You have nice bits of fabric or wall paper that you just

cant throw away.

And probably a lamp that you really dont like because

of its horrible lamp shade.

Here is a tip how to make it all useful!

To get this result we started with...

...this old grey shade:

So take par metre of a nice wall paper and

tear it into rough pieces.

It looks funny here but you

can do it in different shapes.

Then just put bits randomly on to the shade with wallpaper glue until the shade is completely covered.


Let it dry.
At the end you can cut the edges with a small sharp knife so that it fits the lamp, see below.

Done!
It all took less than one hour to do!
You can also use newspaper or pages from an old book.
Or why not write some text on it!
Good luck!