Photo: deco & style
Cool light figure
Geometric home accessories are very trendy. Here's a guide for you to make two cool lampshades yourself.
You need this for the lamp:
- Computer, printer and paper for the template
- 1 sheet of construction paper DIN A3 approx. 120 g / m2 in gray and white
- glue stick
- Textile cable incl. Socket (eg from radiokoelsch.de, about 22, 95 €)
- LED light bulb (hardware store)
- scissors
- ruler
- pencil
- Lochzange
- thread
Template 1
Template 2
And that's how easy it is:
Print templates
1. Cut the construction paper longitudinally in half.
2. Now proceed with both halves as follows: Fold paper strips accordion-like (width of individual vertical stripes approx. 3.5 cm).
3. Use the ruler to transfer the diagonal lines from the original to the construction paper. This creates Xe at a distance of 4 vertical stripes.
4. Now fold the lines just drawn. You can use the ruler to help avoid slipping.
5. The triangles in the "Xen" always buckle to the same side, so creates a uniform pattern.
6. When everything is folded, the holes are punched (transferred from the original) on both sides of each long page.
7. The tape is then threaded through the holes so that both strips of paper make a lampshade. For stability, glue the open sides together.
8. Pass the lamp cable through the opening, pull the thread together, knot it and cut it.
For the white shade, we used only one half of the paper and added one more fold (see template). Otherwise the same procedure as for the gray screen.
Props: Table: Ikea "Vejmon", 79 €, Sofa: Ikea "Karlstad", 419 €, Picture Frame: Ikea "Ribba", 19.99 €, Vase: House Doctor on Car, Set of 2 10.90 €
