Lighten Up Your Style Lamp
By Brittany Burrows
- Project Time: 3 hrs
- Skill Level: 1 2 3 4 5
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Materials
- Krylon Indoor/Outdoor Primer - All-Purpose White (#51315)
- Krylon Indoor/Outdoor Paint - Celery (#53543)
- Krylon Indoor/Outdoor Paint - Ivy Leaf (#51515)
- Krylon Brushed Metallic - Caramel Latte (#51250)
- Lamp and shade of desired size
General Supplies
- Drop cloth or newspaper
- Fine-grain sandpaper
- Tack cloth
- Round stickers
- Tissue paper
- Kraft glue
- Metal filigree beads
Instructions
- Lightly sand base of lamp to allow the paint to better adhere. Wipe clean with a tack cloth.
- Place lamp base and shade on a flat work surface covered with a drop cloth or newspaper.
- Apply two thin coats of White Primer to the base of the lamp. Let dry. Top with 2 to 3 thin coats of Caramel Latte paint. Let dry completely.
- Place beads on drop cloth and spray with Caramel Latte. Let dry.
- Spray 2 to 3 thin coats of Celery paint over the entire lamp shade. Let dry completely.
- Place round stickers on lamp shade in desired pattern.
- Spray paint Ivy Leaf lightly over the entire lamp shade. While paint is still damp, crumple tissue paper and lightly dab paint to create the textured look.
- Carefully remove stickers and let paint dry completely.
- Glue beads to center of circles in the desired pattern.
