Hello, dear site visitors. You can make many different beautiful and interesting things with your own hands from beads and threads, for example, curtains for door or window openings and a lampshade (chandelier) to decorate a lamp in a room.
The range of thread curtains and curtains is very diverse: they can be made from beads and beads, buttons, sequins, braid, small figures made of polymer clay, and modern products can even be decorated with particles from CDs.

First I will tell you about making a curtain or curtain for a window or door. To make it we will need:

Small multi-colored beads;
- Compact discs (CD or DVD);
- Metal scissors;
- Reliable glue and tape;
- Durable copper wire of thick or medium thickness;
- Rail (cornice) or strong braid as a base;
- White threads.

When starting work, we first take something that could be suitable as a base. This thing should be slightly longer than the window frame. First we decided to take a rail consisting of two parts that fold together:

Next, we take a thick wire and unwind a part from it equal in length to the length of the rail. We insert this part of the wire inside one of its parts:

After this, we need to tie threads up to 70 - 80 cm long to the wire. About 40 pairs (77 pieces), and then connect the rail with its second part, which should hide the wire inside and compress the threads tightly:

Then we glue cut-up CD particles to the threads in a zigzag line and apply small beads.
You need to cut CDs using wire cutters or special metal scissors, because regular scissors can break; The particles need to be glued with reliable glue or tape. Many discs, when cut, fall apart into their component parts and particles fly away, which you need to be careful with. These particles will then need to be glued together:

We decided to make the following patterns:

It took us about 3 months to create this decoration. We ended up with a curtain like this:

After completing the work, we decided to make a second version of the curtain from beads, on a base made of strong braid. First we selected a strong braid:

In order for the distance between all the threads to be the same, you need to calculate it by measuring the length of the braid and dividing it by the number of threads:

Next, using a needle, we sew all the beaded decorations on threads to the braid from its reverse side (not from the bottom, otherwise the knots will be visible):

After all the threads have been sewn, small loops can be attached to both ends of the braid in order to hang the finished curtain by nails at the window or in front of the door. If there are no nails, then you can pin it to the wall with large pushpins:

Now we get down to making a chandelier (lampshade).
First we take a piece of thick plywood, on which we need to draw a circle shape, and then cut it out. To draw an even sample, you need to use any round object, for example, a lid:

The basis for a chandelier made of wooden plywood can be used if a non-overheating (energy-saving) light bulb is lit inside the future chandelier.
Next, inside the figure you need to draw a second circle and cut it out:

Now we take CDs:

The particles cut from them need to be pasted over on both sides (top and bottom) of the plywood base, leaving small free areas at the edges so that it can be trimmed with braid with beads on threads:

If desired, the craft can be covered with rhinestones on top of the particles, and the narrow unpasted areas on the sides can be painted with varnish.

Next, we paste over the base from the second side, also leaving small free areas around the edges:

Now we finish decorating with rhinestones and get ready to sew on the braid.

It is not difficult to sew the braid to the plywood base; the needle passes through it without much difficulty.
Threads with beads that are too long must be shortened by 4 times (cut), since the beads strung on them can be too heavy and bend the base down. We decided to sew the braid on the side covered with rhinestones. The finished chandelier may slightly block the illumination of the lamp, and therefore, when making it, it is undesirable to use beads with darkened tones:

When finishing sewing, the excess fabric of the braid must be trimmed and the edge should be burned with a match or lighter so that the threads of the braid do not fall apart:

Then on the other (reverse) side we need to hide the seams by covering the outside with particles from CDs. Gluing them is a little more difficult because of the knots in the threads.
This is what the side looks like now:

This is what she looked like after processing. Some particles still “bounce”: Do-it-yourself original lamps and lampshades. Ideas, master classes

DIY lamps and lampshades. Ideas, master classes

Hi all!

Creating or decorating lamps and lampshades is not only an incredibly interesting activity, but also quite useful: it allows you not only to create a unique item, in full accordance with the interior of your home, but also to save a lot of money. It is enough to buy the simplest lamp for little money and decorate it to your liking. And there are a huge number of options for what and how to make, in a variety of techniques, using a variety of materials.

I have selected ideas for creating and decorating lamps for you and me, I hope you can choose the right option for yourself :) Enjoy watching!

