How to: Fancy Lampshade Makeover DIY 

At last a DIY video that doesn't have constant yak yak yak all the way from start to finish. Looks really lovely 😀

After looking at replacement shades at the cost of $48 each, this video is a lifesaver! Thank you so much for making it!

Great video; love it. The only thing I would say when using a fabric with a printed design (repeat pattern) make sure to mach the design when joining/gluing the two together on the frame. Thanks for sharing.

I did a lampshade project very much like this almost 30 years ago. If hot glue existed, I did not know of it. Instead, I found Tacky Glue. I bought plain colored bias tape and used the Tacky Glue to wrap each and every rib on my lamp shade frame tightly. In doing this, I gave myself a surface to glue my panels to. I then waited at least a day for the ribs to dry. The next step was to glue on the top and right side of every panel to the cloth on the ribs. I then let those dry overnight. The next day, I could glue the bottoms and left sides. The left sides were glued to the right side of the panel next to them. Once the panels were all dry, I trimmed up close to the glue and then covered every seam with fancy rick-rack. I used bridal fabric because mine was a formal lampshade, and on the bottom edge, I glued a 4" fringe. It has held up all these years, and no one could ever tell that it was made this way.

AAHHH!!!! When I watched this, I literally SQUEALED!!! Now I have every lightshade in my house on my living room floor and I am searching for fabric. You've changed me forever and I love you for it!!! THANK YOU for filling up my crafty little heart with fabric and trimming goodness!!!!

Just about anything ratty on the side of the street pulls at my heart strings....love your lampshade, Mark! I never thought about stripping it first, all my attempts have been to go over the existing fabric and Ive never had one turn out quite how I had hoped, tfs!

i've had your Big Ass book for years and I LOVE IT. It's the best craft book I've ever seen!! Found your channel entirely by accident when looking for lampshade ideas. I was watching you with the sound off and I recognized the Big Ass book behind you in the shot. then I looked at the name of the channel and realized YOU are Mark Montano!!! I'm so glad I found your channel!

It would have criminal NOT to make over that poor lampshade! Now it's gorgeous!

YES!!! Thank you Mark. I finally find a tutorial for this particular type of lamp shade and it's perfect for the print on the fabric I want to use. All the other how-to's I looked at are the typical trace the shade on paper then on the fabric and just would not have worked, so thank you. Lol I felt like a dummy when I saw your video and thought "DUH" so simple. You're awsome

Checked a couple of sites then found yours excellent in every way and now thanks to you I am now in process of revamping my old lampshade Thank you again

- Beautiful fabric ! ! ! This is one of the most helpful tutorials on recovering lamp shades. Thanx 4 sharing.

That lamp shade looks really nice Mark! Thanks for showing us how to customize a lamp for any room.

Thank You for sharing this! I thrifted a lamp today that needs a TOTAL makeover! This was awesome.

Followed your video and it worked fantastically! Love my new lampshades.

Ripping everything apart so fun , the pattern is beautiful love it!

I need to do this immediately to my bedroom lamp! Spectacular! Thank you 😊

You have just gotta another subbie! Triple WOW!

Beautiful

I almost got tears in my eyes when I saw how you transformed this shade. So beautiful and it really does look easy to do. Thanks Mark!

Hello Mark! And thank you for this how to fancy lamp shade DIY! The other day A friend of mine gave me a beautiful wrought iron Candlestick lamp with a white shade oh, and she told me that the shade was stained, but I knew I could find something to fix it with and here is your video! What beautiful fabric you used and how creative! I thank you again!

My goodness. Wish I had found you last year. I sewed mine and it didn't work so well. I will now have another go with the matching frame that I so nearly threw out!

Mark, fabulous job on the lamp! The fabric is gorgeous and looks so expensive! I was wondering about your glue gun as well, What brand is it?

My best friend and I just made a lampshade following your video and it turned out amazing! I am now going to redo every lamp in my house lol!

