Saturday, October 29, 2011

lamp revamp|diy

This isn’t a DIY tutorial, because anyone can paint a lamp, but more of a success story. Because I love how my lamp turned out, and because if a lamp brings you joy, it’s a success story in my opinion.
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I bought this lamp at Goodwill for a whopping 3.00 & that’s about all it was worth. It didn’t have a shade, the base for the shade was wobbly (all it needed was a little tightening, but  it was just plain drab.
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I mixed a little white to a gray paint I had, that was too dark, and made what I call “dove gray” added a shade.
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And here it sits. A good improvement it I do say so myself!

1 comment:

Our Party of Five said...

nice job friend! I STILL need to find a shade for my lamp (base) I found at goodwill... I'm afraid i'll get something that will look silly. ah!
xo