Lamp

Ok, so I was saying that I was in the middle of a lamp revitalisé and this is the process. I found the above lamp on the side of the road. Here, in Perth West Australia, when you put your old junk on the side of the road anyone can collect it for rescue. So, it had a filthy multicolored spotty shade covering and the base was painted brown. As soon as I got it home I tested it, and even though it looked as though the plug was made in 1969, it worked! Yay! I pulled off the yucky shade covering and whipped out some primer - slash- undercoat and painted the shade & base. I came up with the idea to paint stripes on the shade and after doing so, I stood back and thought, that is soooo boring! It really needed texture. I had some old hessian which I used for my daughter's birthday party. I cut it into wide strips and began glueing it on as above.

This is after I had glued all of the hessian on the shade ending with very sticky fingers. It just needed a trim...

After a trim it's looking neat & tidy and I'm ready to style it up... now, where to put it? My daughter wants it next to her bed, but I want it next to mine...

Voila! I love the texture and the fresh look this lamp brings.
It's so Country French & a little Rococo... Love x

What do you think?