We have had the Ikea lampshade on the hall light for over a year now. While redoing the bathroom I hit it with the shower curtain rod and broke it. For the last 6 months it has been up there broken. I wanted to replace it with something interesting then somewhere online I saw lamps made with cocktail umbrellas--A-HA! So I went to Party America and got 2 packages of umbrellas. Due to our crazy busy life they have sat there for another 4 months. We have had an unprecidented weather event here in Oklahoma, 15 inches of snow. We have small cars so since Tues we have been at home. Seems like a good time to do a time consuming project!
My daughter and I worked on this together, we painted the inside of the umbrellas with Mod Podge--then cut off most of the stick--stuck it on the lamp and put more Mod Podge on top. A bit tedious at times but easy.
I LOVE it!! It's a bit kooky but fits well in our house!