Before and after lamp update.
Rory (Zone 6b)
2 years ago
Thanks so much for the suggestions to paint it white and add black shades. I never would have considered white.
The only thing this cost me was time and $50.00 total for both shades. I had the Fusion Mineral Paint already and the finishing wax.
I just received the shades today from Lamps Plus and I am pretty happy with the end result. I would have loved to just buy new lamps but really couldn't find anything that I loved that wasn't more than I was willing to spend at this time. So, these will work for the time-being.
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