$55 later...
i have a gorgeous $2 lamp~ not counting the nail polish i had to use to cover a chip in the glaze.
It is truly a piece of orange magnificance! Where did you finally get the lampshade? My congrats to you!
so, this was a learning experience about lamp design.. i thought i could just pick something up and rework it to make it look nice, but because the base of the lamp is SO large, i had to get a lampshade that had a gigantic diameter. unfortunately, older shades that size are also very TALL and that makes the base look dated,,and ugly
. i ended up buying for retail (gasp!) a lampshade at a lampstore. the good news is, when i told the salesman i needed all the extra parts too (we had to rewire - everything was rusty and the harp was too long) he gave them to me gratis.
so, now we know how to rewire a lamp, and have learned much about proportion and design when working with table lamps. although we are out more than i expected, there was much learned (knowledge is priceless). and i've got a beautiful piece in the living room.
btw, the chair in the background came from friends' divorce sale and is from the 30's or 40's and beautifully carved on the arms down the front. and the couch came from salvation army - it's a modern designer piece. the haywood wakefield coffee table is between them..
if you don't count all the dog hair and dirty socks and books laying around, the living room is starting to look nicely designed~!
