New Lamp Love
July 19, 2010
I had every hope of finishing up all the final touches in my master bedroom over the weekend, but as fate would have it, nada was accomplished. Instead, I took some leisure time, and I’m so glad we got out and enjoyed ourselves.
Instead of finishing the space, we went out wine tasting in Sonoma and had the best time ever. The weather was perfect, the kids were angels, the wine was cold, the cheese was stinky, and the evening ended so well, I crashed on the couch with the kids, all of us completely wiped. It was heaven. 
But our bedroom remains a complete disaster zone, with laundry and ladders and paint cans and tarps everywhere. I had a crazy idea to repaint the entire room last week in ‘Nantucket Gray’ by Benjamin Moore. It’s the perfect shade of medium gray with a hint of olive. My poor husband has been so patient with me while I try to give this room a facelift.
One of the upgrades I was eyeballing were these lamps at Z Gallerie, they’re delicious.
But then I found a pair of lamps for 1/3 the price at Marshalls ~ loved the shape, but of course I wanted them white !
I got this idea from Janell to spray paint some curvy lamps a glossy white, and I absolutely love the final result !
$40 lamp from Marshalls:
Love !
I spray painted with Rustoleum’s ‘Gloss White’ (heart!), and removed the brownish band from the shade. Then I hand painted the champagne stripe at the base to make it pop off the dresser.
So modern ! So purty !
Did you happen catch the sneaky peek at the hand painted wall treatment ? If you follow my tweets, you’d have seen my inspiration link for it last week ! The bedroom should come together very soon, fingers crossed.
Today I’m off to Restoration Hardware ~ ordinarily I don’t shop there because they’re a little pricey, but I’m holding in my paint covered hands a gift card and their linens are on sale ! Aw, yeah. Gotta love how my hub redeemed some miles from his business Am Ex to bring me a RH gift card.
He must have been listening when I kept saying how much I love their Belgian Washed Linen Quilt and Shams, and how I kept repeating after ten years, how much we really deserve something nice for our bedroom.
Or maybe it was the page from the catalog that I taped to his side of the mirror.
I’m just subtle like that.
I’m torn between Fog, White, and Orchid. Decisions, decisions ! 
What have you spray painted lately ?
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Tags: lamps, spray paint
Great lamp! I would definitely go with the “Fog” or the “White (which looks more like a light grey)”.
I’d go with the “Fog” if you’ve got little ones wallering on the bed or sneeky animals finding a cozy spot when your not looking…Those are major things to think about when picking out a bedspread!
Real things happen.
I vote Fog 1st and Orchid is almost a tie. White is beautiful but impossible to keep clean even with two clean people on the sheets! Fog and Orchid are more forgiving. I’d love an all-white bedroom with cool-coloured accents but seeing as my hubby usually sleeps on top of the duvet with his favourite blanket instead (for temperature control) I don’t dare do white. Can you imagine?
Hey Kate … You are a repainting machine! People are digging your/our mirror over at our Facebook page: facebook.com/lampsplus
How do you accomplish all this stuff?! I love your lamp makeover. Stunning!
The lamp looks fabulous! A fresh coat of white paint can really restore an old treasure. Just came across your blog & love it! I am your newest follower :)
xx
This is the first time I have seen your blog and I am OBSESSED! I have been accumulating several treasures over the past few months so I can spray paint them all at once (because I live in an apartment). All of these items are ceramic, glass or metal. Do you recommend sanding these items down before I spray paint them? I just want to make sure the spray paint sticks. Is there any particular brand of spray paint you recommend?
The orchid color is dreamy! And I did notice the bedroom walls in the background- can’t wait to see them completed.
I am so glad you unwrapped the lampshade at the end. If you didn’t I’d have to accuse you of being my mom. Yeah, she does that. *sigh*
nice! Interior grey paint is so hard to find. Anyone have success with a lighter grey with slight blue undertones? All the paint I find seems to purplish to me…
I love this lamp makeover! I will look differently at all those I see in the stores! Thanks for the inspiration. :)
Ahaha, the mirror trick – never gets old! Seriously nice work on the lamp! The expensive lighting world must cry into their overpriced martinis every time ‘rustoleum’ and ‘diy’ are mentioned in the vicinity of a lamp. Nicely done!
The power of spray paint never ceases to amaze me….and that extra zing of the champagne stripe totally makes the lamp. Can’t wait to see it all come together!
I love the lamps! Being an interior designer, I appreciate those DIY projects!! As for the linens, I love the white, but the fog may be more practical for you. I just found your site and love it – now following :)
-Stephanie
The lamp turned out marvelously. The addition of the champagne stripe was perfect!
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I spray-painted a terracotta Buddha that a dear friend gave me before moving out of town – he was pretty damaged from being left outside, and splashed in places with some strange kind of silver paint that resists repainting. I covered him with several layers of Rustoleum Gold (bearing in mind your Rustoleum “thing”, I thought I’d try it out for myself, and you’re right – it’s AWESOME stuff!). I was afraid it would be too cheapy-tacky and “thin”-looking, but he looks like solid gold. He’s sitting at the base of my garden, under a tree, watching over my veggies :)
I’m spray painting an old 70s lamp with an eagle on it. And I don’t mean a picture of an eagle that will be covered up, I mean the part of the base that is right under the shade has a 3D eagle “statue” on it! I think it could turn out pretty sweet.
I adore the Dandelion Weekly Planner; a wonderful and complete set-up. Gotta say, I could use the circle/dots calculator with the bright colours and large buttons.
Wonderful site, with practical prices to boot!
OMG I love love love this!