- First up, I bought 1/4 inch painters tape on Amazon.com because it is not sold in stores ($10)

- Second, I picked my colors. I used 4 colors from around my house that I already had leftover paint for and then picked up2 test pots of paint (both Martha Stewart textured metallic to add some depth, $7 each).

- I taped off and primed the area for my backsplash, then painted the whole area a pure white (which acts as the "grout")

- Next, once the paint was dry and set, I used a laser level to tape off horizontal stripes two inches apart. Then I randomly placed my vertical tape lines, making sure none of them lined up or looked too planned out. The more random the better.

- Finally, I filled in all my squares with paint. I painted all of the colors all at once so I could fill in spots as needed- this was random as well, I just took care to try and avoid having the same color next to itself.

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To turn it into a lampshade, I pulled the sweater down over the top of the shade in the same fashion as putting a pillow case over an overstuffed pillow. It was tight, but tight is good in this scenario. The sweater was a ladies size small, but it had enough stretch in it to fit snugly around the shade when I pulled it down around it. I pulled the waistline of the sweater right down to the bottom edge of the shade so it was even all around, then trimmed off the excess material at the top, leaving about 1" all around. Then I secured the sweater around the top edge of the shade with a few dots of hot glue. It's so tight around the shade that I didn't even bother gluing around the bottom. If your sweater is larger than your lampshade, you should be able to just cut it up the back and pull it tight, then glue it down the seam.

And that was it, folks!

The end result is SO simple and beautiful in my sunroom. I love the winter white addition to my room. This is my way of #KeepingCozy in 2013!

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