Our guest bedroom redo really deserves it's own post once it's finished. So I'll just share the lamp for now. I ordered fabric to cover a plain white drum shade with fabric. The lamp base is from Target, and the filler I got at Pier 1 imports.
Covering this lamp shade turned a bit tricky because it wasn't a true drum shade. The top diameter of the shade was slightly smaller than the bottom. And with the fabric I chose, I needed the pattern at the bottom to stay consistent. So I had to sinch up the fabric at the top of the shade just slightly.
I used a thin line of hot glue along the top and bottom of the shade. Then trimmed excess fabric over the shade, but I left a centimeter over to wrap around the inside of shade to give it a finished look.
My other shade I recently covered was in Hannah's nursery to have next to my glider. The lamp was another Target find. And it was much easier to cover because I used ribbon with little rosettes I found out Hobby Lobby.
Because the ribbon was much lighter and more sheer than the heavy home decor fabric, I used fabric glue rather than the hot glue I used for the guest bedroom shade.
I think it's so sweet, and the lamp looks perfect with her shabby chic nursery.
My last cover job was an idea I got from a design book written by some of my favorite bloggers from Young House Love. I wanted to dress up a simple white bookcase that I got from Target. The idea is to cover the back of the bookcase with fabric, wallpaper, wrapping paper, or whatever you like. I found wrapping paper that I thought would go, and I wrapped my cardboard cut to size of the back of the shelves. It fit so snug in there that you don't even need to attach it to bookcase. And if I decide to change it, it's inexpensive and easy to remove!
I haven't had the chance to decorate the top of the shelf or add to her book collection yet. So it looks very unfinished at this point. But I love the extra storage it will give her, and I love adding more patterns to the room.
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