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Thrift Store Lamp Makeover

February 12, 2013 By Vidya 12 Comments

You saw the room yesterday and the yellow table lamp.

Thrift Store Lamp Makeover

In its earlier life it used to be a sad looking brass lamp base longing for a home at our local Salvation Army. I loved the curvy lines and for $5.99 it was an awesome deal.

A can of Krylon Yellow and Rustoleum primer that I already had was all it took to give it a new lease of life.

Thrift Store Lamp Makeover

To convert it to a lamp, I got a lamp harpThrift Store Lamp Makeover from Home Depot, a brushed nickel lamp finial from Lowes, and an off white drum shade from Home Goods. It took quite a few trips to and from Home Depot to get the right size harp. I think I used an 8.5″one maybe?

Thrift Store Lamp Makeover

 

And then….

Thrift Store Lamp MakeoverOnce I spray painted the finial in yellow she was all set.
Thrift Store Lamp MakeoverThrift Store Lamp Makeover

Don’t you just love those curves?

Thrift Store Lamp Makeover

Source Details

Lamp base -$5.99 Salvation Army
Krylon Yellow Spray – $4.99 (Micheals after coupons)
Lamp Harp – $5.99 Home Depot
Lamp Finial – $4.99 Lowes
Drum shade -$16.99 Home Goods
 
Total -$38.95
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Comments

  1. Anu says

    February 12, 2013 at 8:34 am

    Awesome Vidya…Does not even look like the same thing!!!

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      February 15, 2013 at 8:11 am

      Thanks Anu.

      Reply
  2. Sue says

    February 12, 2013 at 10:41 am

    From brass to class for $38 bucks, love the new lamp Vidya!

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      February 15, 2013 at 8:11 am

      Me too… had to take it when I saw the base.

      Reply
  3. Sirisha K says

    February 12, 2013 at 12:16 pm

    Love the yellow on the lamp. Very cool!

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      February 15, 2013 at 8:12 am

      Thank Sirisha.

      Reply
  4. Erika says

    February 12, 2013 at 12:20 pm

    Awesome job on this lamp makeover!!!!

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      February 15, 2013 at 8:12 am

      Thanks Erika. How is the kitchen makeover coming along?

      Reply
  5. Bindu Mallela says

    February 12, 2013 at 9:10 pm

    Boring to trendy, love the color!!

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      February 15, 2013 at 8:12 am

      Thank u Bindu.

      Reply
  6. Neena says

    February 20, 2013 at 5:56 pm

    Genius! I want to do this now too 🙂

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      February 21, 2013 at 7:55 am

      Thank you. You must. It was pretty simple. The only tough part was finding the right shade. None of the stores had the right one. Had to patiently wait for Home Goods to restock for almost 7 months!
      V

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