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?

Treasure to Treasure

This a treasure to treasure (no trash here). My father was a violinist (for his fun and creative time); and a Chemist at a large chemical company by day to pay the bills. He passed away 15 years ago but as a homage to his love of music (and mine) I have created many things with his books of music. One of those creations is in my detached game room/bar area/guest room that sits in my backyard, behind the garage. The low, slanted ceiling in the bath and wet bar have been "wallpapered" with the sheet music. Throughout the years at flea markets/garage sales I've collected some musical instruments I hang on the walls for decoration. Can you see the saxaphone over the toilet?

This view is from inside the bathroom looking out to bar area. You'll also notice that I LOVE Coca-Cola stuff. I also covered the inside of the bathroom door with the music and then painted a thick black strip down the middle. This served as a "matting" of sorts to highlight the Coca-Cola pictures I cut out of an old calendar and then decoupaged onto the door.

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.