Jess blogs at Bright Green Door. She was delighted recently to find a honeycomb lamp at Target, but when she brought it home, “every lampshade I owned was either too big or too small and I couldn’t find ANYTHING the right size,” Jess confesses.
Faux Mercury Lamps
June 14, 2013 By
At Creative Dominican, Becca has been working on a master bedroom makeover. Not wanting to spend a ton of money for the kind of lamps she wanted, Becca was thrilled to find these substantial brass lamps at her local Goodwill.
Lamps from Wallpaper Printing Rollers
March 21, 2013 By
Add Restoration Redoux, Shanna has been working on a really unique project. She explains, “I got these strange rollers with lamp bases attached at a yard sale for a dollar a piece. Turns out they were originally from a wallpaper company in Sweden from the 60′s. They were dipped in ink and then printed the pattern on the wallpaper.”
Upcycled Lamp
March 4, 2013 By
At It’s Overflowing, Aimee had a lamp that was looking a bit tired. She perked it up with a new lampshade.
T-Shirt Light Cover
May 12, 2012 By
I know we’ve all got about a million old t-shirts lurking in the corners of our drawers and closets. Why not upcycle them into a fun light cover like Jade from The Jaderbomb Blog? This project involves cutting the shirts into strips and then weaving them together with a hula hoop to create a cone-shaped {…Read More…}
Rose and Ribbon Lamp
November 7, 2011 By
Kaisa from Sentimental Journey had an old and very inexpensive lamp from Ikea that was about to meet its end in the trash can. However, the fortunate lamp was saved from demise by a bouquet of dried roses that Kaisa had from her birthday. Instead of trashing the lamp, Kaisa glammed it up with the {…Read More…}
