Adding a Little Pop to an Ordinary Lampshade

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4IubQeDJRvxkaoMVfaf7VJUso9mhMr77Z_0al0z9MmpPou3IawI4ew6lGbLo8jO-sA7dSdhHxH-AUDvEuihquBFFvPLPS9A6Wf6_Cc56yjMof6PAsc6gTDL10CAXMf7pUiYxKb04VgQ2/s1600/nSeptember_325.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4IubQeDJRvxkaoMVfaf7VJUso9mhMr77Z_0al0z9MmpPou3IawI4ew6lGbLo8jO-sA7dSdhHxH-AUDvEuihquBFFvPLPS9A6Wf6_Cc56yjMof6PAsc6gTDL10CAXMf7pUiYxKb04VgQ2/s640/nSeptember_325.png" width="436" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've had a lampshade that's been ruined for quite a while now. I have been planning on covering it with fabric (and still do) but the other day it was driving me so crazy finally decided to do a quick fix and paint a big bold stripe on it. Here it is with all the yucky scratch marks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_zhUP2R40fE0r3fsXRL6xNzSMatGeCwDs09i5www7SX4V3illSAjoDd9yykFgDkFpIA8AWTB295-GR42bP4Gh1aWH5S2g2xiDt-RtaWZWo70RzQ9ZK7uf_RPEDy3VvTFX9DOIT-IoE6c/s1600/nIMG_6686.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_zhUP2R40fE0r3fsXRL6xNzSMatGeCwDs09i5www7SX4V3illSAjoDd9yykFgDkFpIA8AWTB295-GR42bP4Gh1aWH5S2g2xiDt-RtaWZWo70RzQ9ZK7uf_RPEDy3VvTFX9DOIT-IoE6c/s640/nIMG_6686.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The first thing I did was spray paint the whole shade in an ivory color. Then I taped it off:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dzDrQ9Zt6WzjHjFBmEZX9A0sdUUpdOyaYM3ohb-2qS3E4H5Iuq0rLKNTjb-pcwFvSDvEOWOAnZmZp59WNe9zrkxyu8q5_Qj_FLve_SHSEu79WWDFiX-Tw_9S32_hYvqNQN2bjbEsxxkK/s1600/nIMG_6726.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dzDrQ9Zt6WzjHjFBmEZX9A0sdUUpdOyaYM3ohb-2qS3E4H5Iuq0rLKNTjb-pcwFvSDvEOWOAnZmZp59WNe9zrkxyu8q5_Qj_FLve_SHSEu79WWDFiX-Tw_9S32_hYvqNQN2bjbEsxxkK/s640/nIMG_6726.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then I used some leftover paint and painted in the middle (I think it was Revere Pewter).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBo9TPc_KvpxMAaluweP8AeEnB0mOeXRBSC6vO1X2YyAtENAPsYjhM7Xiw_1pL3zaTGPLFYmsVMaU3x7zGAIi9FSy_q_ApkFnZ1qZR2VYbzXzOC1AtSkJgTtTlIkD7ZT5mWoZF4ZWeluA/s1600/nIMG_6728.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBo9TPc_KvpxMAaluweP8AeEnB0mOeXRBSC6vO1X2YyAtENAPsYjhM7Xiw_1pL3zaTGPLFYmsVMaU3x7zGAIi9FSy_q_ApkFnZ1qZR2VYbzXzOC1AtSkJgTtTlIkD7ZT5mWoZF4ZWeluA/s640/nIMG_6728.png" width="436" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">And there you have it! New life to an old beat-up lampshade!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAS8dpnaVStFVqu2kv21cVv-9bX0rLLNuMZzGyLbwMoWYH9_ujKRzkcY-P7R5loAaky69PjQwNPTWicBjwgH28v064iTgGIZHEWPE2vdMWB7khtINrFVJrcWQNDtgqWllyZ6hsFxoEOBkk/s1600/nSeptember_332.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAS8dpnaVStFVqu2kv21cVv-9bX0rLLNuMZzGyLbwMoWYH9_ujKRzkcY-P7R5loAaky69PjQwNPTWicBjwgH28v064iTgGIZHEWPE2vdMWB7khtINrFVJrcWQNDtgqWllyZ6hsFxoEOBkk/s640/nSeptember_332.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EB6gppJMCjWcqr3KzlmOK6wqlNivD0Y36pWUpsPegzRj0y_BOA4KxMdwIbblcJ1Dtod55cmlzFVVbQqTff_hfh2jketB136uv1YJ8i1QN1LhZQwd1-a7kDVylE2hB8D4XbvAaywqqMsu/s1600/nSeptember_338.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EB6gppJMCjWcqr3KzlmOK6wqlNivD0Y36pWUpsPegzRj0y_BOA4KxMdwIbblcJ1Dtod55cmlzFVVbQqTff_hfh2jketB136uv1YJ8i1QN1LhZQwd1-a7kDVylE2hB8D4XbvAaywqqMsu/s640/nSeptember_338.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHh2k5KO92CTkPx6Q3v7vnDLy1qdM7okLq4hK3RsUpOAoo7kaGyPGSrGhi8qgVfGvxXd4Mfyx6ad6c_731N6bx_smp1LVyBjmWT9eySsOhiZLQXDqB3EWQOc7ZCAi1OsIs7IKCvWNlOkh/s1600/nSeptember_348.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHh2k5KO92CTkPx6Q3v7vnDLy1qdM7okLq4hK3RsUpOAoo7kaGyPGSrGhi8qgVfGvxXd4Mfyx6ad6c_731N6bx_smp1LVyBjmWT9eySsOhiZLQXDqB3EWQOc7ZCAi1OsIs7IKCvWNlOkh/s640/nSeptember_348.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Have a wonderful evening!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrRLYsnHNdIjGcb8HvCcDEcO4xTGAvabW_ZHcd0_iHv8tFkrmdhxu6SXpE24zD_gYzh0SJP3pVD2_cPICAlOVhVgC8l3AEpXpHgdPnM_tanZ4Vd0GzZbrr0twduD_lx5nPEbml6KK4iPc/s1600/sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrRLYsnHNdIjGcb8HvCcDEcO4xTGAvabW_ZHcd0_iHv8tFkrmdhxu6SXpE24zD_gYzh0SJP3pVD2_cPICAlOVhVgC8l3AEpXpHgdPnM_tanZ4Vd0GzZbrr0twduD_lx5nPEbml6KK4iPc/s1600/sig.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />

Adding a Little Pop to an Ordinary Lampshade

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