This Designer Lighting Ikea Hack Looks Shockingly Legit

I measured the circumference of the Vaster light where the metal meets the plastic shade and cut a piece of the blind slat a little around 1.5 inches wide by that length (about 38 inches in my case). Using a metal straight edge and a utility knife made the cleanest cuts. I coated both sides of my strip with light coats of gold spray paint. So much spray painting! So many thin coats!