Shopper's Diary: Leva Kungslador in Visby, Sweden : Remodelista

As promised in my previous Budget Anthro post, I put together my own version of Anthro's Well Defined Lampshade! (See it together with my DIY vintage book lamp base!) Materials I used : 1 plain Lampshade - $5 (I used a cheap one I already had from Target, but you can use any plain colored lampshade; one with bold prints may show through the pages when the lamp is lit.) 1 bottle of Mod Podge - approx $8 for 16 oz bottle (I recommend getting the weekly coupons from Michaels and using that to…

Make these lampshades from used newspaper and magazine pulp. Fabulous and simple to DIY!

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Handmade lampshade (papier mache technique) from used newspaper "Transilvania Reporter", painted with acrylic black paint, 37 cm, max 75 W

I will be making this light from book pages and old paper/board clips.

Paper mache is one of the easiest crafts. And now, it's key to this lamp-making project that's just as easy, and much more impressive than your elementary school mask.

So this DIY is awesome. Like really awesome. Like "wow, I think I spotted this chandelier at that fantsy pants boutique the other day" awesome. And while it may look a bit complicated. It's not. I pro...