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Bought a vintage lamp from an estate sale that looked awful until I swapped the shade
Picked up this brass lamp at an estate sale in Des Moines for $12. The shade was this dingy yellow fabric that made the whole thing look grimy. I put a $8 cream linen shade on it from Michaels and now it's a gorgeous piece that actually gives off soft warm light in my living room. Has anyone else fixed a flea market lamp by just changing the shade?
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skylergrant5mo ago
I scored a brass floor lamp at a thrift store for $8 once and the shade had this weird brown water stain that looked like a crime scene. I swapped it for a cheap white drum shade and suddenly my apartment looked like I had my life together instead of like I was living in a college dorm. My lamp collection is honestly just a graveyard of bad shade decisions at this point. Makes me wonder what other people are hiding under awful lamp covers.
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campbell.nora5mo ago
You just described half the thrift store lamps in existence, probably all hiding some unspeakable shade crime. Mine came with a frilly pink shade that looked like it belonged in a grandma's haunted dollhouse. Swapped it for a plain black one and now my apartment looks like a normal adult lives here instead of a ghost with questionable taste.
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