About Bone Broke

Hey yall, welcome to Bone Broke Design! I'm here to show you how you can add style and personality to every room in your home without breaking the bank. As a first time homeowner I see my home as a giant canvas just waiting to be made into something awesome, but being recently laid off I need to watch my money too. This is where I'll show you how you can transform your home from bland and boring to warm and inviting with a little imagination, some DIY, and all on an unemployed homeowner's budget...

Friday, January 13, 2012

Revamp your lamps!

While working on my big guest bedroom project I found myself needing some new bedside lamps. I had two that were next to the bed that I really liked the shape of- kind of a modern meets retro base on the both of them, each with a cool cylindrical modern/retro shade.  I didn't really want to spend $20 each for a couple new shades so I ran to the craft store and went on the hunt for some fabric.  I perused the clearance fabric for a bit before I found what I was looking for.  I got more than I needed, which I recommend.
 You never know when you'll need a little extra for your current project or another one.  Since I'm covering 2 shades I went ahead and got 2 yards so I'd have some left over.

Fabric- around $7
I already had the rest of the supplies like the lamps and both shades. However, if you do have to purchase them they aren't very expensive if you shop around.
*Try craft store for shades and consignment shops for lamps.
One of my shades is plain white but the other one has a dark pink design on it.  Unfortunately putting a patterned fabric over top of a different pattern may not work without something to make the original shade pattern disappear.  This is my first lamp shade project so I thought I'd try a new approach.