With a crafty mind at work, even the most obscure old finds can transform into fantastic new projects.
When Instructables user Loblaw found a heaping pile of old vellum maps, her inventive upcycling brain immediately sparked into action.
She began dreaming up all sorts of different ways she could upcycle these old maps, and give them new and improved purpose.
This DIY-er finally decided to use these maps to create a festive new lampshade for her living room.
So, she stopped by a local garage sale, snagged a tired old lampshade, and began crafting her dream into reality.
After slicing her maps into panels, lining them around her shade, and bordering them with decorative ribbon, her old finds beautifully assumed fresh identities.
She found a lovely little spot behind her couch for her amazing creation, breathing exciting new life into her entire living space.
Scroll through our gallery to learn more about how this DIY-er transformed these old maps into a beautiful lampshade.
When Instructables user Loblaw discovered a bounty of old vellum maps of the Yukon, she dreamed up the perfect way to put them to good use.
She'd line them around an old lampshade, creating a beautifully decorative living room focal point.
She started her project by cutting her maps into panels.
Then, in order to help these panels align well with her lampshade's curve, she rolled them up and set their shape.
With her map fragments rolled in place, she turned her attention to the lampshade itself.
After finding an old beauty of a shade at a yard sale, this DIY-er got to work stripping off its ribbon and outer fabric layer.
This crafter chose to keep the lampshade's inner fabric intact to protect her maps from ever becoming fire hazards.
One by one, she lined her lampshade with map panels, adhering each in place with a mixture of craft glue and hot glue.
To give her shade a truly cohesive look, she lined each map panel, as well as the shade's upper and lower rims, in ribbon.
And just like that, this savvy upcycler gifted her living room a one-of-a-kind lampshade.
With a set of old vellum maps at her disposal, this crafter transformed her bounty into an awesome lampshade, perfectly suited to her living space.
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