![Wicker-bowl-turned-lamp-shade.jpg Wicker bowl turned lamp shade](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-28vLH9vClcE/Vw3ZL23lBgI/AAAAAAABg6M/yYBvmU3v2iI/Wicker-bowl-turned-lamp-shade.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Every month Stacy from Not Just a Housewife sends a pair of DIY bloggers a home decor item in the mail and challenges them to create something unique with it. She calls it the Styled x3 challenge. (You can see examples of previous challenges at the bottom of her post.)
![styledx3-banner.jpg Styledx3 banner](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7dfHU9zAvRw/Vw3YYtTiYDI/AAAAAAABg5A/wNcgwRV0KHg/styledx3-banner.jpg?imgmax=1600)
This month she challenged myself and Claire from A Little Clareification to style this hyacinth bowl in our own way. And you know me.. I needed to bring out the POWER TOOLS!
![717NEM6Vt+L._SL1500_.jpg 717NEM6Vt+L SL1500](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_zzSrJg5Gfk/Vw3YkOabFkI/AAAAAAABg5E/E52uwEunQnU/717NEM6Vt%25252BL._SL1500_.jpg?imgmax=1600)
What may be hard to see from this photo is that this bowl (or basket really) is only 6 inches across. It would fit in the palm of your hand.. and so that was a challenge for me. I knew I wanted to turn into a lampshade, but finding the right lamp was the hard part.
ENTER.. IKEA. (Of course!)
Ikea now has a great line of copper accent lighting and after bringing the bowl to my local store and trying it on dozens of fixtures, this is the one I settled on: the Jansjo desk lamp (although Ikea also makes a USB and clip on version as well if you didn’t want the big stand.) At Ikea it retails for under $13.
![Ikea-Jansjo-hack-with-lamp-shade.jpg Ikea Jansjo hack with lamp shade](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SyPJHUM22I0/Vw3Y4R52pzI/AAAAAAABg50/LOqruIC6a-A/Ikea-Jansjo-hack-with-lamp-shade.jpg?imgmax=1600)
When you combine those two things together.. this is what you get:
![basket-to-desk-lamp-shade.jpg Basket to desk lamp shade](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-59q2yaPNGyg/Vw3YmBI2sHI/AAAAAAABg5I/mQEXWJY1e4I/basket-to-desk-lamp-shade.jpg?imgmax=1600)
![wicker-basket-lamp-shade.jpg Wicker basket lamp shade](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VZeoeASUJIs/Vw3ZJ7VX62I/AAAAAAABg6I/xei9VP5ZaDc/wicker-basket-lamp-shade.jpg?imgmax=1600)
![Ikea-Hack-wicker-lampshade.jpg Ikea Hack wicker lampshade](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aIfNDAL0rSo/Vw3Y26q3gZI/AAAAAAABg5w/as7l2ME-wyQ/Ikea-Hack-wicker-lampshade.jpg?imgmax=1600)
![Ikea-copper-desk-lamp-with-wicker-shade.jpg Ikea copper desk lamp with wicker shade](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SWMPSMsnaOU/Vw3Y1X5NL7I/AAAAAAABg5s/nU4rmHD1WQ8/Ikea-copper-desk-lamp-with-wicker-shade.jpg?imgmax=1600)
I think it came out SUPER AWESOME!
The process is really simple and the only things you need (in addition to the bowl/basket and the lamp) is a drill with a forstner bit and some heavy duty adhesive (I used Gorilla Glue.)
![supplies-for-turning-basket-into-lampshade.jpg Supplies for turning basket into lampshade](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AawaU30Fafw/Vw3Y8VgEL2I/AAAAAAABg58/6_wYJABvS6c/supplies-for-turning-basket-into-lampshade.jpg?imgmax=1600)
The Jansjo fixture comes in pieces and what you need to do is drill a hole the size of the LAMP STEM (don’t drill it the size of the actual light since that will mean the basket will slip off.) You want the hole to be *just a hair* larger than the base of the stem (where it attaches to the weighted bottom).
![How-to-make-a-DIY-lampshade.jpg How to make a DIY lampshade](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dGKEsOWuzvk/Vw3YyJc5tRI/AAAAAAABg5k/ik5QUyLrxz8/How-to-make-a-DIY-lampshade.jpg?imgmax=1600)
![drilling-hole-through-basket.jpg Drilling hole through basket](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3u0dL3jeXNo/Vw3YtJKeY9I/AAAAAAABg5Y/0cmld9edEYQ/drilling-hole-through-basket.jpg?imgmax=1600)
![drilling-a-hole-into-a-wicker-basket.jpg Drilling a hole into a wicker basket](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T4PwKpYpxCY/Vw3YrZXgK1I/AAAAAAABg5U/hfKBH6usHZ8/drilling-a-hole-into-a-wicker-basket.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Next, feed the bottom of the lamp into the bottom of the bowl and through the hole.
![turning-a-wicker-bowl-into-a-lampshade.jpg Turning a wicker bowl into a lampshade](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HEyqdRnPy1o/Vw3ZAWyislI/AAAAAAABg6E/PJsegSaHoYM/turning-a-wicker-bowl-into-a-lampshade.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Now assemble the rest of the lamp (you want to do this so you can get the lamp to stand up)
![reattaching-bottom-of-lamp.jpg Reattaching bottom of lamp](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3RPkt6lHQvc/Vw3Y6rnwHGI/AAAAAAABg54/1mz8f0NO1No/reattaching-bottom-of-lamp.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Run a THIN LINE of glue around the inside of the hold in the basket (remember Gorilla glue expands like crazy so be very very stingy with the glue!)
![gluing-lampshade-onto-desk-lamp.jpg Gluing lampshade onto desk lamp](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c0F1nwLt4YY/Vw3YuubGcLI/AAAAAAABg5c/XIF2bQKV1sY/gluing-lampshade-onto-desk-lamp.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Now carefully pull the lamp through the hole until the back of the light housing comes in contact with the basket. By doing it this way the glue line is hidden and the back side of the lamp still looks ‘finished’.
![basket-turned-lamp-shade-tutorial.jpg Basket turned lamp shade tutorial](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TyFxH4Kffw4/Vw3Yn8hC-2I/AAAAAAABg5M/jMLTco9rlOk/basket-turned-lamp-shade-tutorial.jpg?imgmax=1600)
![gorilla-glue-basket-lampshade.jpg Gorilla glue basket lampshade](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fv0DcYjsPws/Vw3YwThkKGI/AAAAAAABg5g/MJ5h6CM6bQg/gorilla-glue-basket-lampshade.jpg?imgmax=1600)
After about 60 minutes you are good to go. If it is at all lose you can touch up the glue (from the inside.)
![Desklamp-shade-from-wicker-basket.jpg Desklamp shade from wicker basket](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zLawL6y7BH0/Vw3YpT57aJI/AAAAAAABg5Q/GcjOQAgT4fw/Desklamp-shade-from-wicker-basket.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Quite the transformation of a $5 bowl!
![hyacinth-basket-into-lamp-shade.jpg Hyacinth basket into lamp shade](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7VaEl_YxqRA/Vw3YzuY6UgI/AAAAAAABg5o/gGZD-fMiWM4/hyacinth-basket-into-lamp-shade.jpg?imgmax=1600)
I want to thank Stacy for the opportunity to work on this project. It was fun to have to force myself to be creative like this!
Want to see my other DIY Lighting projects? Here are a few: