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Our monster-sized puppy struck again! In her haste to "play" with one of our cats, the clumsy girl slid into a floor lamp ... again. And broke, or rather cracked, the lampshade one more time. Sigh.
Time for some creative problem-solving. I can remove the lamps, buy new lampshades, get rid of the dog or purchase lamps which could be hung from the ceiling. Quite frankly, I did not like any of those options. Our clumsy puppy may make messes, destroy household items and dig in the yard, but I love her to pieces. She stays.
Further brainstorming, followed by a trip to Dollar Tree highlighted one more option. I could make my own inexpensive lampshade. When I say inexpensive, I really mean cheap. As in less than $5.00 type of cheap. Odds are good, our little darling will crash into the floor lamp again. Even better odds are that I will be making this shade a few more times.
So ... this is what I came up with. Two plastic salad bowls and a hole saw drill bit.
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I checked the diameter of the metal piece that connects the shade to the pole. Next, I inserted an appropriately sized hole saw bit into my handy dandy cordless drill and got to work. I placed each bowl on a piece of scrap lumber and gently began the drill. It didn't take long for me to realize the colored bowl was a little thin as I drilled through. Thankfully, the UPC sticker on the base of the bowl prevented any cracks while I was drilling..jpg)
Once I drilled through each bowl, I stacked them together and inserted the metal ring. All that remained was to put the shade on the base pole and add a fluorescent light bulb. We had used an incandescent bulb within the previous (plastic) shade, but I am hesitant to do the same with this one. Melting plastic is not one of my favorite smells.
As you can see, I tried to photograph the lamp while it was on. However, I do not feel the picture shows how beautifully the lamp glows and sparkles.
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