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Daisy Jackson

Woman shares brilliant way to DIY a £225 designer lamp for £40

Most of us are spending significantly more time at home these days - and that might have sent you into nesting mode.

Suddenly all those unloved corners of the home are crying out for attention, whether it's a pile of picture frames you've been meaning to hang or a scuffed skirting board in need of a paint.

It's been the perfect time to turn our hands to some at-home crafting too, upcycling tired old pieces of furniture to give them new life.

After all, it's not like any of us can pop to the shops to buy a new lamp at the minute.

Doing up a piece of furniture is a great way to liven up a rented space too, where slapping a new paint colour on the walls is likely to see your deposit evaporate.

(Instagram - @ourlayeredhome)

One Instagrammer has shared a brilliant DIY project to turn a standard floor lamp into a statement piece worthy of a spot on the pages of a magazine.

Tara Slinger, who is behind the account Our Layered Home as well as owner of family clothing brand Whoopsie Daisie, has made a budget version of a golden palm-leaf lamp.

Her inspiration was the type of lamp seen priced at as much as £365 - but Tara's version costs a mere £40.

She took a plain silver £30 floor lamp from Argos - though the same method will work with a table lamp - and began by spray-painting it gold.

She then took some artificial palm leaves (the sort you can buy from Dunelm or Amazon) and sprayed those gold too, before attaching them around the top of the lamp.

She says the project took less than an hour in total - and the bargain lamp is almost unrecognisable.

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