Well I’m back today to share the goods, yep I overachieved and got it done on Tuesday, around 7 pm. Better late than never?
Let’s start from the beginning shall we? We needed a light for this seen-better-days situation in our entryway.
Let’s start from the beginning shall we? We needed a light for this seen-better-days situation in our entryway.
We had given up on that idea and always had a plan B up our
sleeves which was to make something. Scouring the net, I stumbled upon this
inspiration:
After watching the video multiple times, we only needed to
pick up fabric, two embroidery hoops, and possible embellishments as we already
had the clips, poster board, and glue on hand. The plan was just to wing it for
the diffuser.
We then took rough measurements of the existing light
fixture which we determined the drum shade needed to be 8” or greater, then
headed off to Jo Ann Fabrics.
Maybe it’s just me but it seems like there is just way too
much inspiration, choices, and visuals to be had in craft stores (in a good
way). Needless to say we were in the store for about two hours. I have to say the
boyfriend was a champ even after I placed the same ream of fabric in the cart three
times. Guess I should have saved that shopping trip for a solo event, or at
least have him roam a different store nearby.
Which happen to be the back story behind the hey girl (from
Valentine’s Day Fun):
Back to the drum shade. The embroidery hoops happen to be
the easy decision, we held up all the sizes and choose 12” to give enough room,
an extra two inches, for the light to breathe.
Then came the fabric decision, since we didn’t need a lot of fabric we weren’t too picky on the price since anything less than a yard would be far less expensive than buying a new drum shade. And here are the choices that landed in the cart.
All of them just weren’t right- the floral was too large and
introduced too many additional colors to the room, the black and grey was too
girly, and the quatrefoil pattern may have clashed since we had two fabric
patterns in the small space already.
While roaming Jo Ann’s, I found this neat fabric but it only came in purple which wasn’t as bold as we wanted to go; rather I used it as inspiration and the final decision.
While roaming Jo Ann’s, I found this neat fabric but it only came in purple which wasn’t as bold as we wanted to go; rather I used it as inspiration and the final decision.
Instead we picked up .38 of a yard in navy blue thicker
polyester fabric. It was more than enough to make ‘fringes.’
I couldn’t wait to get home and turn the fabric into a
shaggy/ruffle style drum shade.
Possibly the best part, a complete shade for less than $5, although I used a few things lying around. See:
Yes, I was lucky to have my boyfriend so we could complete separate transactions and yes I was being cheap using a 40% coupon for each hoop (since the fabric was 50% off).
How about another peek at her all finished?

In person she looks a lot less girly, mainly because of her navy skin. And tomorrow I'll have the full blown tutorial. I'll also include the changes I made from the inspirational drum shade tutorial.
On how this fabric:
Turned to this:
And a lot more after pictures, so see ya here tomorrow! Feel free to send over pics and links via the B&W O Facebook page, comments below with a link to your blog, flickr, instagram, etc.
P.S. the entryway is
really coming together but we have four more rooms to tackle first. So no peaking.
ohmygosh i was going to do the same project! i LOVE how yours turned out! (ps your boyfriend is a SUPER champ to even go into joann's with you...when i've asked mine in the past he just stares at me!)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I always enjoy the Pinterest Challenge.
ReplyDeleteI love your project too, so beautiful.
He sure puts up with it- it may also have something to do with buying a table saw earlier that day. Bribery? More like even trade haha.
Looks great! Those Hey Girls will never get old! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, both the Pinterest challenge and the hey girls were a lot of fun!
DeleteI love that the Pinterest Challenge is sending me to sites I wouldn't have otherwise found! The drum shade looks absolutely incredible. And I agree with Decor and the Dog- the hey girls never get old!
ReplyDeleteHello Stacey, I'm so glad you stopped by. That is probably one of my favorite things too, my blog feeder is getting mighty long. I also started a new pin board just for Pinterest Challenges.
DeleteP.S. Thank you for the kind remarks!
DeleteIt turned out great!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog earlier and hope the House Cleaning printable comes in handy! :)
Thank you Monica! Printing out the House Cleaning PDF as we speak! It's such a lovely design!
DeleteThanks for stopping by!
Very cute! I've made a drum shade out of embroidery hoops too...they work out great! Love all of the textures you added with your fabric!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jennifer, for the kind words! Isn't it so much fun to bring different materials together?!
DeleteThanks for stopping by!
This is awesome! I'm hoping to make a fixture for above our dining table, and this may be the one! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDelete-Chaney (Came over from the Pinterest Challenge!)
Hi Chaney, thanks for stopping by! You definitely made my day!
DeleteLet me know if you have any questions.
P.S. I posted the tutorial over here: http://www.blackandwhiteobsession.blogspot.com/2013/03/5-drum-shade-tutorial.html
Love seeing your pictures . And I'm so happy your class and time in NY went so well!! Your work is gorgeous!
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