DIY Balsa Wood Lamp Shade
Happy Wednesday! Today I have a great DIY for you guys. It is SO EASY, and I was super excited with the end result.
Check ‘er out!
Materials: Lamp shade, balsa wood (different amounts depending on the length/width you get, but buy extra because you’ll need more than you think – also, get balsa wood that is super thin and bendy, that way you don’t have to steam the balsa to get it to bend), glue gun, and glue sticks (obvies)
Note: I only used glue on the very edges of each piece
Step 1: Line the top and bottom edge of the shade
Step 2: Add pieces willy nilly! Tuck the ends into other pieces and wrap in a manner that leaves a little space and isn’t completely flat against the shade
Step 3: Keep adding! Keep tucking! My goal was to have all the ends tucked so none were showing
Step 4: Stand back and admire your beautiful creation. After all, you are a very talented individual.
And there she blows! Standing in all her my-mama-just-made-me glory!
Check out my last DIY lamp shade here!
And while you’re at it, find me on Instagram! My username is misspomp
Ohhhh this is beautiful! LOVE it!
You are so talented!
Love the texture against the navy! Very cool!
pardon my language, but this is ___ng fantastic! what a gorgeous shade! thanks for the DIY potential inspiration!
where did you buy the balsa wood? thanks
I would also like to know where one would buy balsa wood, as well as the specific lengths/widths you used for this project. Gorgeous!
THANK YOU! I have been searching for a way to re-do my vintage 1950′s tall drum lampshade. The only options I’ve found up until now were expensive (hiring someone to put polystyrene wrap around it). Currently I have wide satin ribbon around it, but it’s so unstable and it gets wrinkly. I’m going to try this method. Do you know if there’s a way to attach the balsa wood to the bottom and top circle frames of the shade? Were’ talking bare bones…thank you again for this post. Keep up the great, inspiring posts.
This is awesome. where do you get the balsa wood?
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Yes, please, please, please tell us where you got the balsa wood (even if it’s a source local to you)! I have searched high and low all throughout my city and no one has any balsa strips that are thin enough to be flexible enough for this project. Thank you!
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I just purchased the balsa from Michael’s. Even though they are thin it seems to need a bit of steaming to avoid breaking. Hopefully that will help it out.
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Great tutorial, I love all the texture!