Happy Monday, wonderful people! Hope you all had a great weekend. Ours was filled with pumpkin patches and football games, and we hope you enjoyed some great family time as well! On Sunday, I decided to do a quick spruceup with our entry way light in the form of a jute wrapped light
Need for change
I’ve never liked it. It just felt…expected. So I decided a little switcheroo was in order. I wanted something casual, and kind of different. I’m usually a big chandy gal, but this seemed like a fun, simple project when it popped into my head, and I had to try it out.
I had this drum light that wasn’t being used, and some leftover jute from this project.
Getting started.
Securing my strand with some hot glue, and pulling it tight, I wrapped it all the way around the shade.
It took about a roll and a half of jute, and one episode of trashy television.
But when it was finished, I loved the look of my new jute wrapped light.
jute wrapped light – a Hint
By continuously wrapping it all the way around, anyone who comes in our entryway and looks up…will see more jute. Not icky glued parts. It looks seamless and simple. I started and stopped a few times, because of tangles, but was able to camouflage each section as I went with more jute on top with little dabbles of hot glue for this jute wrapped light.
Hanging the jute wrapped light.
I then took a pendant kit…the same I used in this project, but a dark finish, since it was in the entryway.
We simply unattached it from the ceiling plate, and threaded it through the top part of the lamp, and installed.
I even got a shot of this guy changing out our outside bulbs, while I took a few of the new jute wrapped light addition. Potentially creepy, huh? I think he should hang out here for Halloween. But on the other side at night. Because we’re weird like that.
Tada! An entirely new, simple look for our entryway. With 15.00 for the pendant kit, and around 5 for the jute…{the shade, we already had, but I’m pretty sure you could pull it all off for around 30 smacks.}
A quick little light redo, for more of a custom look in your home. Let me know if you knock one of these little projects out!
Happy Monday, everyone!
jessica@nucheysmommy says
I love it! I would love to do this but am always afraid of re-attaching the new light & frying myself! I have 2 flush mount lights in my foyer I would love to make some lantern hanging pendants for….hmmm, i’ll have to investigate getting them hung!
Catherine says
I just did this with one of my wooden letters! I love it. It’s a lot of work, but the texture is so great.
Scarlett Roney says
I love love love it…Have you gave a tutorial on the frames in this picture yet? I was wondering if you painted store bought frames or made them. I probably know the answer to this 🙂 YOUR HOUSE IS TOO FABULOUS…I learned about your blog by watching Nate and have checked in daily ever since 🙂 ‘Thanks for sharing your home.
cassie says
LOVE it! it looks amazing and very resourceful!
katie s says
Very cool, I love it! We don’t have tall enough ceilings to do a pendant lamp, but my boys floor lamp is just waiting to be updated.
Sarah says
I LOVE this! It looks so great & goes wonderfully with the decor you already have. So pretty! Nice work 🙂
Seriously Sassy Mama says
I love it. It would be a nice change in my hallway where the laundry closet is.
Casey says
looks awesome! I also really like your frames! are they attached to painted wood? I might try something like it, probably not using wood though but something to get the same look
ashley @ the handmade home says
thanks sweet ladies for all your kind comments! I am in the process of a major DIY for all those frames. stay tuned!
Laura says
Oooh, I love this! We were just at Ikea yesterday, & while looking at hanging lights, I was torn between the natural fiber shades, and the simple shapes of the drum shades. This is a great way to marry the two. I may have to try this! Thanks for sharing!
Shaunna says
Super cute….love, love. In process of making a pendent for Gray’s man room. 😉
xoxo
shaunna
Dorothy says
I’m definitely going to try this in our entry, which still is suffering from the ghastly 1978 smoked globe pendant that was all we could afford when our house was built. I’d never have thought of a drum shade for it, but now i’m going to shamelessly copy you. 🙂
Diana-MaudeRubyPearl says
So clever!
