If you love it and it is that innexpensive buy it! I love lamps. Can never have too many!

I love it, get it! Great price. :)

I think it's reminding me of some items I used to own and that's why it kinda tugs at me. When I lived in the Philippines (my first home away from my parents' home when I was 19), I frequented a little art gallery where I bought three original, framed watercolors of birds. They were absolutely precious and very well done. At some point, I sold them and have regretted doing so ever since.

I could always use this in our spare bedroom. Once I get a table to use it on, that is.

;-)

as I get older, I am less and less inclined to want to get things that I don't need... and really am trying to not get things I don't really love!! i already look around the house and think about what is going to happen to all this stuff when we're older... we're not going to downsize drastically, but hopefully we'll downsize somewhat in only a few more years probably....

I know you're right, carolb! I've been proud of myself for exercising willpower and passing by a few pieces of Cornishware that I recently came across. I collect the blue and white dishes, and generally the feeling among collectors is that you cannot possibly have too much of it - but I have been quite satisfied with what I now own and haven't really felt a pull to add more. At least not yet. ;-)

I did just commit to buy the bird lamp though. It just spoke to me, as apparently only bird lamps can do.

I agree with buying something you love. However, if it's not something I can use, I don't.

My mom had a similar lamp. I took it when cleaning out her house, but never used it. It sat in the "junk" room for a couple years until I decided to donate it to Goodwill.

Move over jen, we're sharing the boat! I totally 'get' why you love it, BUT........so much of your decor seems to be in the realm of American Indian/craftsman style which IMO, play very well together. Unfortunately, I don't see it fitting in even though you love it~I love argyle socks, but only wear them with pants covering them. If your home was more traditional, no problem. While I like the look of an eclectic home, I see it as too formal. You may now 'throw' a few curse words at me. ;)

I will most likely use it in our spare bedroom - that we still have not yet decided whether to make a craft room, a workout room, or a combination of both. For now that room contains a bed and nothing else. Would be nice to have a small table and lamp light in the space, at least until we decide on the final function for the room.

I know you'll 'make it happen' Jen! ;)

Patience isnt one of my virtues, but I am trying to only buy things I love now since we downsized. Sometimes the waiting game is a bit tough when you want or need something somewhere but you havent been able to find that special item. It is true though that the items we do love we do find a spots for and somehow they all seem to work in new space.

I don't know...it doesn't look cat-proof!

Donna

I feel the same way looking at Craigslist. I know exactly what I am looking for and how unlikely it is that one will fit the spot I want it for (vintage buffet of a certain style)

But I can find loads of perfect end tables and night stands (I have several in the back of the truck to drop off at the thrift store right now. Plus the one to re finish. And if I do find "the buffet" I have another dresser to sell off.

and yet I look.

Fight the urge to buy it. I think that you'll be glad that you did later on. It would be different if it fit into your decor, but it sounds like it doesn't.

If U really want it, get it, but get rid of something else. Stuff in, stuff out.

You of all people could totally make it work.

I can store it for you. It would fit here.

You can definitely have too many lamps. You can have too much of anything, if it starts to get in your way. You may want to buy it as a gift for someone else, however. Then you can visit it at their house.

Like Patty and others who've responded, i say welcome to the club! You may recall that i recently purchased an entire set of dishes, flatware and even pewter (?) goblets that my son home for thanksgiving called our "Game of Thrnes" table? Even though it took me weeks to assemble it all that was not necessarily a considered and planned ourchase.

Despite that i keep warning YOU not to buy anything else for your house because it looks so great now already! And i think that is precisely why i do it, because it is hard for us to do it for ourselves. I have a vg friend who serves in that role for me.......i ask her about many of my discretionary purchases because she knows my house and also knows i dont need or want (theoretically) another thing. She's my accumulation governor, if you will. The new tableware slipped past the checkpoint because she agreed that if it can all be put away after meals (and we do have ample storage), at least it wont add to the visual clutter of every day life and decor.

Well, that was the rationale, although i still did not need another set of dishes :-)

One thing that has been working for me is to look at something wonderful---that i absolutely do not need functionally or should pass on in the interest of junking up/ overcluttering our interiors----and imagine it in someone else's home and them enjoying it every bit as much as i would have.

