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Rope Lampshade Inspired by Almont Yard

By Dana Tucker 1 Comment

While in Los Angeles last week for the Design Blogger’s Conference I was invited to attend the launch party of TradHome in the design district of West Hollywood at Almont Yard. It was in a lovely courtyard garden that housed several little design shops.

ALMONT YARD SIGN WEST HOLLYWOOD
Almont Yard- West Hollywood in the Design District
TradHome garden party at Almont Yard
TradHome garden party at Almont Yard

I came across a cute little store called Harbinger that had some furniture and accessories accented with rope.

Rope chair from Harbinger
Rope chair from Harbinger
Rope nesting tables from Harbinger
Rope nesting tables from Harbinger
Rope lamps from the Harbinger website
Rope lamps from the Harbinger website
Rope lamps from the Harbinger website
Rope lamps from the Harbinger website

I was immediately swooning and swimming with thoughts of how I could incorporate some rope texture into my home.

So, it was decided that a lamp shade was the perfect place to introduce some rope into our decor. I LOVED this lamp when I bought it.

Lamp before rope makeover
Lamp before rope makeover

It was exactly what I was looking for with one exception, it was a little too modern.  Adding a little rope around the lamp shade, I thought, would add just enough texture and interest to fit perfectly into our cottage-“Y” interior.

Lampshade in process
Lampshade in process

So with Brooks’ help we wrapped the rope around the lamp hot gluing just the first piece, a middle piece since it took two spools of rope and the end piece.

We used sisal rope from Lowes.
We used sisal rope from Lowes.
It took 1 1/2 spools of the rope to complete the lampshade.
It took 1 1/2 spools of the rope to complete the lampshade.

Here’s the finished product.

Finished rope lampshade
Finished rope lampshade
Finished rope lampshade
Finished rope lampshade

I LOVE IT!! We had a little snafu, though since we are not engineers. It seems the rope must have added a lot of extra weight to the shade because the lamp now is top heavy. We solved the problem temporarily with a bag of concrete we had in the garage. We covered it with some burlap to pretty it up.

Pretty bag of concrete on the base to balance the lamp.
Pretty bag of concrete on the base to balance the lamp.

I’m thinking we will switch out the $100 bag of concrete for a $5 bag of playground sand unless anyone has any better ideas. I’d love to hear them. Please leave them in the comments.

In case you are interested in more lampshade makeovers, here is one we did last year with burlap. I still love that one too.

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Filed Under: DIY, Education, Inspiration, Travel, Tucker Old House Tagged With: "almont yard harbinger lamp", "design bloggers conference", "harbinger inspired rope lamp", "rope lampshade makeover", "tradhome garden party almont yard"

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  1. Regina says

    March 14, 2011 at 7:08 pm

    OMG, it looks fantastic!!! Wow!!! What a great change — definitely better than the original. Let us know what your guests say…

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