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Monday, September 21, 2009

The Lamp That Wasn't!

This, WAS a junk (obviously not to me) somebody wanted to get rid of......
My dad took it in......then I asked if he would let me have it...since he just left it standing outside at the porch without the shade on, doing nothing.....

BEFORE:  It was rusty and old albeit working wonderful still!  The shade was rather stained and dirty too.....but I could see it has a retro-ish charm to it........
       

AFTER:  I sanded it down, stripped off the rust, gave it a new coat of paint in matt black.  Tore away the old and super stained lamp shade, replaced it with a brand new piece of fabric that was actually a 'sarung' (a piece of wraparound cloth that people wear around their waist like a skirt, on top of being other things to other people...please google this if you are so curious) :P

And now, it's sitting pretty in my home :) casting a very warm soft yellow light.....

  



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