Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Re-Vamped Lamps!


Lately every time I look at the lamps around my house I find myself thinking "Borrrrring!" Which leads me to question what made me buy them in the first place. Then I remember - THEY WERE CHEAP! I probably paid less then $30 for all three of them.  Well just because they were cheap doesn't mean they have to look cheap! So I decided that it was time to do something about this - 

The answer.... Spray Paint!


Once Huck was done trying to figure out what the lamps were doing on the front 
lawn by sniffing them, I started to spray paint.  

I chose white paint for the pair of lamps from my bedroom and a teal blue color for the family room.  All of the lamps took about 6 coats of paint until they were finally looking good.







 I found this new white lamp shade at Home Goods for $12.99. 










After going to 5 different stores I couldn't find any place that had two lamp shades that would work with this pair! 

 But instead of giving into defeat I tried the original shade and the old shade from the lamp above.  I loved the lighter brown shade and luckily I had two of them because the lamp above came with a matching floor lamp!




The shade on the right came from the floor lamp so it's a little bigger then the other one.  I don't mind the difference but I might keep my eyes peeled for a different set next time I'm shopping around. 




I'm so happy with my re-vamped lamps!  
Now I might have to tackle the neglected floor lamp in the corner! 

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6 comments:

  1. These are just so cute and fresh. Thanks for sharing with the newbie party.

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  2. Cute! The lamps look so good spray painted. Such a small touch but a big difference!

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  3. Saw your lovely lamps at Fingerprints on the Fridge linky party. I love them. I am currently looking for a lamp with the right structure to repurpose for myself. Thanks for your inspiration.

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  4. Terrific transformations, Alison! As you said, just because something is cheap (in price) doesn't mean it has to look cheap. You've given your lamps some real class. ;)

    Thanks for linking to Time Travel Thursday. Hope to see you each week.

    Blessings,
    Liz @ The Brambleberry Cottage

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  5. These look great! We are new followers of your blog! Hopefully you will come and visit us at shabbygals@blogspot.com.

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