Making something old new again
September 19th, 2007Or why this stay at home mom needs a part time job.
I have wanted to throw away this awful fake flaking brass lamp since I moved in with my husband.
We don’t have a lot of ceiling lights in the apartment (which is fine because I detest ceiling lights) so we really do need all of the lamps we own. My current frugality won’t allow me to throw this lamp away and go buy another. So it became today’s project. A can of spray paint, some wire and some beads (I have another lamp that I love with the beads and wire on the shade) and voila. New(ish) lamp.
This shade doesn’t look as good as the store bought version on my other lamp – but it works.
In other news, Sabrina has figured out the self-feeding thing.
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September 19th, 2007 at 5:24 am
why dont I do that? (not rhetorical)
My mind more wanders to whether it is possible or not to give oneself full sleeves with rub on tattoos.
CHRIS WOULD LOVE YOU.
September 19th, 2007 at 6:30 am
Brilliant! Well done!
September 19th, 2007 at 9:23 am
As always Michelle… Great Job. I love the lamp! I agree with you regarding the over head lights. Lamp light it is…
September 19th, 2007 at 10:17 am
I love it!
September 19th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Very cool! I love doing crafty things like that. For a while I was on a faux painting binge.
September 19th, 2007 at 11:44 am
LOVE the lamp. love love love. Not only were you crafty, but good to the planet too – double shazam!
September 19th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
I love the lamp!! And love when children learn to feed themselves!!! FREEDOM!!
September 19th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
The lamp looks fantastic…great job!
September 19th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
You really ARE crafty! We definitely need to do the paint your own pottery thing. And Sabrina is amazing — if only we could all learn new things at that rate… 🙂
September 19th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
To what address can I ship my cruddy lamps for rennovation??? I would pay you to have your way with them!
That baby girl of yours is double trouble: smart and cute!
September 19th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Ooh – I love to make ugly things pretty!
Kerri and Ruby
September 19th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
yeah, yeah, love the lamp. ;>)!
bigger question: how do you get Sabrina to eat off the plate, and not dump it? Reese will feed himself, but not from a container. That is just a lesson in gravity!
Enjoying hearing about your new job possibility. I was never good at standardized tests. Scares me to think about what I would score after 8 years of being a SAHM!
September 19th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Love the lamp!!! Great pic of the little one also.
September 20th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Looks great! Very ingenious!
And wait until she figures out the self food throwing over the side of the highchair thing. That’s really fun.