Make a Jute Lampshade for Cheap!

Need a cool, unique, one of a kind lampshade? Make one for less than four bucks!

I have to say, when lit at night, this shade is really super duper ridiculously cool.

Bought a thrift store lamp. Came with no shade. Boo. What to do? I wasn't interested in buying an off-the-shelf one. After running into some ridiculously cool inspiration, I opted to make my own! Come visit my blog Flipping the Flip at humboldtartdept.blogspot.com for the inspiration link and so much more!

Ran into some trouble with this shade as the paper was holding the whole thing together. Rats. And ugh. After a few arguments with it, I won and reassembled the shade framing.

Using some finer jute twine, I strung around the frame vertically, making sure to toss in a few angles.

Using some slightly thicker twine, I wove through horizontally. I didn't wrap and cover the metal framing entirely in the jute but one could certainly do that.

Once done weaving, it looked a certain mess. Oy, what have I done?

But! Once on the lamp, it looked right cool. It does need to be lowered for sure but the socket, well, that's another story.

Close up it's super neat and texture-y.

But lit is when this shade really shines. Heh, pun, shines. It creates the coolest shadows! All for less than four bucks! Be sure to click the link below to read all the details about this project as well as all sorts of other great ones!

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