Most of the time, if I get a vision for something it’ll turn out rather well. However, there are times when something vexes me so much, no matter what I do I can’t seem to get it quite right. This has been the tale of our livingroom lamp. It’s a cool, retro lamp, but I feel like the previous color scheme was making our livingroom a bit stuffy & old looking. So I painted the base white.
I thought that’d fix the problem, but the lamp bugged me even more. This time it was the way the lamp & the shade played together. Chris bothered me to re-do the shade, but I wasn’t quite seeing the vision. THEN, I saw the ruffled anthro shower curtain & thought that perhaps adding some texture to the shade would fix the problem.
Now this is what I’ve got. I’m not sure if I like it or hate it. I think it still needs help, but I want your opinion. Pretty please?! Should I put it out of its misery & find something better or is there some miracle thing that could be done to make this lamp really shine? Oh please I hope you’ll help me out!
whoa, sorry, longest link ever!
I think the shade is a bit large and with the added texture it overshadows the fine detail below it. My two cents would be to either keep the shade as it is and make it shorter (try covering up half the shade in the picture to see if you agree with me) or if the size of the shade can’t be adjusted I would put something more simple up top. I’m sure whatever you do the space will turn out fantastic.
What if you simplified it and made a plain shade or a weaved one?
Paint the base turquoise or bright yellow and then maybe a chevron striped shade?
Is this what you were going for? Try this tutorial… It’s more ruffly and less toilet papery.
http://mama-says-sew.blogspot.com/2011/02/ruffled-burlap-lamp-tutorial.html
okay, i guess you could say i spend an inordinate time thinking about projects, some of them not even my own, but i say this on design sponge today and i thought of you and your lamp. http://www.designspongeonline.com/2011/04/before-after-brass-lamp-redo-bench-makeover.html. :)
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