lowes light fixtures dining room
make this cool diy take on a drum ‘shade’with a super simple technique. the pattern’s predictable, but the mix ofmaterials sure isn’t….this project’s woven with wire and wood veneer. the dimensionsare definitely flexible depending on your needs, but for a shade this size, cut a pieceof hardware cloth, you may know it as chicken wire or poultry netting- 15 inches wide by76-1/2 inches long. wrap the piece into a cylinder – holding the overlapping endstogether,. then count the number of ‘grids’ or ‘squares’ there are including the overlappingends. you need a final number that’s divisible by 3 - so make any adjustments, and then goahead and wire the ends in place. now you can divide the number of grids by3, and that’s the number of vertical strips
to cut for your weaving. the vertical stripsshould be about 18-inches long…you want that extra length so you have some give whileyou’re weaving in and out of the mesh. don’t try to work too quickly, and be gentle withthe veneer…because it can snap if you tug or bend too hard.weave the pieces starting inside the shade, working your way from top to bottom.. as you’reweaving – it’s important to know where any wider horizontal strips will play intoyour pattern, so you can leave enough room for them to slip under the vertical strips.once all the vertical strips are in place, go ahead and weave in your horizontal pieces– it’s a little easier to work with shorter pieces here, so cut lengths that are longenough to tuck the ‘tails’ under a vertical
for a nice neat look. with all your weavingdone – trim the tails of the verticals to length.to help maintain the shape and provide a place to ‘attach’ the shade to your light, measureand mark two square dowels. drill holes in the ends and add screweyes so you can attachthe dowels to the shade. using an existing pendant light, or get a kit, and slip thecord between the two dowels and ziptie them together. then you can wire the screweyesat the ends of the dowels to the mesh. , graphic and current – the shade adds a wholenew dimension to your lighting. for the detailed directions, go to lowes.com/lci-wireshade.
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