DIY Lamp Makeover

Maine Country Home
by Maine Country Home
$65
2 Hours
Easy
Take an Ugly Lamp and make it a show piece for your home. Quick and Easy with Efex.
Watch the video or follow the step by step instructions below.
Start with an ugly lamp.
What you will need :


Plain lamp


Paint


Efex Appliques


Fabric marking pen


Contact Cement


Wax or top coat
Finish Project Very Quick and Easy
Decide on your style choose your Efex appliqué. (This is the hard part).


1. Adhere the Efex


2. Place your efex on the lamp and outline where you want them to go


with a pencil or fabric marking pen


3. Glue the Efex on to the lamp using contact cement. Paint on the


contact cement to the lamp, and paint the back of the Efex. When dry to


the touch about 15 min. place the efex on the lamp and push around


the edges to adhere. Let dry for around 15 min.


4. Paint two coats of your base coat over the lamp and and let dry.


5. With a smallish paint brush paint the Efex in a contrasting color.


This can be a color paint or gilding wax.



6. Wax or finish with a clear top coat.


Very quick and easy.
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