Lights

Turn a plain Ikea lampshade into something more stylish with this Ikea lamp hack using maps. Use your favourite maps and have a different one for each room.

Hey! I’m back for a #12MonthsofDIY challenge! Each month, 12 Canadian bloggers use the same item or theme are create something completely unique. Last month we used wood and paint together, and I created my Industrial Side Table (one of my FAV projects!). My life has been taken over these past few weeks by the…

You will first want to spray the bowl in the color of your choice. I did a few coats of black in a satin finish allowing several hours to dry. This piece is great because there are preexisting holes you can thread the electrical through, which cuts the work in half!

Hi it's Sarah Sherman Samuel from Smitten Studio & A Sunny Afternoon, popping in with this clever & super easy pendant light DIY. I was brainstorming on possible projects for my new home with my friend, and fellow maker, Lauren Bradshaw and she came up with this genius idea of turning this gold & black bowl from Ikea into a modern pendant lamp. I love that it is an inexpensive way of getting the look of a Tom Dixon "Beat Light".

We are allll about the IKEA hack up in this piece. I swear, if you went through our house and asked us where we got all our stuff, most of the time the answer would be IKEA. That, and West Elm. But you gotta mix the high with the low, you know what I’m sayin’? So when we want something that looks really cool but won’t cost an arm and a leg, we head to IKEA with our DIY goggles on.

With all the attention we’ve been giving to rope and pendant lights, this DIY tutorial from stylist Raina Kattelson couldn’t have come at a better time. We featured Raina’s gorgeous Hudson Valley home a couple years ago, and we loved the palette so much that we also created a Simply Color inspired by Raina’s kitchen.

LuLu's Fresh Spaces: DIY Pendant Lamps. Nothing makes a statement quite like a unique light fixture, and these DIY golden pendant lights are a perfect fit.

I needed a pair of bedside lamps for our bedroom. I’d been looking for them everywhere, but didn’t find the right pair. So after some internet inspiration, I decided to make them myself.

Hey everyone!  We finally had our fox party and I'm still cleaning up party decorations and gift wrap.  I'm going to do a final party p...