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So My Walls Can Talk Part 4 ~ Anthro Inspired Light

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If you only knew how many times I’ve done the happy dance over this light/lampshade remodel, you all would probably laugh.  Please tell me, that you all do a dance over a project when it’s done, because I.sure.do.
My lampshade was inspired by this Anthropologie lamp shade.  When I saw it, I knew immediately I wanted some sort of version of it in our hallway.
Here’s how I did it.
My supplies:
A thrift store lamp shade that was $1.50.

These supplies that the nice man at Lowe’s told me to buy when I brought in my thrift lamp shade & told him what I was wanting to do.  *I did hire an apprentice electrician (highly recommended by a friend) for $20.00 an hour.  This took him less then an hour to do.*

Here’s my plain boring light fixture before:

Here’s the after:
Supplies to create the lampshade:
I think I need to buy stock in this company.  This print-n-press paper & I have become BFFs.

 I used frames that I found over on The Graphic Fairy’s blog & I used the same silhouette’s from our frame above the mantel.  However I used Loo-La-Bee Simplicity’s tutorial on how to do our silhouettes from the computer using Picnik.com.  Great tutorial & so easy.

The next part was all trial & lots of errors.  I had the hardest time lining up the frames with the silhouettes.

Soooo…I ended up patching the silhouettes to the muslin fabric for the first layer. (It’s the only way I could get it to work, for me.)  I’ll let the pictures do the talking ~

If you look close you can see the patch of the silhouette glued on the first layer underneath the frame.  After many errors – I finally thought up the patch idea to help line the frames up with each picture inside.

I added this picture above to show you that the inside bracket that attaches to the harp needs to be at the top or bottom of the lamp shade.  Most new lamp shades have the inside bracket in the middle, that would not work when trying to convert a pendant fixture to hold a large lamp shade.  Because your harp would end up showing.  I had to hang my lampshade upside down, to make it work.  But it didn’t matter, since it was the same size & shape all the way around.

 ~ Happy Dance!~
here’s one more before:
after:
So much better!
Here’s the series of the Hallway if you’re new around here:
Part 1 – Chalkboard Wall
Part 2 – Gallery Wall
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Comments

  2. Great tutorial. Where do you find an apprentice electrician. I have a project coming up. Love the pendant idea in the hallway. Of course perfect and cute as always you are!

  6. Kellie…I wanted to let you know that I linked up to your silhouette light fixture post. I hope I followed all the rules {I posted your picture}! I think you are amazing and want the world to know;)
    Cheers!
    Theresa

  11. This came out really cute. You have to love the great stuff at The Graphics Fairy. Thanks for sharing.

    Vicki at Rusty Rooster Vintage

  12. Glad to know I’m not the only one who does the happy dance after creating fabulous things, haha! Saw the original post so I’m glad to see the tutorial now, thanks for sharing!!

  13. oH MY LANTA!!! i think you totally outdid yourself here missy!!!! this is so crafty and so original and sooooo precious…. really completes your hallway!!!

    hope you guys have a great week!

  18. Can I say STINKIN’ CUTE? Now I am off to see if I can use the tutorial to finish silhouettes that I’ve tried to do since last Thanksgiving….thank you. I’ll be linking to your post when I do my top ten next weekend.

  26. Kellie – your hallway makes me smile so much. I love your light and everything else. So much love, hard work and thoughtfulness went into it. And most people don’t give their hallways the attention that you have. It’s gorgeous!!!

  32. Very nice!

    I love your Halloween decorations, too!

    I just printed a whole bunch of mice to do mice at out house. I like your hallway decorations, too! I think we’ll have to write Boo in the hallway or bathrooms!

  33. I am So Glad you were Featured on Brag Monday!! This is a Wonderful Project! I wouldn’t Mind trying this project out!So Much to be had And Thank you fro the tutorial!
    Hugs
    Jill