Wrap It Up

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You know when you get an idea and you’re like yes… YES! This will work. This will be very very cool. Well 9 times out of 10 those ideas do NOT work for me. But this? This was the one. I want to wrap all of the things. Let me bring you back to this lovely Goodwill lamp. $12 BUT 50% off… so $6.

Ombre Lamp Makeover

Ombre an ugly thrift store light easily with this fun tutorial.

And… clothes line from the dollar store (also found at Home Depot). So all in, I’m out $10.50 (I used three of the clothing line packs…) Ok, I’ll fess up… if you don’t have any Rit dye, add another $4…

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Ombre an ugly thrift store light easily with this fun tutorial.

Step 1. Dye the Clothesline

Y’all know I love an ombre, so I ombre’d the snot out of this clothesline. My technique isn’t fancy… I just pop one length in for a minute, another length in for maybe 5″ and then the last length in for an hour or so. I just wanted blue, bluer, and bluest.

Ombre an ugly thrift store light easily with this fun tutorial.

Step 2: Wrap the clothesline

The directions are pretty self-explanatory… I considered fancier glues, but ultimately felt like my hot glue gun was holding the clothesline in place great and it was super easy to work with. I started on the back of the lamp and then continued around squeezing a line of hot glue and placing the clothesline and so on and so on.

Ombre an ugly thrift store light easily with this fun tutorial.

Ombre an ugly thrift store light easily with this fun tutorial.

Step 3. Wrap some more

I used my big glue gun for the bottom and switched to my mini glue gun for the rest of it so I didn’t have to worry about squeezing too much glue and making a mess.

Ombre an ugly thrift store light easily with this fun tutorial.

Ombre an ugly thrift store light easily with this fun tutorial.

Our new office had a very cool looking but ineffective light for the desk. Pretty sure my glow-in-the-dark lipstick gives off more light, so I replaced it with the new-and-improved wrapped lamp. So much better!

Ombre an ugly thrift store light easily with this fun tutorial.

Ombre an ugly thrift store light easily with this fun tutorial.

Again I tell you… yeah, it was that easy. And like I said… I want to buy a cart full of things at the thrift store and wrap them all. It’ll be a series that will be picked up by Better Homes and Gardens and HGTV Magazine and probably Us Magazine because I read that too.

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Ombre an ugly thrift store light easily with this fun tutorial.

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14 Comments

  1. Dude, this is pure genius. When thrifting, I always pass the lamps, look at the price, and walk away since the ideas never hit me right away. But nooow, Ombre + simple string and some RIT DYE, sign me up!!

    1. Me too!!! Either we’re meant to be roommates or it’s the universe’s way of keeping us apart so our house isn’t one scary turquoise paradise! 😉

    1. HAHA!!! They never pick the celeb you think it should be either. 😉 But…. I will give you credit for the idea, because I am literally going to Goodwill in the morning to find other things to wrap. Seriously. It will be my twine room….

  2. I recently wrapped a monogram for a wreath in jute. It turned out pretty, but it took a while. I am wondering how the clothes line might work. I’m like you…looking around the house for things to wrap. I have a clear square vase in the bathroom that holds my hairbrushes, combs, etc. and I’m getting ready to re-do the bath. I may wrap it. I love the lamp! It’s just beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

    1. Love that idea! I have some of those cardboard monograms from the craft store that I might try with brighter colors! Thanks for the inspiration!!

  3. This ombre lamp is wildly cool! I have to do one of these! This is one of the most fabulous DIY projects I’ve seen in a long time!