As you already know if you read this blog regularly, I am working on my kitchen. Have been since August, ugh! So, I have this one little counter top area in my kitchen that houses the microwave. I wish I had a microwave/range hood combination over my stove like I used to have, but alas, I do not. I would love to get it off the counter top, but that will not be happening any time soon, if ever. On this little area next to the microwave, I placed a cute little lamp that I purchased a few years ago at a local shop. It is a dark little corner and this lamp really helps the room feel more homey at night. This kitchen is not very bright at night. It bugs me. I am the type of person who needs lots of light at night, especially in the kitchen. And yes, I hang things on my fridge with magnets people. And so do you, don’t deny it! I digress. This lamp was looking a little monotone and blah, so I decided to stencil the lamp shade! And I love the way it turned out!
All I needed for this project was some white acrylic craft paint, a sponge brush, the stencils, spray adhesive and a paper plate. I bought the stencils at Walmart. They were small, and several different ones came in a little booklet. I chose to use two of the stencils. One larger one, and then a smaller one to create a border on top and bottom.
I just squeezed some craft paint onto a paper plate, got some paint on the sponge brush, dabbed it so there was not too much paint on the brush, and then kind of dabbed it onto the stencil, which I had placed on the lamp with some spray adhesive. I painted on three of the bigger design in the middle. One right in the front of the shade, and one on each side. I did not put one on the back where the seam was. No one will ever see the back of this lampshade. Then I painted the border on the top and bottom. I did this all the way around the entire lampshade. Here are some shots of the finished product. This is difficult to photograph because, as I said, this is a dark corner, hence, the lamp.
This little project took me all of maybe an hour. and it was a big improvement in this little corner of the kitchen. It was cheap and easy, and I can use the other stencils for other things too. If you would like to see more of what is going on in my kitchen, please click here and here to see the latest. Behind this microwave and lamp, there will be a faux painted backsplash eventually, I am working on that now. You can also visit my home tour page to see the rest of the house that I have photographed so far. This kitchen is the closest room in the house to being called finished. And I cannot wait for that day to come!
This lampshade was featured here! 
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I found this on pinterest and it's such a cute tranformation of that shade….but, what really drew me to your blog are those YELLOW cabinets! I think I am in love! I recently turned a dresser into a tv stand and had to pick yellow! Now my living room has a yellow and grey color scheme! I would love if you would come share this, or another project at my link party today! http://domesticsuperhero.com/2013/03/14/sharing-with-domestic-superhero-thursday-link-party-2/ Hope to see you!
Thanks for the invite! I definitely will! I painted the kitchen cabinets myself. They were a honey oak. They look so much better! Everyone who comes to the house loves them!
I bet, they are stunning!! Thanks for coming by my Thursday Link up Party to share this! Hope to see you again this week!
I love it, I have those lamp shades. Thank you for the idea! I have a link party that starts every Tuesday and ends Thursday midnight. I do my features from link party on Thursday and Monday, plus you get pinned and I share other pickson Facebook, twitter, and google + . So I would love for you to come by.
Wanda Ann @ Memories by the Mile
Thanks Wanda Ann for visiting my blog! I believed I have linked up with you recently! I will try to remember to go and link up on Tuesday for sure!
This is just so cute! I'm on the lookout for a new (or old) lamp to transform now-
visiting from DIY showoff
Cheers
Thanks Christina! I have a couple of other lamps in my master bedroom that I bought at Goodwill and transformed. I love the way they turned out. You can find them on my projects page. Have a great weekend!
Very nice!
I like your blog.
Hey Nicki! Thanks so much for sharing this stenciled lamp shade over at Moonshine Monday. I featured you! It turned out beautiful!! Hopefully you'll join me again this week!
Thanks,
Amber @ The Honeysuckle Bus Stop
Amber thank you for featuring it! I love it!
Your lamp shade turned out great.I found your blog at wow us wednesdays and I am your newest follower.
Jennifer @ Decorated Chaos
Thanks for the follow! I visited yoru blog and followed you back!
Love the stenciled lampshade! (I did a lampshade this week for my project too) Love the burlappy feel (yes, I made that word up!)
Kudos!
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