Lisa @ A Room with A View says
Fabulous and the best part is it costs next-to-nothing and does not take too long to complete. Love the woven, textured look.
Pine Tree Home says
Great idea. Jute, rope, twine it’s so fun to use. I am thinking of using a little to trim out a hollow core door.
I have a couple of dusty lampshades that I think need an update too.
michaela hoenigman says
I am drooling over this! It is so do-able!
However, I am having a hard time focusing on the lamp because of those AMAZING picture frames in the background!!!!!! Where did you ever get those! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me. I am desperate enough to ask you every day till I find out……..;)
Denise says
What a fun idea, i was just looking to make a lamp shade…your Monday post came right in time!
Sarah C. says
I did this too! But I wrapped an Ikea pendant light fixture (horizontally, instead of vertically like you did).
http://fauxmadebysarah.blogspot.com/2011/04/let-there-be-light.html
Jen says
What does it look like when it’s on??? My husband thinks it would be dark… I’m not sure. I really want to do this to one of our lamps. 😀
brooke adkins says
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Kimberly Caverly says
Thank you So Much I definately want to try this on one of my old shades (but my favorite lamp). Have a Great Day and Thank you Very Much for sharing I am NOT A CRAFTY PERSON. ;-D
Joanna Morelli says
Any chance you have a picture of it lite up? I love this idea!
Rebekah Hock says
I love this idea and I’ve started making it but I’m a bit concerned that it wont be fire proof and could burn?
Any ideas x
ashley @ the handmade home says
Hey Rebekah. Our drum light is large enough, and our bulb is low wattage, so we just haven’t had any problems. We also just don’t leave lights on when we’re out, or if we do, they’re select ones. Though now that I think of it, most of our lamps in our home are old and reclaimed. It comes down to a choice, I guess. Hope that helps!
Mel the Crafty Scientist says
Another project from you guys that I absolutely LOOOOOOOVE and wish I could make (or just have miraculously show up in my home)! I featured it in my roundup of jute craft projects here. Feel free to check it out if you want and hope you like it! : )
-Mel the Crafty Scientist
Pippa Perestrello says
Hi! Great idea! my old lamp shades have got a dark green painted line on the outer edge which I dont like; do you think that you would still see it even with the jute, when the light was turned on?
Pippa
ashley @ the handmade home says
I have no idea! Sorry – that’s a hard call to make without seeing it. Maybe wrap a section without gluing, and turn on the light to see if you can tell? Hope that helps! ;}
Jo Anna says
You may have just saved some cheap lamps I have hated for years. We bought them when we first got married and had no cash or frankly style. I’ve wanted to pitch them for nearly five years. I’m seeing some potential here 🙂
ashley @ the handmade home says
Yay Jo Anna! I am so glad!
celia durbin says
just wanted to say that I love the lamp shade, awesome! I’m going to do it myself, wish me luck! I too am a freak for used things, I love old stuff that I remake all my own. Thanks for the super neat ideas. Will keep following for more fun ideas.
ashley @ the handmade home says
good luck! you can do it! ;}
EA says
this is too gud!!
thank you 🙂
Jennifer says
I love this craft! I would love to do this for my living room table lamp but honestly, I am constantly trying to figure out how to keep my house clean with two dogs and two guys. Any issues on dusting or cleaning?
jamin says
It has been pretty hassle free in the cleaning department.
Antonia Duff says
What a great idea. Thank you.
I will be doing this with some bedside
lamps I have.
herbertsch says
Fantastic idea, I love how simple it is. Would you recommend doing the same project but with a lamp shade frame instead of the entire shade?
ashley @ the handmade home says
Hey! You could – it just depends on how sturdy the frame is – and how densely you wrap it. Hope that helps!
Sandy says
Love this idea! How much does this cut down on the lighting itself?
ashley @ the handmade home says
Hey! I feel as though it worked as a regular shade. Hope that helps!