Garage Sale Lamp Renovation

ONE MORE PROJECT COMPLETED--this is how it started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In an earlier blog I posted a picture of a lamp I got at a garage sale for $10. It is very heavy/sturdy and I loved the lines of it. It had been a funky pea green and yellow. I apologize, I over-zealously painted it black before I took a picture of it in it's original state. I wasn't sure if the lamp shade was going to be salvagable but I think it will do for now. I ran a bead of glue along the edges and added the black trim.
Here's where the lamp "landed" in my house. I needed a bed side reading lamp and this one was just the right height. My "headboard" is three separate mirrors that I previously faux finished from chocolate brown to the black with silver highlights. What do you think?

Trash to Treasure Lamp Post

This is TRULY a trash to treasure piece....and since I'm new to blogging and didn't know I needed to take pictures of my creations from beginning to end, you'll have to excuse me. However, now I'm "with the program" and when I start creating Trash to Treasure items I will be sure to take pictures of all the puzzle pieces.

This "lamp" I have on my back deck started out as a Bug Zapper (the top portion) and a column from my friends front porch (the bottom portion). The bug zapper was retrieved from my neighborhood Big Trash Boutique (aka Big Trash Day). My ex-husband thought I had lost my mind...and maybe that's one reason why he's the "EX", he just NEVER understood my need to create. hehehe.

I pulled the guts from the bug zapper and put a couple of strands of white Christmas lights. I painted to column, stuck the zapper up top and voila! A new source of light for the deck.

This is a view from further out in the yard to show what the total scene looks like. As you can see I have much to do in the back yard and need to come up with a clever way to hide the utility boxes which are very common in Houston. YUCK! The trick is that the utility men need to get to them to be able to read them and the big box is my breaker box. Wow....are you impressed that I KNEW where and what it was...I am. This single girl thing is still kind of new to me but I keep busy with crafts and this new thing called blogging.

Current Projects

I got this lamp at a garage sale a few weeks ago. I didn't get a true BEFORE picture but to describe it as a pukey pea green and gold ceramic would be an understatement. However, I was too quick with the ever present black spray paint so, live and learn. NEXT time I will get a before true pic.

Those that know me, can attest to the fact that I love to faux finish. SOMETIMES I leave things alone with just one paint color but, not this time. Check out the silver highlighting I did on this lamp to show all the interesting detail.

This is the other cool garage sale find.....it's in pretty good shape and my neighbor bought it and put it in my garage for me to "work" on. I'm hoping she'll forget about it and I'll eventually have it on MY porch!