Thursday, July 24, 2008

Light Touch - Customize a basic shade

  1. Cut a piece of wallpaper—we chose black-and-white checked paper (#157083) —in a size that fits your lampshade. (The wallpaper will need to be 1 inch wider and 11/2 inches times the shade’s circumference.)
  2. Place the wallpaper, pattern side down, on a flat work surface. Mark at 1-inch intervals along both long edges.
  3. Pleat the wallpaper accordion-style, folding at each mark.
  4. Use a hole puncher to punch a hole in the center of each pleat, about 3/4 inch from the edge of the wallpaper.
  5. Thread picture wire (#52695) through each hole. Secure the edges using a hot-glue gun.
  6. Place the wallpaper over the shade, as shown, and tighten the wire. Twist together the wire ends, and snip off the excess.

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