Was I looking for a lamp when I bought this one? NO. Was I even shopping when I found it? NO. I was driving along with my sister in the car when suddenly I made a quick right turn. My car tends to swerve when it spots a yard sale sign.
Yesterday I was helping my sister shop for a light fixture and I found this shade.
The perfect size for my little floor lamp and not a bad price as lamp shades go.
So today I pondered the color I wanted for the base. I thought about black, and chocolate brown and antique bronze and red and... the shade you say? Oh, no matter. That shade could get recovered or even painted too.
I finally settled on Chrome....for now. The fact that I already had the paint was the determining factor.
The cross braces on the shade were bright gold so I gave them a squirt of chrome paint too.
A relatively quick and easy makeover.
It did not even need to be rewired. If only all redos were that simple.
It was late afternoon when most yard sales have closed up shop but there were a few items left and this was one of them.
The perfect size for my little floor lamp and not a bad price as lamp shades go.
So today I pondered the color I wanted for the base. I thought about black, and chocolate brown and antique bronze and red and... the shade you say? Oh, no matter. That shade could get recovered or even painted too.
I finally settled on Chrome....for now. The fact that I already had the paint was the determining factor.
The cross braces on the shade were bright gold so I gave them a squirt of chrome paint too.
A relatively quick and easy makeover.
It did not even need to be rewired. If only all redos were that simple.
What a transformation. The lamp looks great.
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