Thank you so much Mark! I have a lampshade that I have been saving for sometime. The silk lining is badly torn and the whole shade looks so tattered, but I love the shape of it. In fact, the shape of the shade is very much like yours. After seeing your instructional video I can hardly wait to buy just the right fabric, ribbon and trim to coordinate with it's vintage base. You are such an inspiration!

Hi what kind of glue gun you use, I like your better than mine!!!

LOL!! I feel the same way when I see things that I can fix on the side of the street. hahaha

Nothing short of genius!!!!!! I love it!

Your eye for color, texture and patterns are incredible! You make things with minimal tools and explain the steps extremely well. I am on a very tight budget having just moved with not a lot of money left over to make my place cute and pretty. I'm so glad I found your channel my dear!

they just jump in the car as I drive by

Loved the way you created a beautiful lamp shade, thank you for sharing....keep on creating.

Beautiful proyect, I love it!, for sure in my "to do list", thank you Mark!!👍👍👍👍

Excellent video. Easy to follow and straight to the point (no waffling!!! Lol) I have a large shade to cover and didn't know where to start, but now I do. Thankyou X

Mark this a great diy for an old lampshade, even a new one too. If you wants to change the look of a lampshade to match your decor. Thanks for another great Saturday morning diy day. :-D

Oh my goodness. You just saved me a lot of money. Now I’m going to redo my vintage lamps at home. Thank you so so much for you amazing ideas! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Love how it turned out. Quite beautiful I must say. The fabric says it all. Thanks for sharing your ideas.❤❤❤👏👏👏

No stopping me now Mark. Thank you for inspiration and know how. Brilliant tutorial.

This turned out really nice. Love the fabric and trim you used.

Love your quick and easy lampshade cover with equally easy, precise instructions. Anxious to try my hand at use burlap.

I absolutely loved this diy! I've looked for tutorials on how to recover lamp shades before and had no luck, and now I finally know how!! Please do more furniture/home diy videos! They are amazing. !

Fantastic! I have two old lampshades (circa 1960s?) that are badly in need of upcycling. This is great.

Mark your choice of fabric was great. You really inspired me to be creative. I can't wait to see what you will design next.

You're right! I do LOVE this! I have so many lamp shades I picked up thrift shopping. I can't wait to get them covered now. Thank you SO much!

Thanks for such a great tutorial! A neighbor asked me to replace a lampshade and I was clueless, but it looks easy, albeit time-consuming and exacting. Learn something new every day!

Awesome Lamp shade mark. Thank you for the motivation.

Thank you, thank you! I have an ornate lamp that I love but the shades are too dark. I feel confident enough now to replace them with gorgeous fabric. Hallelujah!🙌🏾

I live on an Alaskan island where its hard to get things...and Wow! So inspired to recycle and sell your DIY creative ideas! Thank you for sharing your art.

This is sooooo cute ! You are truly talented! thank you so much for sharing, the lamp is truly beautiful !!!!!

Wow! I think I could do this! How cute! Love your glue gun too! Thanks, Mark!

Hi Mark! I’m going to give this a try and upload my finish lamp project to you. Thanks for the idea! Gonna find a boho feel fabric now! As always, a pleasure to watch your videos.

Hi Mark - the shade looks great and you've shown a really easy way to upcycle the old shade - and much simpler than the traditional stretch and stitch method. I love upcycling. We live in such a disposable society it makes me sad. Many thanks David

I have a small collection of rescued lampshades. Now I know what to do with them. Thanks for the tutorial!

Holy crap, you are an actual artistic genius. I absolutely love your channel, I’m so glad I found this!

Very well done! Finished product looks great--thanks for posting!

I watch your video about lampshade and I am sold i couldn't walk away without subscribing a course thank you very much

Awesome, I have an old antique lamp with a torn shade and can't find another shade like it. So I am super excited about using your method to re-create this beautiful lamp! Thanks for sharing!!!

LOVE IT! You do such beautiful work and you always give me great inspiration.

