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How to Make a Mosaic Tile Lamp Shade #Lowes Creator

Make Your Own Mosaic Tile Lampshade | Pretty Handy Girl

Want to make a lamp shade that will bring some style and bling to your home? All you need are a few mosaic tile sheets, a lamp shade top piece, and some thread. In no time you’ll have a beautiful Mosaic Tile Lamp Shade!

Materials:

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Instructions:

Cut up the lamp shade to expose the top ring.

Make Your Own Mosaic Tile Lampshade | Pretty Handy Girl

This is what you should be left with:

Make Your Own Mosaic Tile Lampshade | Pretty Handy Girl

Lay out your mosaic tile sheets. Cut the mesh to the height you desire for your lamp shade. The lamp shade I created was small, therefore I only needed a 6 inch height to cover the lamp bulb.

Make Your Own Mosaic Tile Lampshade | Pretty Handy Girl

Lay two sheets of the tiles side by side and stitch the two sheets together at the seam from the mesh side.

Make Your Own Mosaic Tile Lampshade | Pretty Handy Girl

Wrap the tile sheet around the lamp shade top ring and trim the excess tiles off.

Make Your Own Mosaic Tile Lampshade | Pretty Handy Girl

Stitch the open ends together. I found it easiest to slip a paper towel roll into the center to support all the tiles while stitching it.

Make Your Own Mosaic Tile Lampshade | Pretty Handy Girl

Stitch the lamp shade ring to the top of the mosaic tile tube. Loop the thread through the tile mesh and the lamp shade ring around the entire circumference.

Make Your Own Mosaic Tile Lampshade | Pretty Handy Girl

Your lamp shade should look something like this:

Make Your Own Mosaic Tile Lampshade | Pretty Handy Girl

Attach your lamp shade to the lamp and admire!

Make Your Own Mosaic Tile Lampshade | Pretty Handy Girl

Lights out…

Make Your Own Mosaic Tile Lampshade | Pretty Handy Girl

…and lights on. I love the shadows cast by the tile lampshade.

Make Your Own Mosaic Tile Lampshade | Pretty Handy Girl

Enjoy a unique and beautiful lamp shade in your home. The mosaic tile lamp shade adds a touch of class and bling to our mudroom.

Make Your Own Mosaic Tile Lampshade | Pretty Handy Girl

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  1. Deb
    Deb says:

    I love this idea! It looks fantastic and very expensive. I’d love to use it on my lamps in my family room. The current shades definitely need replacing, but I haven’t seen any I really like.

    My concern is that my lamps are large and I use 13W CFL (60 W equivalent) in them. The lampshade you show looks fairly small & you stated that you only use a 25W bulb in it. Have you tried this with larger shades and higher wattage bulbs at this point? Thanks!

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  2. Donna
    Donna says:

    Original lampshade looks like it has a larger diameter at the bottom but finished lampshade is all one diameter from top to bottom. How did you get it all the same diameter?

    Never mind, I see that you didn’t use the entire lampshade only the upper ring.

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  3. Donna
    Donna says:

    Original lampshade looks like it has a larger diameter at the bottom but finished lampshade is all one diameter from top to bottom. How did you get it all the same diameter?

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  4. Donna
    Donna says:

    This is a really creative idea. It’s such an eye-catcher. I think I would like to put something between the tiles to cover the mesh. Any ideas? Sewing the mesh to the shade frame is much more sturdy than glue. You’re so smart!

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