more lamps!

my new apartment has NO overhead lighting in any of the main rooms except the bathrooms and the kitchen, so I'm really delving into lamps!
My bedroom has a preppy pink blue and white theme. the comforter is a pink and white stripe with blue sheets and striped pillows. i desperately wanted a bedside lamp and today i found not one but two great ones! I decided the blue was just too perfect and to conquer it first.
I found the most amazing shade at goodwill on folly road. it was small enough for the lamp (also from that same goodwill) but had some excitement- double shades. more excitement- high school musical 3d motif! yeah, it needed to be recovered.
I also picked up 2 "Seersucker" mens dress shirts at the same goodwill. i felt slightly bad cutting up the jcrew one, but i think ive got plans for the leftovers.
I realized the HSM print would def show through this thin fabric, so i put a thicker layer of white beneath it first, then hot glued on my fabric.
LOVES IT!
Lamp- $3.50
Shade- $1!!!!
2 shirts- $3 each, have tons left over for upcoming project

Total cost- $10.50

happy thrifting :)

the lamps of my dreams!

So happy with my finds today! Been looking for matching lamps for either side of my couch but just too darn cheap to pay $30+ each at the store! Today at the goodwill on folly road I found the perfect thing- a set of brass colored lamps for $3 and $4 each- without and with a shade respectively. The color was a perfect match to the frame of my print of Randolf hall hanging over my couch.
Even better, I found two matching lamp shades- SQUARE (I love straight lines!) with seafoam trim- my couch color. Can you say destiny?
I spritzed up the lamps with a fresh coat of paint and voila, new lamps for:
Lamps- $3 and $4
Shades- $2 each
Paint- Valspar Brilliant Gold- $3.50
Bulbs- energy efficient- $4
TOTAL COST- $18.50

YAY!