In each house there will be things, the appearance of which ceased to love the owners. Only now they serve as faithful for many years, and they do not want to part with them. In this situation, there is only one way out - to develop a new design of an old thing.
Old lampshade can be updated using a fabric decor.
Unexpected decoration of lamps
When the old lamp is no longer happy and after repair does not fit into the interior of the room, you should not hurry to get rid of it. Quite a bit effort, and the favorite thing will turn into a stylish art object, which will be the pride of its owners. In order to perform the decor of the lamp with their own hands, everything is suitable for everything in the house, for example, old toys. Minor plastic toys are most suitable: men and soldiers (Fig. 1).
Figure 1. So that figures look the same, they must be painted using aerosol paint.
In addition to them, it will be necessary to fulfill the decor:
- Glue.
- Paint.
- Brush.
- Desktop lamp on the leg.
- Scotch.
The electrical wire is attached to the leg of the scotch lamp. Then the toys are glued to the leg. It is necessary to mount them as tightly to each other so that the feet of the lamp is not visible.
In order to give the resulting mysterious design and it is a little "aged", you need to paint it with silver or bronze paint. In order to sneak every small detail, it is best to use aerosol paints. As a result, it will be a real work of art. In order for the design to fit into the interior of the room more harmoniously, the mirrors or frames for photos can be decorated in the same way.
Interesting ideas for decor
The original lamp can be made of the most unexpected items.
For example, from tissue strips and a lattice shelf from the refrigerator (Fig. 2). This chic lamp will become a real decoration for a bedroom or a seating area in the living room.
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Figure 2. The lattice shelf from the refrigerator can be painted in the color of the tissue used.
It will be necessary to create it:
- Fabric, lace, braid.
- Lattice.
- Scissors.
- Needle with thread.
From the fabric, lace and braids should be cut off strips of the desired length. Then rave them on the entire area of the shelf, filling tightly every crossbar. Each tape must be fixed at the top of the thread.
In order to completely disguise the metal rods, all edges should be wrapped with fabric stripes. Inside this chandelier instead of a conventional light bulb, you can put a christmas garland. Move the lamp on the chains or on the usual wire, after waking up their fabric.
Figure 3. Old floor lamp can be decorated with paper colors.
Showing a little fantasy, you can completely transform the old floor lamp. For the decor of the ceiling, you will need thin paper: cigarette, packaging or tracing. Cut the mugs or squares from it. The main condition so that the figures have the same diameter. If there is no desire to mess with cutting, then you can use paper molds for cupcakes.
Best of all, this decor is suitable for a light monophonic ceiling. "Flowers" made of paper are glued to the glue using PVA glue. You should start from the top edge. Each workpiece folds fourly and behind the lower edge is glued tightly to each other. Place "Flowers" you need so tight so that they completely hid the ceiling. The work is painstaking and time-consuming, but the result will justify the most bold expectations. The ceiling will look like a weightless fluffy cloud (Fig. 3).
Lamp in autumn motifs
The décor decor can be performed in another way. With the help of acrylic paint, the lamp can be issued in autumn motifs. To do this, you will need:
- Acrylic paint of different colors (orange, yellow, brown, gold metallic, black).
- Lacquer lacquer.
- PVA glue.
- Brush.
- Sponge.
- Pencil for drawing on glass.
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Crocheted napkins can be used to manufacture a lamp lamp.
The work begins with the primer of the plafmon by PVA glue. To the next stage of the decor you can start only after complete drying of the primer.
The paint should be applied using a sponge with separate stains. At first orange paint. Then the yellow paint is applied in the same way that they remained unsocusted. The next step is to apply crochelle varnish. It is necessary to apply it not to the entire surface, but in some places. Leave lack of lacquer to complete lacquer drying. Then you need to breed a brown paint with water. The consistency should resemble liquid sour cream. The resulting composition is applied to the lamp shares so as not to carry out one place twice. Almost immediately, crackers will appear on the surface. Leave the lamp until complete drying. Then cover the surface of the paint "Golden Metallic" and a little black. Apply them also - separate strokes.
After the paint is driving, the "glass circuit" apply the selected pattern. If these are autumn motives, then you can draw leafs. Apply the drawing with dots. If you draw yourself it is difficult, you can cut the finished stencil and circle it. For a larger point of the contour of the pattern, perform different colors. Solders of sheets to prick orange or yellow paint. Ready work to dry and cover with varnish.
New life of an old lamp
Figure 4. To the edges of the knitted cover are not lost form, they need to be starch.
An interesting decor can be performed for the sconce. His plafof "dresses" in a beautiful knitted case. To do this, it is best to take advantage of natural tape cotton or wool yarn. It will not heat up and will not melt when the lamp will work.
Starting this decor should be started from measuring the diameter of the ceiling. Then with the help of the hook, the chain of air loops fit. Its length should be greater than the result obtained, 1.5 times.
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Knitting continues with air loops in a circle. Each subsequent row joins the previous column with Nakud. As a result, you need to get a "grid-pipe". Its length is the height of the plafo plus 8-10 cm. In the last row, the columns with Nakid are tied to get a small rush.
At the top of the cover, stretch the tape and collect it with folds. After that, you can wear "clothes" on the ceiling. If everything happened as it should, then you can tighten the assembly tape so that the cap does not fall. The original decor is ready (Fig.4).