H D I -- Lampshade

 This last week I have been changing up

things in the house,

getting things in 'order'....

which btw is my word for 2012.

Long story short....

I got this drum shaped lampshade

for free a few years back,

recovered it,

decopaged it.

I no longer liked it on the lamp it was on,

so now it had no home.

Should I get rid of it, donate it, or what?

Well, I went with the or what.

I began looking around at what I already had,

and found a metal ring, a light kit,

 and some silverware pieces.

So, I had this great idea to put them all together.

I believed it would make a great lamp 

to hang above my breakfast table

in the kitchen

It would also give me more light.

Total cost ....zero.

So, I threw out the idea to my husband,

and since it's raining outside,

he got to work on my idea,

and it's already done!

He is just the greatest!

The metal ring is suspending the silverware.

I didn't even bother polishing the silverware.

 I like it the way it is.

 It is hanging over my old dutch extension table,

which I have yet to paint and mark off my 'to do' list.

The chairs were free too btw.

All I did was paint them white.

Here it is turned off.

I may recover it one day,

when I redo my kitchen.

Years ago when I first got this shade,

I tore the old fabric off,

leaving the wire frame,

put muslin on,

and then decopaged some old

skeleton leaves onto the fabric.

It actually makes a pretty glow in the room,

when the light is turned on.

So, there it is!

Another DIY,

except mine is a

HDI,

(husband did it).

Savor the Day!

Yvonne