As I have been assembling the supplies for my bedroom make the city house, I ran across a milk glass lamp. I paid $5.00 for the lamp, shade and all. It wasn’t in great shape but It will provide me with an opportunity to bring in my milk glass.
I just wasn’t crazy about the finish on the wood and the faux metal parts were super scratched and tarnished. The bedroom is going to be gray, yellow, white and black. I know that the bedside lamp is going to be yellow, so I decided to paint the wood gray and the “metal” (plastic) black.
Lamps are not complicated. They are all made from a metal rod with electrical wire running through them connected to a socket. Any lamp can be taken apart and put back together. My advice is to take pictures as you go so you can reassemble. Above you an see all the parts from this lamp.
I really like the gray color. It came from the Garagemahal. I
I wanted to make the lampshade colorful. I purchased 1 yard of fabric for $6.00 at Hancock’s Fabric. I took the pleated part of the shade that came with the lamp off. There was a smooth plastic shade under the pleating.
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