The lampshade is decorated using decoupage technique, the base of the lamp is made of books

The decor of the metal frame of the lampshade with feathers is very stylish :)

Quite often fabric or paper flowers are used to decorate lampshades; the result is very romantic :)

Flowers made of fabric with candle processing

Calico bundles are used as flowers here.

Twisted fabric flowers

Ready-made flowers are used here

The flower is made of a cotton strip of fabric, strung on one side and gathered into a bud

Spiral roses from newspapers

The bottom of the lampshade is decorated with spiral paper roses

Ikea lampshade decor with paper flowers

Lampshades made of lace and knitted napkins look very beautiful

The shape is given with glue

The balloon is inflated and lace napkins are applied to it using glue. After drying, the ball is pierced, deflated and removed.

A very beautiful option: a birdcage is used as the base of the lamp, the lampshade is decorated using decoupage technique with obsolescence.

Even an umbrella can be used for a chandelier :)

Even scraps of fabric scraps can be used: wrapped and tied in a knot. This option will fit perfectly into the design of a country house or children's room.

Buttons

To make lamps, various glass containers - jars, bottles - are very often and successfully used. Below I have given a master class on making such a lamp.

A bottle as a lamp base - a similar master class is also given below

It’s a little more complicated here - at the bottom of the back side of the bottle there is a hole drilled through which the cord is inserted.

The lamp is made of figured metal sheet

The origami technique has been successfully used to create lampshades

Fabric strips glued to the base of the lampshade

Lampshade made from various retro leaves

Lampshade from a basket - why not? :)

The second life of a metal colander

Unnecessary forks and spoons created a very interesting version of the chandelier :)

A very nice solution: a metal mesh is stretched over the frame and a poultry house is decorated. I think for a children's room.

And here's more on the bird theme :)

Painting a lampshade with acrylic paints

Fine veneer lampshade

The base of the lamp is covered with sea shells

Knitted lampshades - they look very cozy :)

Decorate lampshades with memorable photos and slides

The flowers on this lamp are the bottoms of plastic bottles :)

Lampshades are covered with paper circles

Plant lampshade :) I think it’s still a little hot for the flower there :)

Lampshade made of laces

The decoupage technique is also used here.

A very interesting solution - wire as an art object :)

The lampshade is decorated with strips of fabric

Lamp made from branches

The lampshade is decorated with crumpled-squeezed coffee filters (muffin tins)

Glass vase lampshade

The base of the lampshade is made up of unwanted toy soldiers glued on and spray painted

Creative lampshade made from felt strips

Lampshade made from ping pong balls :)

Floral decor

And many, many more different ideas...

Master class on making a lamp from a can with a metal lid from Tom&Brit (bestofinteriors.com)

Punch holes with a nail to create a hole

Insert the cartridge

Paint it one color

Screw in the light bulb and insert it into the jar

The lamp is ready :)

Paper lamps from varrell.com

We need an image of a castle

Cutting out, cutting out windows, gluing

We place a battery-powered spotlight inside

Rope Chandelier by Sarah M. Dorsey (sarahmdorseydesigns.blogspot.com)

We will need a rope, Mod Podge glue (can be replaced with diluted PVA), a ball

To create the wavy shape, Sarah used wooden slats. Lay out the mold and coat it with glue to secure it.

After drying, place it on the ball and coat it generously with glue.

After drying, remove the lampshade from the ball and paint it with white spray paint - Sarah has four layers

A very beautiful lampshade made from granny squares from the author of the resource Aboutgoodness.com

We cover the lampshade with fabric

Fold the strip of fabric in half lengthwise and roll it into a roll.

Straighten slightly

Apply glue to the fold and glue it to the base

Master class on creating a base for a lampshade from Kiri (ilikethatlamp.com)

Required components

Wash the bottle thoroughly, disinfect and dry it

Cover with spray paint

Installation process

This is how a gin bottle turned into a base for a lampshade :)

As you can see, creating lamps and lampshades with your own hands is quite simple and very interesting. Give free rein to your imagination, create and let your home be beautiful and cozy!

