Covering A Wire Lampshade Frame

You can also add fringe rickrack or other types of materials to cover the hems on the top and the bottom of the newly covered lampshade.

Covering a wire lampshade frame.

Cut the old lampshade fabric from the lampshade frame with scissors. Look at the pots you. Use rubbing alcohol to clean off the wire supports. Cut 6 feet of wire with wire.

Place the lampshade frame on the. Wash the lampshade fabric with laundry. Diy wire lampshade frame step 1. Center the height of the paper so that there are even amounts of paper above and below the top and bottom of the shade.

Protect your work surface with plastic split clear garbage bags work well for this. Remove the existing cover from your lampshade including any old material glue from the metal support wires. Apply hot glue along the outside edge of the top and bottom frame and press the paper into the glue. Turn the pot upside down on the work table.

Shop in your garden and house for objects you can use as pattern forms for your lampshade. Spread out a large piece of newspaper on a large flat surface such as a table. Place the lampshade on its side. To re cover your wire frame lampshade also refer to photos below.

Select a wire you can bend usually between gauges 8 and 14. You ve seen the yardsale lamps i found for the guestroom redo i spied some fabric that i really wanted to use on these lamps so that meant recovering my own. S o i ve done a lampshade covering tutorial before but thought i d throw it in here again with my newest project underway. To really make your lampshade look store bought add a border around the bottom edge of the lamp.