You Light Up My Life....

You give me hope....to carry on.....

You light up my days and fill

my nights.....ok, enough already!

Wanna see what I did to some old

lamps?  I found these lamps at our

local recycle depot.  Another gal there was

rummaging in a box and pointed to the

lamps and commented to me

"Nate Berkus would love these lamps"! 

I said - "yup, I am sure you are right - are

you going to buy them?"  She said no - she

didn't know how to fix them up

.....well then move on over Buttercup

because I have an idea or 2!! 

They were tacky mostly worn off gold

with some missing crystals and filthy

dirty but you can see their potential and

the best part - they were only $5!!

I removed all the crystals, cleaned the bases,

taped off the cord and the socket and broke

out the ORB (oil rubbed bronze).  Taking

advantage of the one dry day

 we've had in a while.....

My pics are not "staged" very well but you

get the idea.  These babies (there are two) will

be moving into my new bedroom.  Stay tuned

for a reveal once I have finished fluffing and

puffing it up!  I will share what I did with

the shades as well.....

I picked up a whole garland of crystals at

Fabricland with 50% off.....not bad!  I thought

these more diminuitive crystals were more

appropriate (don't want my lamps screaming

bordello!).....so what do you think?

I'd love to hear from you!