Kirstie Allsopp
Yes, lampshades are available on every high street, but the only way to get a bespoke look, with a fabric style and colour to match your room perfectly, is to make your own.
In the sitting rooms episode of Kirstie’s Homemade Home, I met lampshade designer Eileen Garsed, who explained the three main types of lampshade: tailored, pleated and hard frame. Hard frame is probably the simplest, so as a novice, that's the type of shade I created - with Eileen's help - and that is what we're going to do here.
Skill level: It's fairly easy to make a simple lampshade, but hard to do neatly. Even this hard frame shade is quite fiddly and requires real concentration!
Cost: Around £20 for the kit (rings, backing material, sticky tape), plus whatever material you want to use
Time required: Unlike me, you will probably take it slowly, like Eileen advises! So allow yourself a good hour.
You'll need: Wire frame rings (top and bottom); PVC backing material; fabric (satin, velvet, rayon, cotton dress material or curtain fabric is fine, but open weave fabrics are not suitable as dust and dirt will adhere to the exposed areas of the backing material); double-sided sticky tape; braiding or bias binding to decorate (optional)
Click here to get started with Kirstie Allsopp's step-by-step guide on how to make a lampshade
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