Well, for those who still prefer to buy ready-made lighting fixtures, I recommend checking out a specialized online store Lampa.ua- www.lampa.kiev.ua/katalog/nastolnye_lampy/, where a huge range of high-quality and stylish table lamps, chandeliers, sconces, accessories, etc. are presented. from the best manufacturers and at very flexible, pleasant prices :) By the way, according to Google statistics, this online store is the most popular among Ukrainian buyers :) Use it with pleasure!

I wish everyone good luck and a great mood!!

Some time ago, I decided to remake my husband’s absolutely stupid bachelor’s floor lamp, and decided to weave a beaded lampshade onto it.
Various circumstances prevented me from finishing the work earlier, but I finally did it.
I invite you to get acquainted with my updated floor lamp :)
(If anything, this is not a masterpiece at all, but it looks much better than before)

So, the floor lamp originally looked like this:
it was some kind of synthetic thread stretched over a cylindrical base, it was very dark and completely impractical, in my subjective opinion.

Fortunately, the thread was cut easily and simply, but with a couple of quick movements I cut the whole thing to hell.
By this time, I had already purchased a kilogram of Czech transparent beads with rainbow coating. For weaving, I chose the monastery net; on one side it has no large gaps, on the other it is slightly sparse, i.e. and the density will be and the consumption will not be too high, which means the weight will not be too heavy (do not forget that the weight of beads in a large volume can be very significant - glass, after all).
And the work began:

An almost finished case (I didn’t know then that I would have to finish knitting it).

Trying on the cover showed that it changes shape, so I had to think about what kind of base to make. The first thought was, of course, banal plexiglass. It’s funny, but it turns out it’s not so easy to buy, or rather there’s plenty of it, but specialized off-line stores don’t have thin sheets. The Internet is the power, so we found a site with a large assortment of any plastic materials. However, the purchase demonstrated that it is so rigid that it is extremely difficult to roll it, and Google said that for this purpose, specialized equipment is needed, which, of course, is not available at home. Then I wrote to the company where I purchased the plexiglass sheet, and they recommended me a slightly different plastic (on the website it is called polyester), 1 mm thick. The recommended plastic actually turned out to be more flexible and at the same time elastic; I could roll it up without much effort. And if the plexiglass sheets were exactly the size that I needed to create the mold, then the polyester sheets were almost 2 times larger, i.e. I had to cut the sheet to the required size. A test on the edge showed that my tailor’s scissors cut it perfectly and easily, which made me incredibly happy, since I didn’t have to look for any additional tools for cutting. I marked the sheet and cut out the required size piece for the floor lamp.
Plastic has a protective film: milky on one side, transparent on the other, while the plastic itself is completely transparent.

Onyx, of course, is right there helping - I can’t cope without it on my own, guys!

Now the question arose of how to make holes in it - I would need to secure it to the frame. There are 2 options - drill or melt. I made my husband get a drill - no, but what?! he was on vacation at that time :))) - but that was not the case, the drill got stuck in the plastic and did not want to drill into it. The doctor said to the morgue, that means to the morgue! So we'll melt it. I took an awl and... oh, yes, I’m still doing all this only on a narrow test piece.

The testing was successful, the main thing is not to overheat the awl so that the plastic does not darken when melting and periodically remove the sticking plastic from the awl - it formed such rings at a wider angle (sorry that it’s cloudy).

Now it was time to start marking. Since I did not remove the protective film, I made markings on it with a thin permanent marker.

And here I already have holes melted all around the perimeter.

When burning, molten material flows onto the plastic and you have to remove it; it can be removed quite easily, but you need a knife and caution. Here you can see the melted circles that have been lifted and removed:

I removed the film and tied the plastic with fishing line to the frame of the floor lamp:

This photo shows the joining seam of the sheet

But here is the whole thing.

And the X moment came, which unfortunately showed that my beaded stocking was almost not long enough.
It’s a pity that it didn’t work on the first try, but it doesn’t matter, we’ll get there.

In the process of putting on and taking off, I had an accident in one place, but not critical - after all, monastery weaving is very good in that it does not fall apart thanks to the spiral passage of the fishing line, which is, as it were, duplicated. Only 3 beads fell out.

