Repurposed Lamp
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g’morning! The holiday weekend is almost here! I hope you have some fabulous plans! I do! I get to see Jamie this weekend. We will be celebrating Mother’s Day and Jamie’s birthday. How perfect is that!
Twenty eight years ago, (May 29, 1982) I became a mother. Enough about me, on with today’s post.
Do you remember my $5.00 lamp I bought last week?
I gutted it, and used some cheap primer on it.
Then came the handy dandy always perfect Rustoleum Heirloom White.
Time for some glaze. I usually use stain, but on this metal lamp, stain just didn’t seem to be in order. I decided to use my burnt umber paint, watered down of course.
I bought some gloves at the dollar tree just for such projects, but I forgot to use them. My fingernails are still stained!
I really love the way it turned out!
I will tell you that I need to do something else for the top (to hold a candle). But I was so anxious to show you that I just sat the candle right on the top. I tried to think of what I could use, and really couldn’t come up with anything. I do have some little glass sort of ashtray things I used for my candlesticks and more.
If this were a little taller, I could make another DIY birdbath.
Any suggestions for the top? Oh, and I was going to leave it a lamp, but when I plugged it in, is blew the light bulb, which made me very nervous.
edited to add: it’s about 24 inches tall
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gail
linking to:
Maryann’s POPP
Kimm’s Trash to Treasure
I didn’t read through all comments to see if someone else suggested this or not but buy a terra cotta pot base and use appoxy and glue it on to hold the candle! 🙂
Love this idea.