Restoration of an old lampshade
Very often during repairs there is simply no money left for such little things as a new lamp. Therefore, today we will try to transform the old lampshade so that it fits well into the updated interior. Three walls in the room are covered with plain wallpaper, and the central one is covered with patterned wallpaper. We will focus on this when restoring our lamp.
Will need
For work we will need: a lampshade, scissors, PVA glue, watercolor paints or gouache, a brush, pieces of wallpaper, colorless varnish in a can, remnants of wallpaper.
The process of updating the lampshade
1. Wash and wipe the lampshade dry, ridding it of accumulated dust and dirt.
2. From the remnants of wallpaper that we used to cover the central wall, cut out the fragments you like. You can use any other fragments or drawing that you like. In addition, if you want the main background to be not white, but have a different color, then it must first be repainted in the desired color. This is easy to do using spray paint.
3. Soak the fragments of the design in water for several minutes. When they are well saturated with water, carefully remove the bottom part of the paper.
4. Using PVA glue, glue each fragment to the lampshade.We do this very carefully, trying to avoid the formation of wrinkles in the drawing and carefully expelling air bubbles.
5. Wait for the glued parts to dry well.
6. Carefully wipe off any glue drips from the lampshade.
7. Squeeze a little PVA glue into a small container and add red paint to it (you can use several shades). This method allows the paint to adhere well to the lampshade.
8. Using a brush, draw fancy curls and let the paint dry. If the drawing turns out to be pale, then you can apply one or more additional layers of paint.
9. We cover our lampshade with colorless varnish. Please note that when the lampshade is heated, the varnish may give off an unpleasant odor at first. Therefore, I recommend that in the first days you ventilate the premises well and do not close the window.