I opened the hole a little to secure the torn piece of fishing line and restored the knitting.
Here is just before tightening the line at the place where the mating is restored:

And here is the place after the cover was put on (I specially marked it with a red thread so that I would know where it was).

Well, the final chord - the floor lamp is ready!

The weight of the finished beaded “stocking” is 742 g.
Materials:
fishing line Maxximus 300 m / 2 kg
Czech beads Preciosa, 9

Even the most ordinary chandelier can become a designer one if you put a little effort into it. And we just invite you to familiarize yourself with the idea of changing the appearance of an old chandelier. The manufacturing process itself will take a minimum of time, and the old chandelier, already mentally sent to a landfill, will serve faithfully for many more years, and maybe even more than a dozen years. So, in this master class we invite you to make a beautiful interior decoration with your own hands - a chandelier from beads.

Tools and materials Time: 2 hours Difficulty: 3/10

old chandelier;
beads;
glue gun with hot glue.

Step-by-step master class

Step 1: preparing the chandelier

So, first you will need the chandelier itself. If it has been with you for a very long time and has lost its appearance, then you need to sand it, carefully removing the remnants of the old paint, and paint it again. In our case, the author chose the color of a green apple - a very pleasant, soft and delicate color. And at the same time, it can hardly be called boring or boring. It will create a special atmosphere of warmth and comfort in the room.

Step 2: cover the details with beads

Well, now the fun part begins - working with glue and beads. But first, you will have to buy special candles for chandeliers. The height depends on your personal preference. In general, the candles are at hand, all that remains is to reach for monofilament thread, turquoise beads and a hot glue gun.

We form a very long string of beads and thread, carefully apply silicone glue to the surface of the candle and begin to carefully wind it around. The rows of winding should fit tightly enough to each other. We do this with every candle we buy.

Step 3: Assembling the chandelier

And now the finishing touch: we install beaded candles in a suitable place on our chandelier and get ready to show off to our friends and neighbors a new, designer delight in your apartment.

Such a chandelier made of beads, if you buy it in a specialized store, will be very expensive, since individual handmade work is now valued, especially when it comes to interior items or jewelry. So, a little free time, interesting materials, a good master class - and your home will be transformed.

A chandelier in a room is not only a lighting fixture. Without exaggeration, we can say that it is the main decoration of the room. Handmade items are considered especially valuable. This allows us to highlight the special taste of the owners of the home, as well as their extraordinary and creative mind. Of course, this type of work is quite complex and requires increased concentration. But at the same time, when creating decorations for your home, you can find many interesting and extraordinary solutions in it!

This article presents some ideas for decorating a chandelier with your own hands, as well as instructions for them. Everything is written so simply and clearly that anyone can do it at home.

In order to make a chandelier, sometimes the most unusual materials are used. For example, everyone is already familiar with glass or wood, plastic, and so on. But sometimes, when you want something completely “unusual,” wooden skewers, glass wine bottles, jars, all kinds of tree branches, cardboard, and even straw come into play. You need to choose depending on the idea of the creator and the wishes of the apartment owners. You also need to take into account the general interior of the room where the finished product is supposed to be placed.

Interesting idea for a chandelier made from plastic spoons

Plastic spoons for disposable meals are one of the simplest and most easily available materials for creating a chandelier for a room. Their advantages are low price, a variety of colors, and such material will last for quite a long time. To create such an extraordinary chandelier, you will need a minimum of investments, both physical and material.

Materials:

empty drinking water bottle, 5 liters;
plastic spoons (their number depends on the size of the bottle);
glue for plastic;
an old chandelier (or rather, a socket from it);
sharpened knife.

Process of creation:

First you need to prepare a plastic bottle for subsequent steps. Remove the label in advance, cut off the bottom, dry well.
Then you need to remove the plastic spoons from the packaging and carefully cut off the unnecessary handles with a knife, leaving about 2-3 centimeters above the level of the “scoop”.
You need to glue the scoop blanks to the base of the bottle. Apply a large amount of glue to the remaining “tail” and press it to the surface (with the convex side of the spoon facing out). It is necessary to cover the entire bottle in a circle until the entire perimeter is occupied by plastic “spoons”. It is advisable to arrange them in a checkerboard pattern and slightly move them together. This will leave fewer “free spots”.
You need to remove the cartridge from the old unnecessary chandelier, and then place it in an already glued and dried bottle and fix it to the frame.
A decorative bowl can also be made from plastic spoons: “scoops” are glued around the neck of the eggplant.
Install and connect the chandelier, check its operation.

