Mimi's Lamp Makeover!

Hi Everybody!

My name is Desirée 

and I am the crazy heart behind The 36th Avenue ;)

As always I am so excited to be visiting Toni's blog and hang out with you amazing Design Dazzle readers, so let me show you what I've been up to.

For the last few weeks I've been working hard on trying to make our house a home,

{we just moved back a few weeks ago}

 and I am sharing with you today my very last project in this  journey:

Mimi's Lamp Makeover!

This is what I did...

I started with this:

The lamp base, the lamp shade, some yarn, an embellishment strip and spray paint...

and as you can see I love the colors.

However the lamp shade to me was a bit... boring.

You see... this lamps is going to Mimi's Room.

Yes...I have a sweet little girl that loves pink... and tutus... and pink...

and drama... and pink... and cutesy... and PINK!

Let me just show you who I am talking about...

So something had to be done...

{First}

I spray painted the lamp shade. I didn't want to paint it completely,

just enough to change the color from a bright pink to a softer tone.

{ Second }

After the paint dried I started to SPRAY glue the yarn horizontally all around the lamp shade. I sprayed as I went, little by little, section by section.

This step took me somewhere between 20 and 30 minutes...

If you do this project DON'T PANIC if you see glue all over the shade...

by the time you are done it will be all covered...

Cute, huh?

{Third}

I added the  pom-pom strip... You can find it at any fabric store.

I got mine at Wal-Mart with the yarn.

{ I love that the yarn has the three colors}

OK, back to the Tutorial...

So, all I did was to spray the glue carefully around the bottom edge of the shade to glue it...

{ Fourth }

It was time to sit back and enjoy the view...

So here it is... from ordinary to EXTRAORDINARY!

{ at least that is what my little Mimi thinks }

I would love for you to come visit The 36th Avenue  and see some other sweet tutorials, party with us and even  ideas from my Mimi's Room Makeover...

Mimi's Small Curio Cabinet TUTORIAL

The Wishing Pillow

Dollar Store Soap Balls

Toni, thank you so much for having me...♥

Desirée



We are very lucky to have Desirée as a contributor here on Design Dazzle for the next few months. Welcome Desirée - we look forward to your posts!! 

Hugs, Toni