Shady Lady

One of the things on my list was to replace the lamps.  Well, pretty quickly I realized I was also in the market for lampshades, too {duh}.  I know, many, many, many of you have had all the luck in the world at Homegoods and TJ Maxx, but not here.  The closest lamp I found came with a lampshade that looked like Coco Channel's dogs had a fight with a lampshade.  The lampshade did not win.  So again, I was still on the  hunt.  I can honestly tell you I had know idea what I was actually looking for at the time.  The lamps and the shades were both a classic case of "I'll know it when I see it".

Then I saw it.  I knew instantly.  And I got that really ridiculous, "This is it!  I have to have these now!" feeling that I'm not too proud of, but nonetheless, got.

On top of the *feeling*, there were two {check} and they were already rewired {check} and they were $15 each {check, check, check}!

SOLD.

But the problem of not having a shade still remained.  Once I found the brass lamps I was about 98% sure I wanted them to wear some navy ikat shades.

After looking on the internet for what felt like forever I was only able to find this baby for a whopping $175. Yeah, no thank you.

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And I looked on Etsy, but by that point I couldn't move past the idea of trying to make it myself.  Plus, they ain't cheap on Etsy either.
Next solution, find the fabric I want, and the skeleton of the shade I want, and make my own.
Although I loved this fabric, I just couldn't quite pull the trigger on $30/yard fabric + shipping.  I know I've said this before, but I'm so cheap thrifty sometimes, it's ridiculous.

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Thankfully this fabric was found at a steal and I didn't have to worry about that problem anymore.

I gathered up some materials

And my help...

And, Ta-Da!

Ok, so this project really wasn't easy...at ALL, but I can pretend, right?

Alright, alright, I'll show ya how I did it, tomorrow!

And I can cross two things off my living room list!

Change out lamps for brass lamps

Find navy ikat lamp shades

Sell rug and buy navy trellis rug

Change out old school Tiffany ceiling fan

Paint coffee table 

Cover / Replace / Reupholster sofa

Somehow hide the cable box, DVD player, etc.

Find new basket for storing G's toys

Rearrange just a tad

I gotta role! My mom is in town and we're having a full-on girl day!  For us that means shopping for bargains and DIY materials, duh!