I love vintage; I would have probably owned that lamp too. ;) Just lately, I have gone 'cold turkey' from craigslist, consignment and antique store shopping. I have been accumulating for a long time. No, not hoarding. LOL. I feel like the switch flipped, and now I have started purging my home. What Busybee3 said resonates with me. If I don't absolutely love something, it is headed out the door.

If you are not sure, pass on it. We have so many lamps, mostly bought by MIL, than we have space for. It's very frustrating because she keeps buying them for us despite us telling her we don't want any more lamps. They come mostly from ebay, so it's not like they're easily returnable.

Personally, I think you need it! If you decide you don't after you buy it - I'll share my shipping address....

Start a consignment business. :)

I love it and you need it. I would grab it in a heart beat.

I go with a friend to a lot of antique stores. He is looking
to stock his case at another antique mall (case, not booth: means only small
items that will fit) , but always buys stuff for himself as well. Too much
stuff. His house is a 1910 Craftsman
bungalow. I try to steer him to only things that will go, but he almost always
goes and buys it anyway. Sometimes when I think I have persuaded him, he will
go back later when I am not around. That is more like an addiction.

Seeing what he does has a chilling effect on my impulse
buying. He bought a set of beautiful asian style tables (Console, coffee, and
end tables) in walnut for $100 (I was not there) . Great deal, but….they just do not go. A year
later, he is now trying to sell them. He offered to give me one as a Christmas
present. My house is mostly 1880-1930 antiques, which all started due to family
pieces I inherited. So…as beautiful as they are, in my house, they don’t go
either. So, no. I have a beautiful Quan Yin asian lamp from my aunt: retired
since it doesn’t go. It’s in the basement until I figure out what to do with
it. Not stone, though very convincing. At least 60 years old. Too nice to just donate. I could put the lamp on one of his tables, but
then where would THOSE go?! Where would I put an asian theme corner?

The Quan Yin lamp

At the same time, I go to a lot more of these stores since
we became acquainted. I keep a list in my bag of dimensions needed for items I am
looking for. Generally now I only buy if it fits the niche. He will say to me, “It’s
cool, it’s worth it, buy it!” but as time passes I am less persuadable.

(I have
accumulated too many crocheted tablecloths, but by keeping one on the DR table
all the time, it reminds me that I don’t need any more. I think that is working. I think....)

Linnea, I hate it that your lamp is bored and lonely. I am sure it would love to come to my house for an extended playdate.

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When I've had urges to keep acquiring more and more stuff that I don't need, it's usually been because I am trying to fill some emotional hole that stuff will never fill.

Did you buy it? I can't see it working in the main areas of your home but maybe in the spare room or office, etc.

Not necessarily trying to nudge you on, but have you looked at inexpensive lamps lately? They're more than $30, resin, and not anywhere near as nice or unique.

Even though I have a particular style, look, I still love and drool over other styles/looks. I have favorite color schemes but can love and appreciate other decorating color schemes. I am definitely in the camp that thinks you absolutely can have too much of anything but I don't have a "collector's" mindset and you seem to. I used to have a friend that went shopping every single day whether she needed anything or not. Really even whether she wanted anything or not. I never understood that except that she had the expendable income and COULD. I guess what I'm trying to say is I think it's perfectly normal to be drawn to things we don't need. Just be mindful how you react. It's a lovely lamp. I don't think it goes with the rest of your home.

I bought the lamp. It was well worth $30, and I love it even more now that I've seen it in person (having only seen the photo before). It's nice and heavy, and the colors are gorgeous. I'm still not quite sure where I'll use it, but I'll make a space for it. It's lovely, and I will enjoy it - so in spite of not truly needing it, I'm glad I went ahead and heeded the call.

:-)

When something beautiful is calling your name, it's very hard to ignore. It will be exciting to be doing another room!

Okay...I'm not calling you a closet hoarder...I'm not! Hehehe

Actually, I needed it and didn't even know it! DH said he's ready to order the furniture for "his" bedroom (his snore room!), and he already has the Tracy Porter bedding in this pattern. The lamp looks super with it. Because the furniture he's chosen is rather traditional with a slight bohemian feel, the lamp will help tie things together. So glad I got it now - and DH really likes it too.

My goodness! You had ESP!

I knew you needed that lamp - just felt it to be true. OMG - that is so perfect together!!!!

So glad you bought it. It going to look great!

What a score! Congrats! Looks great!

Thanks so much! Here's the nightstand that the lamp will go on. I think it'll look smashing. (Hopefully not literally. Don't tell my cats I used that word.)