I am so flippin’ excited to show you this lamp. I. Love. It. Even Grunt Labor loves it. First, I must thank Heather from Southern State of Mind for inviting me to co-host the Summer Soiree Style Series which made me start thinking Kate Spade, which made me think Kelly Green, which led to “Hmmm……a kelly green lamp……hmmmmm……” and it all resulted in this beauty.
Kate Spade Inspired Lamp Makeover
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Honestly, I shocked myself, y’all. I would have never dreamed I could pull this off. I originally got this lamp from my aunt and it looked like this then.
Initially, I wanted to put polka dots on the lamp base, but I didn’t feel like I could do that very well with all the curves and shapes on the lamp. I did tape off a strip along the base to keep some of the gold before painting it.
I used Rustoleum’s Meadow Green for the base and finished it off with a gloss top-coat.
Before I had even started on the lamp, Jamie from Better With Age and I had been emailing each other and talking about the soiree. I told her I was stressing out about what projects to do and she had said, “Oh, Kate Spade is easy. Do something with polka dots, like a lampshade.” And so when the polka dots on the lamp base didn’t work out, I turned to Jamie’s idea of a polka dotted lamp shade. Thank. You. Jamie.
I picked up an $8 lampshade from Target, FolkArt Metallic Gold Acrylic Paint, and a round-sponge-thing-a-ma-bob. I said a little prayer (because I hate paying retail for something and then not being able to take it back when it doesn’t work) and went to polka-dotting.
And it worked. And I thanked God and had a beer, because I was a nervous wreck putting those polka dots on that shade.
I took it upstairs to show Grunt Labor my handy-work. His response: “Wow. Go put it somewhere where we can’t mess it up. And by we, I mean me. That lamp is great.”
Its a keeper. I guess he is too, if he likes the Kate Spade lamp.
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