Note! The option of decorative painting or painting of spoons in absolutely any color is possible. Thus, your product will look even more beautiful and more original!

Chandelier made of plastic bottles in the shape of leaves

Another unusual option in the interior would be a chandelier made in the shape of leaves. It is created from simple plastic bottles, the variety of colors of which allows you to work in the most unusual colors and embody the most daring ideas.

Process of creation:

Cut plastic bottles into blanks shaped like future leaves.
For each workpiece, the sheet shape is finally fixed.
Using a soldering iron with a thick tip and a one-sided bevel, you need to slightly fuse the sections of each leaf in order to give the future product the greatest effect.
In the same way, using a soldering iron, you need to give the workpieces a sheet structure. You need to act extremely carefully and accurately, because you can easily make a hole in the plastic. Such a leaf with outlined veins and slightly fused edges will look complete.
Using a hot needle, you need to melt several holes at the “leg” of each leaf in order to attach them.
Using thin wire, form branches and screw them to a steel wire frame.

It would also be a great idea to make a new chandelier in the form of a lampshade for a floor lamp or a table lamp. Thus, it will be a great addition to the previous product!

Chandelier with paper butterflies

The most common product option is a chandelier with butterflies. And this is not without reason. Let's start with the fact that this option looks luxurious and expensive, and secondly, its production does not require any special physical costs. Thus, even a child can participate in creating a chandelier.

Process of creation:

It is based on either an old chandelier or a similar frame. If you don’t have one, then you can take the simplest wooden or metal rim. If such material is not available, then, as an option, you can take thick wire and make about 2-3 skeins, so that a circle is formed.
Cut out butterflies from paper according to the template. You need to take the butterfly template and adjust it to the desired size. The option also looks very unusual when butterflies of several sizes are located on the chandelier (again, depending on desire). Transfer the outlines onto paper and carefully cut out, preferably with a sharpened stationery knife, or small, non-rounded scissors. For the templates themselves, it is better to use a material that is dense, does not become very dirty and does not attract dust. For example, velvet paper is very poorly suited for the product, because in the future you will need to vacuum the chandelier quite often.
Take a nylon thread or transparent fishing line and attach the butterflies to it. There are two types of fastening: either piercing the bodies of the butterflies, or gluing them with silicone glue.
Next, we attach the threads with butterflies to the base of the frame and decorate it.
You can also try a fun variation by making a wire ball! As a basis, you should take a pendant from a chandelier and place several butterfly templates on it using a glue gun.

Fabric chandelier

This chandelier is also based on a frame. As in the previous version, either old metal frames or thick wire are suitable for its manufacture.

After you have pre-prepared the base, start cutting out the fabric from which the lampshade will be made in the future. How long the finished product will be depends on your desire, but it is worth considering that the width of the fabric must be the same as the diameter of the frame! Once you finish the pattern, you need to do a fitting.

Another nuance is that the top of the fabric will need to be sewn directly on the frame, which means that it (the frame) must be solid. Otherwise, if it is possible to thread it directly into the fabric, then you should first fold the top edge of the pattern and stitch it, and then iron it. Then we sew a seam on the side of the product.

To prevent the lampshade from losing its shape, you should pay due attention to the material. If the fabric is too light, “airy,” then the bottom of the product should be weighted. You can use cardboard or fishing line for this.

Carefully sewn fringe, lace or braid will look just as beautiful. But do not “overload” the product! The process of creating a fabric chandelier is similar to making a lace chandelier. So you can safely experiment with the materials that are placed on the frame.

