Diy Speckle-Painted Lampshade + Novel Mass | Rebecca Atwood - Living Amongst Pattern

Today we're excited to portion a projection from Rebecca Atwoods novel beautiful novel book, Living With Pattern: Color, Texture together with Print at Home from Potter.

The majority is all nigh how to nation your storey alongside pattern, going through each room of a abode from diverse artists/designers who Rebecca admires, but who also know how to brand a abode that is reflective of the abode owners story. H5N1 department filled alongside gorgeous homes including tips together with tricks on creating personal, patterned spaces.

The halt of the majority features several DIY projects from decoupage to embroidered placemats. Fresh updated projects on classic ideas such every bit marbling, weaving together with shibori. Like this speckle-painted lampshade nosotros asked to portion here. Check out the how-to below!

DIY Speckle-Painted Lampshade

Customizing a lampshade is an slowly agency to add together pattern to your bedside table. This modest accent may endure but what you lot demand if you lot bring express space. Here an organic pattern is painted on the shade to laissez passer it novel life. If you’re unsure nigh ikon your ain design, you lot tin e'er instruct for a stripe. The pattern possibilities are endless, together with thence sketch out a few ideas prior to starting.

Supplies
Lampshade
Water-based paint, such every bit gouache or acrylic
Brushes for ikon and/or stenciling
Stencils (optional)
Lamp base of operations
Apron or quondam wearing clothing

STEP 1: Paint
Just dive in. Have fun together with pigment freely, or stencil the blueprint of your choosing. Here I used bluish together with dark gouache. Gouache gives a softer await than acrylic because it has a matte finish. I recommend using solely a picayune combat of water. Simply moisture your brush prior to dipping it inwards the paint. If your pigment feels likewise thick, but add together a picayune to a greater extent than H2O until you lot instruct a consistency you lot like. First I position downwards larger spots of a soft blue, followed past times a minute layer of smaller dark spots.

STEP 2: Finish
Let the pigment dry out completely earlier plumbing equipment the shade on your light base. Light upwardly your room!

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Living With Pattern: Color Texture together with Print at Home by Rebecca Atwood is available on Amazon. Click HERE for the link.