.
LOVE the stencil idea. Back in the day I was a lover of the stencils, too. I painted them around the top of our cinderblock walls in our first apartment. And I have that exact same lamp in my post. Too funny!
~Amanda
I love the idea of stencilling from the inside to give a subtle lift … it looks fantastic! Thanks for the idea.