Renew. Reclaim. Repurpose.

May 18 2014

Revamp some Twin Lamps with some Farrow and Ball Wallpaper and Duck Egg Blue Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan

So it started with me being inspired by my new creative flair....so I thought okay I am on a roll and I always wanted to do lamps, I have two matching ones in my bedroom, they are fine, they are not vintage, not old but they could be my test....So I removed shades, got out my masking tape and decided to paint them with two coats of Duck Egg Blue Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan as decided a tranquil colour that could lend itself to blending with others and also it was a complimentary scheme I was looking for and I had decided that Duck Egg Blue and a stripe of Old White would match perfectly with the new 2014 Farrow and Ball Samphire wallpaper.

http://eu.farrow-ball.com/samphire-bp-4002/2014-new-wallpapers/farrow-ball/fcp-product/204002

So I painted lamps, stripe and then had to buy a glue gun to attach the wallpaper onto the lampshades and realised its harder than it looks! Also it would have been easier if I had chosen lampshades that are the same size top and bottom as paper was quite stiff...

http://www.bravenewhome.com/diy-wallpapered-lamp-shades/

Also heat guns really burn and I may not have any fingerprints left...and last lesson, it looks really easy with the online tutorials and the finish neat and beading an option, mine didn’t look like that and even worse I needed to go back when dry and start all over with glue gun to reattach beading ribbon finish to top and was so hard to get straight decided the bottom could do without.. you win some you lose some, it is something I think practise makes perfect would apply to....now hoping doesn’t melt off when lamps on for a long time.....