A little dose of DIY

A few (okay, lots of) months ago, I bought some lamps for a client.  They looked very different in real life to on the website, but we had been searching high and low for months, so I installed them anyway.  As soon as I saw them in situ, I removed them!!!  And... brought them home with me!

I chose some fabric earlier this month, and today decided to attempt to recover the lamp shades.  I have plenty of ideas, but my execution on DIY projects is not always excellent.  Thus, I generally leave the actual projects to Husband.  I took a teaspoon of cement, hardened up, and took to the fabric with my scissors and some spray adhesive.

Lamp shade before:

Lamp shade after:

On the base:

I have to say, it was nowhere near as difficult as I had predicted.  The fabric is not as even as I would have liked, but I'm sure four hands instead of two would have resolved that issue.  I might enlist some help for the next shade, just to make sure the pattern is a bit straighter.  I'm also wondering, even though this was the shade that came with the base, if a larger shade would be better??

Are you a DIY Do-er or DIY Director?  I think this project has given me the confidence I need to tackle a couple of other projects.  Are there any projects on your mind at the moment?

Have a great day and get to it!

Fabric purchases

Well, nothing at all ended up happening at the block last week, so hopefully it will be full steam ahead there this week.  The Site Supervisor did say he hoped to have the slab down by the end of the week.  (Revised from today, due to the recent rain).  That would mean that there should be action there just about every day this week, and I'll have some pics to share with you!

In the meantime, I recently discovered Fabric Traders, thanks to The Distressed Mother!  I finally managed a purchase today!!!

This one is to re-cover the lamp shades for the Formal Lounge room.

This one is to re-cover the lamp shade in our big girl's room.

I'll keep you posted on my progress with this project. And, I will share the concept board for the big girl's room with you later in the week.

Has anyone had any progress on their builds during the last week or so???

Have a great week!