Lamp Revamp

See this lamp?

It - and it's taller counterpart which I failed to take before pictures of - were hand-me-downs from when we first moved in and had no furniture, no lighting and no desire to spend money too quickly.  I never loved the shades, but figured that if we kept the lamps long term I could just replace it with something simpler - despite my Boulder education and love for flip flops, I'm about as far from bohemian and carefree as you can get.  I like plans.  And walking in single file lines.  And following rules.  

But getting back on track, when I bought my beloved green lamps for the living room, the floor lamp made its temporary home in the guest room.  Out of sight, out of mind.

Until I re-focused on the upstairs of our house.  And the tawny brown finish and beads were still not working for distracted-by-shiny-objects me.



So, I bought some Krylon Oil Rubbed Bronze Spray Paint.  Because ORB is the name of the light fixture game here at imperfect.

A little cleaning, taping off the electrical parts, a few light coats of spray paint later, and a $14 drum shade and we had a much improved lamp.

And I love it - especially it's $17.98 project price tag.  This is not the lamp's final home - I have bigger plans for it down the road - but it's a reading lamp in the guest room for now.

Linked to Frugal Friday