Lamp made of threads and a balloon

Materials:

dense threads, such as wool, cotton, or jute rope - at least 1 meter;
cartridge;
petrolatum;
PVA glue;
a brush for applying glue and Vaseline (it is advisable that the brush does not fade);
1 or 2 pieces of balloons (the first for working with it, and the second for checking the finished product, if desired);

Process of creation:

Inflate the balloon to a certain size and secure it. Remember that the finished work will exactly follow the outline of the ball! Using a marker, draw a couple of circles at the top and bottom in order to determine the boundaries of thread winding.
Using a brush, coat the entire perimeter of the ball with Vaseline.
Pour PVA into a plastic container and thoroughly process the threads with it (It is not advisable to apply glue to the entire length of the threads at once! Process them as you wind them around the ball!).
Taking into account the boundaries that you drew with a marker, wind the threads around the ball. Do not forget that the future appearance of the product depends on the density with which you wind it.
After wrapping, you need to leave the product for a day until it is completely dry; After complete drying, you need to burst the ball and remove it through the holes.
Cut a spot in the top and insert the cartridge.
To be completely sure that the product is strong, you can insert a balloon into it and inflate it. In a similar way, you can check the flexibility and reliability of the lampshade.

Alternatively, you can paint the structure with spray can or acrylic paint, and attach all kinds of decorative decorations to it, such as butterflies, artificial flowers or beads. Also, a great idea would be to arrange several balls in the form of a bunch of grapes and fasten them together.

Wine bottle chandelier

This version of the chandelier is a little more complex than the previous ones. Making a chandelier this way is quite difficult; the manufacturing process will require care and attention. However, you will like the result!

Materials:

wine bottle;
glass cutter;
sandpaper for sanding edges;
cartridge;
electrical wire;
metal or wooden frame, rim.

Process of creation:

First you need to prepare the bottle itself for further manipulations with it. The first step is to draw a straight line around the perimeter at the level you need. This is required in order to cut off the bottom of the bottle using a glass cutter;
To avoid cutting yourself on the glass, you need to sand the sharp edges with sandpaper;
Pull the wire through the neck of the bottle and then connect the socket;
Attach the bottle to the frame.

You can also decorate the bottle with all sorts of decorative items, or leave it in its original form. In any case, it will look original and impressive.

The number of products on the frame depends on your desire. You can either leave one bottle or secure four or more bottles at once.

Laserdisc chandelier idea

This idea is great for those who have a large number of laser discs left in the house, but don’t dare throw them away. It’s worth noting right away that manufacturing options and the result can be very different. It all depends on your imagination and creativity!

Materials:

two round wooden planks of different thicknesses, and which are slightly larger in diameter than the disks;
racks made of metal or wood;
Fluorescent Lamp;
magnetic switch;
disks.

Process of creation:

Make a hole in a thicker board and install a starter with a switch in it.
Then connect it all to the lamp.
String disks onto the lamp.
Place the stands around the discs and secure the top.

The finished product will delight its owners for a long time, and it does not require special care. It is not advisable to place this type of chandelier in a child’s room so that the child cannot harm himself (only if the chandelier hangs out of reach).

Shabby chic chandelier

To create spectacular lighting in a room, you can also make a chandelier from fabric or beads. The result will be a kind of candelabra or lampshade in the “shabby chic” style.

Materials:

a ready-made metal or wooden frame (or it can be made from an old hoop, garden basket, thick wire);
socket and lamp;
chains and threads for decoration;
all kinds of beads and seed beads.

Working on such a lampshade is not difficult, but it is a very painstaking task. Such chandeliers usually consist of two or three levels of rings, which are located on top of each other. It all depends on the size of the chosen bases. If you take rings of the same diameter, the finished product will be made in the “modern” style.

One of the important points is that before you start decorating the chandelier, you need to paint and wrap the frames with decorative materials!

The approximate consumption of beads is:

For the lower part of the lampshade - 16 mm beads, about 15-17 pieces per thread;
For the upper part of the lampshade - 12 mm beads, about 35 pieces per thread.

Naturally, when stringing beads on a thread, you can increase or decrease their number or the degree of thread tension. But it is still advisable to stock up on materials in excess of the norm.

The essence of the work is to hang threads with beads in a “waterfall” or “cascade” so that they flow downward along the structure.

In order to create the effect of “muting” the light, you can sheathe the frame with thick fabric.

A DIY chandelier will definitely add a fresh touch, originality and beauty to your interior. You will immediately notice how the room will sparkle with new colors, and your guests will sincerely admire your creativity, hard work and original taste!