Materials: Melodi pendant lamp
Description: I've wanted a feature lighting pendant for some time for our dining nook. Any of the beautiful pendants I've seen have unfortunately been outside of a reasonable price, so the opportunity arose for me to come up with a little something of my own. Here is what I came up with ...
Materials used
- One IKEA Melodi pendant lamp
- Felt sheets {I used roughly 8, at รข‚¬0.72 per sheet}
- Glue/adhesive
- Scissors
- Measuring tape {not necessary}
- A steady hand and a good eye for cutting straightish lines
I began by cutting the felt into 1x5 inch strips - by cutting the felt rectangle into vertical strips, then cutting the vertical strips in half. Pretty easy, but you can choose whatever length or shape you like.
I started at the top of the Melodi lamp, and using a small dab of glue at the end of each piece, I placed the felt evenly around the top of the lamp. For the remainder of the lamp, there is no right or wrong method to placing each piece of felt. I continued to dab glue to the end of each piece, and placed them underneath the felt above, making sure to underlap {as opposed to overlap} to cover the exposed Melodi lamp.
Not to make it too repetitive, I decided to stagger the lengths of the felt. I simply did this by gluing the felt, and then trimming it to varying lengths where I saw fit. Don't be afraid to hack into it. I continued this process until no parts of the original lamp were visible. The entire process took two evenings {an after work job}, accompanied by some decent TV.
See more of the Melodi with felt shade.
~ Hydrangea Girl, Ireland
very pretty! but psst: it might be easier to work from the bottom up, like shingling a roof ;)
ReplyDeleteFunny. Look likes a Dutch childrens caracter from the 1970's: meneer de uil (mr owl):)
ReplyDeletewow, this is gorgeous! I need to make it!! hahahah
ReplyDeleteI think it would look better with leather.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your lovely comments!
ReplyDelete@Moontree - that makes miles more sense. I started with the shade on my lap, so the top made more sense - at the time!
so pretty and moody. I want to try this with leather fringe. it looks like the coat of some crazy animal.
ReplyDeleteWow... this looks quite spectacular - one of the most stylish hacks i have seen here in a while. And i agree - starting fromt he bottom makes this way easier ;-)
ReplyDeleteI would definetly hang something like that in my place. Dunno where to hang it though *sigh*
how would glue react to overheating?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous - I only use low energy light bulbs, so they don't heat up like regular bulbs. Therefore the shade itself does not overheat in any way. I'm very fire-hazard conscious.
ReplyDeleteThat Lamp is so funny! Maybe in leather too?
ReplyDeleteGood Stuff
ReplyDeleteOh thanks to this idea now I think I can "copy" the well-known lamp shape "Roofer" by British designer Benjamin Hubert.
ReplyDeleteI just made this hack, but with leather instead. It turned out really cool. Thanks for the inspiration.
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