diy drum shade

so. we rent.

and my cheapness has a real hard time buying things for something that is not mine.

but i am stinking tired of looking at this:

and i wanted something fun.  and cheap. and bright. and cheap. and cool...and um...cheap.

and i had a basic idea. It involved buying a drum shade (at the thrift store) cut up the back and placing it over.. (after I decorated it)

but wouldn't you know....i couldn't find a drum shade that would fit. 

dumb drum.

dumb thrift store.

and i sat with the thought brewing in my head for a good 3 months.

then one day when   I was cutting some metal for my menu board kits....

the metal was laying on my floor.

and the lightbulb dinged.

(100 watt)

I can just make my own dumbdrum. (say that five times fast)

so i measured it....

and tin snippped it...

and placed that baby right on (it sits on the lip of the existing shade)

now...i have to say...if i was going for the modern look....i would leave it. cause i kinda liked it....

but instead... i made my own printed fabric (you can see it HERE)

and just hot glued it right around the edges....

(start with the middle...and work your way out)

then i literally just hot glued it around the old existing lampshade....

it's totally removable....and i can swap out whatever fabric i  want as my mind redecorates.

hindsight:
now. i probably would have used posterboard -- it would have made the light shown through a little more. not quite has heavy duty...but you live and learn!