Another Potato Sack Lamp Makeover

I bought these potato sacks at the Country Living Fair last year. I love the other lampshade I made using one of these potato sacks (you can check out that post here), so I decided to make another one. This time I used the burlap and blue one that says "Grow with P & E Seed Potatoes.

I forgot to take a before picture, but I found this lamp at a garage sale for $6 including the drum shade. The lamp was pink and I spray painted it a color called "Bright Idea." I then laid the shade out on the potato sack and cut it to size adding about 2 inches to fold under at the top and bottom. I used spray adhesive to glue the sack to the shade then I hot glued the edges around on the inside of the shade.

The lamp sits in my sunroom on top of the metal table I also got at the Country Living Fair (you can read about that makeover here). Everyone asks me what P & E stands for. I have no idea, I just love using repurposed items. It adds character to a home, saves money, and is better for the environment.

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Thrift Store lamp + old potato sack = Chic Lamp Makeover

One of the items on my "New Years to-do list" (we all have those right? even if we don't write them down) was to work on getting some new lamps. I am a bargain shopper and lamps are not cheap! I went to Goodwill, the lamp graveyard, and found this brass one for less than $5.

I had a white drum shade from Target and I covered it with one of these potato sacks I bought at the Country Living Fair for $5. I just cut it a little larger than the shade and folded the sides under and hot glued it on.

I painted the lamp a Metallic Bronze and added some ruffle trim to it from Hobby Lobby (also hot glued on). And I have a new lamp for under $20 including the drum shade. I might go back and paint the lamp using a looking glass spray paint once I get some to lighten the look a little, but I'm still deciding.

For now, I am quite pleased!

Here she is at night.

Linking up to Transformation Thursday at Shabby Chic Cottage