I found a lamp that immediately reminded me of a $200 marble lamp on my wish list, except it was on sale for $18 and wasn’t marble. No way this DIY could not happen, and maybe you’ve already guessed that this is going to be REALLY easy, like maybe doesn’t even classify as a DIY because it’s so easy but it totally is a DIY. These are my favorite ones.
Materials:
–Lamp
–marble contact paper
-ruler
-pencil
-scissors
This lamp from Target is excellent and beautiful already, but sure, let’s make it marble.
I measured the height of the white portion of the lamp to be about 8.25″, then measured that I’d need about 14.25″ in length to wrap around the lamp and overlap. I traced out these measurements on the back of the marble contact paper and cut it out.
Peeling off a small portion of the backing, I lined up the paper as straight as possible before sticking it down, then smoothed over the paper with my fingers while peeling off the rest of the backing little by little.
I had to re-do this part a couple times, but the good thing is that this contact paper is pretty forgiving, meaning if you gently peel and re-stick, it won’t completely mess up the finish of the paper when you stick it on again. For some of the stubborn air bubbles, I used a credit card to smooth them out.
Too easy?
That gold stem and acrylic detail- gorgeous bones, and if I get sick of the marble for some reason I can just peel off the contact paper later. I’m a fan of that!
Threw in another styling of the lamp because I liked this too, and admittedly spent a lot of time playing around with decor on this one to find that I’m loving a minimal style even more these days. I’ve been keeping that in mind as I work on some changes to our living room (!) meaning changing my mind about everything about a hundred times. Nothing new there.
Are you into this marble makeover? Do you prefer the lamp the way it was before? I really love both!
We learned three different image transfer techniques from Courtney Cerruti, all of which *blew my mind* because I never knew these kinds of things were possible. It may have been my favorite class from the summit for that reason alone.
Clearly I was in an eyeball kind of mood for this class.
Paper flowers are a very meticulous craft, one that I found out I’m not very good at, ha! I have so much admiration for Livia Cetti and how she has mastered such a challenging and beautiful art.
I may or may not have been the one that made this paper peony. Yea it wasn’t me, but it’s gorgeous, isn’t it?
This was my first time using watercolors beyond lettering and it felt like a whole new world was opening up. It was so inspiring to see Yao Cheng share techniques and insights on how to approach watercolors, and just to watch her paint effortlessly.
And I’ll take those bentwood armchairs.
Soludos happened to be having a little pop-up in this adorable three-wheel truck cart thing.
Earl Grey pie. It’s my soulmate.
This one might be even easier than expected, guys. Usually an idea comes to me before I source materials, but a lot of times it can happen the other way around. I found these pre-cut suede leather fringe pieces for making tassels, so tassels I was going to make. The only thing I had to come up with was adding on some gold braided leather cord and bam, we’ve got a two-second DIY accessory (time estimation may be exaggerated).
Sorry it’s been a little quiet around here this week! I’ve been prepping to leave for the Michaels Makers Summit (I’m there right now!) in Sonoma, CA which is where I shot this photo. It’s from yesterday, where we made flower crowns, ate bomb food, and drank a bunch of wine, all of which is probably how most of this weekend is going to play out- heck yes! I’ll be working on getting a recap of that on here later I think, but until then, I’ll be sharing what I can on