I wanted to change the light on our ceiling fan while keeping the fan we used for air circulation. A Better Homes and Gardens drum shade from Walmart, about $10 at the time, became the starting point.
A shade with added pattern
I liked the shade’s color, texture, and trim, then added stenciling to make it fit the room. Different-colored buttons in the flower centers repeated colors from the space.
How I arranged this shade
For this particular fan, I used picture-hanging wire at the shade’s center and hung it from the screws where the original light shades had been. The first arrangement was off-center, as the photos show, and I still needed to adjust it when I took them.
The stenciled burlap lampshade is another fabric-shade project. My white shade with a poppy uses an attached flower instead of a painted pattern.
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