White spray paint solutions: lamps
Inspired by this Serena and Lily lamp, Crate and Barrel, and other lovely places, I wanted all-white lampage.
So I took this:
And gave it quite a few very light coats of white spray paint. I bought two white shades from IKEA (I wanted a drum shape but this was the closest I could find, and they were only $10 each), and put this cutie on the dresser next to the bed.
There are a few imperfections, and spray-painting something super smooth like glass is generally a dumb idea (there are cracked places already, but I tried to cover them up by scratching them off and painting over):
But oh, well. In general I looooooove it! I wish I had another just like it so we could have matching lamps, but I doubt that's gonna happen. I will try to find another similarly shaped base, spray paint it, and give it the same shade (I mentioned I bought two).
While I was thinking about white lamps, I remembered a cute-shaped lamp I got at Goodwill Outlet ages ago:
I topped it with an Urban Oufitters (circa 2003) shade I had lying around, but it has little scratches and dents in the paint and the black is so not me right now. So I spray-painted it!
I also tried it with this clearance IKEA shade:
Which shade do you like better on it? It's not going to go in the bedroom (I don't think) either way. I can't put the plain white shade on it because it takes a lamp harp and the bubbly base doesn't. Unless I somehow rig or electrical-tape a lamp harp on! (Uh, this is not above me..). So for now, no matchy-matchy lamps. But I am so excited by what white spray paint can do to a tired household fixture!