If you have an ugly tabletop lamp you can try to make it better. That’s isn’t very hard with all these tutorials that show how to make cool lampshades.
On pictures you can see an ugly $8 lamp turned into a very cute and chic item of decor. Its base is covered with gloss spray paint, while the lampshade is covered with hot pink fabric. Rosettes are made of strips of the same fabric and applied with hot glue. You can easily make such lamp by yourself, just be confident in yourself!