You may have remembered seeing these lamps around and me promising I was going to do something with them! I found the pair (always a plus to find 2!!) at Ross
![lamp before lamp before](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZFUV7eMt_eI/VMkrXu0ahXI/AAAAAAAAjh4/zOEkDBi7hs8/lamp%252520before_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
and they were marked down to $16.99 each, how could I pass them up -- especially when they included the shades? I wasn’t crazy about the taupe-ish color because purple just hasn’t ever been one of my favorites, but I figured some spray paint could take care of that.
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This lovely color was at Lowes -- it’s called Valspar cobalt cannon in a gloss finish. I had it in the basement -- I was going to use it for something else (can’t even remember what!) but I thought it would be pretty on these. The temperature was up in the 50’s this week, so I just taped the metal parts off and did about 6 SUPER LIGHT coats because I didn’t want drips. Lightly spray, let it dry for about 10 minutes, lightly spray, leave it, etc.
And that was it! I may put a protective finish on it, but I put an automatic plug-in timer (like these
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on the outlet and they turn themselves on at 5 and off at 11 so no one really touches them.
![lamp makeover with spray paint lamp makeover with spray paint](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6YzeAU1WMZQ/VMkrazjEh4I/AAAAAAAAjik/sNJJmp2Tlh0/lamp%252520makeover%252520with%252520spray%252520paint_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
They can look dark and gray or rich and blue depending on the lighting, as you can even see from the picture here:
Moral of the story: don’t give up on lamps just because you don’t love the color. Give them a chance!
Beautiful! I always love to see how you create beauty out of bargains.
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Me too, Valerie :)
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ReplyDeleteThey look lovely! Great job!!
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