This project took a little time, and I had to enlist my husband's help. I bought an antique cream can at an auction for $10. I already had an out-of-date brass floor lamp. So, I disassembled the lamp and only kept and used the top half. We drilled holes in the top and bottom of the cream can to run the light cord through. I painted both the can and top portion of the floor lamp with hammered copper Rustoleum paint. Then I took the existing lamp shade, and scruffed paint here and there in tans and browns and a little gold. I added some beads to earring posts I had in my craft box and poked through the bottom edge. I then glued a strand of gold ribbon to the bottom and top of the shade. I took some burlap and muslin and rolled a few rosettes and hot-glued to the shade on both sides to balance the weight. I love the idea of mixing old with new and the hammered copper paint gives it a nice vintage color!
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