before and after.. lamp

Before...

After...

I found this old lamp in my old closet and decided to give it a revamp..

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I unwound the old lampshade and traced the pattern onto old maps that I had glued together.

To make the shade stronger I glued the top map layer onto 3 sheets of 120gsm paper glued together also, then stitched them both together on the sewing machine.

Using a singular hole punch I punched the holes in the shade equally around the top and bottom.

I bought new white piping cord and threaded the shade back onto the wire trim.

I cleaned down the stand and repainted it with white 'Hammerite' rust kill paint.

My husband re-wired the old plug and voila! New lamp for out entrance way!