Thrift Store Lamp Makeover

First, I spray painted a metallic brass color around the top where the light bulb screws in. The brass was a great improvement from the old gold color.

Then I covered the lamp base with a primer followed by a coat of satin enamel paint that cures hard and results in a beautiful glossy finish.

While the paint was drying, it was time to update the lampshade. I wanted to give it a little pizzazz and had seen velvet lampshades popping up online.

I remembered a bag of gorgeous blue velvet fabric I scored at the thrift store ages ago and there was just enough to use for my lampshade (don't you love when things work out like that?).

I traced the edge of the shade onto the backside of the fabric and then cut it out, leaving a small overage along the cut to allow for the fabric to fold over the edge of the shade.

I used spray adhesive to adhere the velvet onto the lampshade. I found it worked best to work with the adhesive in small sections at a time.

See how pretty this lamp makeover turned out! And it was such an affordable project thanks to thrift store finds and inexpensive paint.

To complete the lamp, I added a couple of DIY tassels around the neck. I think they are the perfect finishing touch!

If you love this DIY lamp makeover and want to see other thrifty projects, be sure to check out all of my thrift store makeovers on my blog!