Inspired by the arts-and-crafts style border in the kitchen of Jennifer and Bill Moses' California bungalow, designer Kurt Cyr figured out a way to extend the motif . He photocopied and reduced remnants of the same wallpaper, and used the pattern to accent a parchment lampshade. Cyr was striving to achieve an arts-and-crafts look , with its strong emphasis on horizontals and its large, chunky lines. But he says wallpaper remnants can spruce up lampshades in just about any type of room design . Here's the process he recommends for customizing a lampshade:
- If the pattern you'd like to work with is large take the wallpaper remnant to a copy shop and have it reduced and color-copied. That way, it will work on a smaller lampshade.
- Purchase standard matte decoupage medium and a "regulation" paper lampshade. For an arts-and-crafts look, you'll need a parchment shade, because there weren't a lot of "true whites" in that era.
- Cut the wallpaper or reduced-copy patterns out in small sections that won't wrinkle when you paste them on the curve of the lampshade (figure A).
- Use a disposable paintbrush to brush decoupage medium on the back of the pattern piece, and then press it to the shade (figure B). Attach all the cutouts to the shade with decoupage medium.
- Brush decoupage medium over the entire outer surface of the cutouts and the lampshade, with up-and-down strokes (figure C). This will protect the cutouts and give soft luster to the shade.
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