Great job love the fabric/ I want to do lamp shades too and I never thought to remove the old fabric and put new one one! You are very clever I love watching you I learn so much! Thank you

Thanks a million for this video! I was about to throw out my old lamp shades the exact pattern and number of panels in the demo. Can't wait to do this project. It seems so straightforwaard and the instructions were very clear. Thanks again Mark

on my way to store for supplies!!! watching your videi inspired me to redo my old lamps!!!💓

I was looking for new shades for a vintage crystal and brass wildwood table lamp and I found you....thanks...you just saved me alot of money!

I love this lampshade idea. Have 2 I can't wait to do the same too. Thanks Mark!

I have a lamp shade that same size, and was gong to put some beads around it. But the way you showed how to put fabric around it was so easy. Now I can get mine done. Thank you so much for the video.

TOO cute Mark You have made a task I have REALLY been dreading look easy!!!

love lamps and matching shades are the bomb

Um...you are just so friggin' amazing. That's such a smart idea. I started upcycling by decorating shades 20 years ago...this is SO much easier than anything I've done. Time to pull those shades out of storage! Thanks Mark! Ang

Thank you so much! I needed a little help . Now I think I can cover my old lamps! Thanks Great Video!

perfect! I have a lampshade exactly this shape and now I know how to make it pretty!

Fabulous Mark. Love the material. You rock!

been wanting to diy lamps! but dont know where to start! thank u very much now it gives me lots of ideas!

Thanks so much Mark always wanted to do something with my old lampshade you're a great help saves a lot God bless u

this is so wonderful! I simply loved your video and your selection of beautiful fabric! Love from Belgium, Europe.

That's absolutely awesome!!! I never seen anything like it!!! Brilliant idea!!!

I just come on to your video,a very BEAUTIFULL lamp shade you put to gather,thank you,I will be watching you videos.

This is amazing. THANK YOU for sharing this. Beautiful work.

This is something I've been wanting to do, just didn't know how. Now I do thank u Mark!!

That glue gun! I live the fine tip. I love your tutorials too. Thank you for this.

gorgeous job mark you never cease to amaze me

I love your creativity & humor!

Wow Mark! Me encanta todo lo que haces. Eres genial!!! Gracias por compartir tu talento!

Got to love it. I have a bunch of wires that i took from a bunch of old broken lamps shades. Thanks for the ideas.

thanks for the tutorial...your instructions were simplified enough for me to understand...lol...at first I didn't care for the material but after you got the panels cut out and applied the to the lampshade, I love it...

We have a 10 bulb chandelier that we recently put LED bulbs in. The light it gives off is quite 'cold', so I thought I would need to buy all new chandelier shades in a red colour to warm it up! Now I can just make them! FAB!!! I am going fabric shopping now!

Very well done! Can't wait to see what else you have for us!! Thank you...

This method was PLANNED ahead not oversized pieces of fabric put on and then cut to size after! Easy to do and to follow instructions. Thank you.Jenny.

I did the lampshade as you instructed and it looks amazing.. I'm so pleased with it.. thànk you..

Loved it... It's gonna bring new life into our house and our sad and drab shades will be happy again...

Mark, Just came across this one and I love the fabric with all the details. Gorgeous and a definite statement piece. As always you Rock..and knock it out of the park. Thxs for sharing.

Wow! That is really pretty! I would love to try this sometime... now another reason I need to go out and get a couple of lamps...

Dear Mark, You made a true treasure out of someone's trash! Your instructions are clear and your results are elegant!

Fab!! If only i could get my hands on some beautiful fabric such as yours ^^ Thank you for your ideas they are so worth doing

Mark, you are fabulous. You should have your own show on HGTV....

That looks fab you made it look so easy. Thank you for sharing

Very cool I was just thinking yesterday I wanted to learn. Thank you. Love it

That fabric is gorgeous it reminds me of a stary night piece...beautiful as always mark :)

It came out so pretty! I am totally going to do this!

I love those Paisley drapes!! and the peacockish lampshade!

MARK...I'm a new subscriber!...U have just become the sunshine of my LIFE!!!!YASSSSSS!!!.❤❤❤❤

Great fabric choice. This came out both pretty and interesting.

Beautiful, Mark, just beautiful!

Loved the video ... very informative. Beautiful lampshade!