And this you can do only with DIY

Blog makeover video

Yeah. And I can vouch for that. Being able to customize is one of the biggest advantages of DIY. And being able to change from one décor scheme to another is easily facilitated by DIY. You would have seen the DIYed side table from one of our earlier posts. The traditional look was something in line with the décor makeover that we are working on. However, how interesting would it be if we could have a completely opposite design on the side table that we can keep going back to ! It was this thought that inspired the idea behind this rehab project.  The side table top is 12mm plywood plank and is merely placed on top of the table.

The underside of the plank, until yesterday was just an unfinished plywood surface. But today, it carries a swanky design on it. Bored of the traditional Kathakali painting ? I can overturn the plank to expose the newly painted top. And that means, I can keep moving between this and that whenever I want to. Cool, no ?

Side table makeover

The video is self-explanatory. And so I am not going to write much about this make over. All that it required was primer, acrylic paints and some masking tape. At the end of it all, we have a table can flip flop between two décor extremes – A table I so lovingly call the bi-polar side table.

Do it yourself project

Mini Lampshade makeover - From bland to beautiful

Blog Lamp Shade makeover

A plain white lampshade is like an empty canvas. You make what you want to make out of it. I received this really nice table lamp as a wedding gift and have long been wanting to give it some color. If you have been reading our blog, you would by now know how much we love making our own DIY lampshades. And so, I wanted to do something about a lampshade that didn't have the Woodooz stamp.

Before the makeover

The shade was made of plain white cotton fabric and that made it much easier for me. I wanted this to be a really short and easy effort like the 15 minute lampshade DIY and so went with a very simple design.

Lampshade - Before the makeover

After the Makeover

I used acrylic colors to fill the design and so, this is how it ended up looking. I am still undecided about the amount of white space in the shade. For now, I loved the simplicity of it and thought will add more designs and colors later.  I used all the primary colors just so it enables me to play around with the bedspread and the curtain colors in the future.

Lampshade Makeover DIY

After the makeover

Let me know what you think ? Do you think I should have added more elements ? Please leave your comments and make my day. While you do that, I would also request you to join us on our Facebook page. Somu and I promise not to spam your wall.

~ Preethi

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Have you read our other Lampshade posts ? 

• Our most treasured floor lamp that we sold
• A beautiful table lamp for your side table
• An idea to recycle an old Kurta that you will appreciate
• A colorful bedside lamp made with handmade paper

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Linking in : Colours Dekor
- Somu

Lamp Shade - 15 minute DIY

Blog Lamp Shade makeover

So, we were cleaning up stuff and were wondering what to do with the leftover fabric of the earlier floor lamp . It was just one long strip of cloth and so there wasn't much left to do anything big. We didn't want to throw it off either and so we decided to use whatever that was available to convert our wall lamp into something colorful. So, here's what we did - A quickfire, 15 minute DIY.

DIY - Fabric Wall Lamp / Lamp Shade

1. The wall fitting we zeroed in was just perfect for our need. It was square and was made of glass
2. We unscrewed the glass fitting from the wall, and decided to merely cover it with the fabric.
3. We cut the fabric to the required dimension, stretched and glued it onto the sides

Fabric Lamp Shade

This is how it looked after we put the fitting back into its place.  Another DIY right in the entrance and we so love it. :)

P.S. Linking this post to Colours Dekor

- Somu