Re-Store Lamps

Thanks to all of you who read my blog and who are willing to leave supportive comments.  I really appreciate you.  Yesterday I asked for help with the Re-store lamps, and your responses confirmed my suspicions.  The harps were too tall...a casualty that comes from using what you have.  Yesterday, I purchased smaller harps and I think they look better.

Before we get into all of that, I thought you might like to see what the lamps looked like when I purchased them from the Re-Store.

A little funky aren't they?  When I saw them in the store I knew that I had to have them because it is rare to find a pair of lamps.  They aren't exactly the gourd shaped lamps that I see everywhere, but they were cheap and with spray paint all things are possible.

I gave each lamp a coat of spray primer.  Then I used glossy white spray paint.  

The bases were gold, but I wanted them toned down and bit.
I used the hammered gold Rust-oleum and really liked the results.

And thankfully, most of us agreed that shorter harps were needed.  Funny how the lampshade on the right sits a little lower.  Oh well, Re-Store.  I also picked up the finials yesterday at my local hardware store and gave them a coat of the hammered gold.