Lamps and Tables and more!
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craftgrrlHey everyone. I need your crafty expertise.
I'm moving on Thursday and alot of the stuff that we are using for the first few months until we can buy our own, are hand-me-downs. We have 3 horrbily atrocius lamps. 2 light blue ones, with brass metalwork and pleated *uck* shades and 1 pink one that is not really pink. It's like pink that is supposed to look like marble or something- toally ugly.
So what can I do that is cheap and easy to make them beautiful? I am toying with the idea of doing mosiac on them, but I don't knwo how much that will cost me (ie: would it be cheaper to just trash them and buy new ones) . . . Also, defintely need to do SOMETHING with the shades and ANYHTING- Any ideas would be appriciated.
Another problem is that we don't at the moment have any real coffee or end tables- ie: anyhting ot put the lamps ON! Hehe. So I want to go to the lumberyard and make some simple small end tables for our furniture. (The living room is the only room that does not have an ceiling light fixture, so this is kind of an immediate problem.) So does anyone have any idea or reference sites for instructions where I can get info on how ot make some nice looking not to expensive projects?
Ok, and I *think* this is the last thing. We have 2 couches (used of course) coming or way. they are NOT in thebest of shape. The edges look as though they may have been stratched by a cat a little. Anyway, I want to re-upholster them or make a slip cover or something! They are also a blue-ish color and not in a good way. Now, at the moment I do not have a sewing machine (i will soon though in a few weeks), so I won't be able to work on this right away, but I just need to know any suggestions.
Thanks!
Lindsey
I'm moving on Thursday and alot of the stuff that we are using for the first few months until we can buy our own, are hand-me-downs. We have 3 horrbily atrocius lamps. 2 light blue ones, with brass metalwork and pleated *uck* shades and 1 pink one that is not really pink. It's like pink that is supposed to look like marble or something- toally ugly.
So what can I do that is cheap and easy to make them beautiful? I am toying with the idea of doing mosiac on them, but I don't knwo how much that will cost me (ie: would it be cheaper to just trash them and buy new ones) . . . Also, defintely need to do SOMETHING with the shades and ANYHTING- Any ideas would be appriciated.
Another problem is that we don't at the moment have any real coffee or end tables- ie: anyhting ot put the lamps ON! Hehe. So I want to go to the lumberyard and make some simple small end tables for our furniture. (The living room is the only room that does not have an ceiling light fixture, so this is kind of an immediate problem.) So does anyone have any idea or reference sites for instructions where I can get info on how ot make some nice looking not to expensive projects?
Ok, and I *think* this is the last thing. We have 2 couches (used of course) coming or way. they are NOT in thebest of shape. The edges look as though they may have been stratched by a cat a little. Anyway, I want to re-upholster them or make a slip cover or something! They are also a blue-ish color and not in a good way. Now, at the moment I do not have a sewing machine (i will soon though in a few weeks), so I won't be able to work on this right away, but I just need to know any suggestions.
Thanks!
Lindsey
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