My newest prism lamp
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2 years ago
I picked this up this weekend and I am sure it's a marriage but it's lovely with super long spear prisms. It only holds a candleabra size bulb. Any opinions would be welcomed. And the "shade" is super heavy and I'm sure crystal.
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Comments (8)I haven't read much about the eb/flow systems using the 5 gal buckets but I've heard that there can be headachs getting into the individual buckets to check pH and EC depending on the particular system. I've done some reading about a bucket set up (and they use net pots) that is essentially a drip system. Not terribly $$ but to automate it there is alittle cost involved. Let me see if I can post the link. The main inovation they are promoting is the drain design that helps keep root intrusion out of the drains. http://www.alabamahydroponics.com/GH/plans/hydropots.htm For such a system one would need a big resivuar with pump, piping to feed the drippers to the buckets (drippers can be as simple as a hole in the PVC over each bucket,) the drain system from the buckets back to the resivuar, a way to adjust the hight of the buckets and the fall of the drain system, and of course the buckets themselves. This type of system is pretty scallable and you have your choice of media, I've even heard of people using cypress or other wood mulch as media in these systems. Most seem to run the pumps all the time which helps avoid pump burn out apparently. This system also lends itself well to hooking up a variety of methods within the same system. Say have bato buckets for your tomatoes and a trough running for your squash and perhaps a tower for your strawberries etc. So long as the pump can handle the flow, your resivuar is large enough and you choose plants and nutrients that are happy together then you should be all set. These systems also lend well to float valves that can automatically top up the water in the resivuar as well as automatic dosing of nutrient if you splurge on a controler that can handle those functions. The trick would be to get your system balanced enough that a week absence won't allow the pH to swing too much. This should be doable if you choose your nutrient and media carefully to work well with your water supply and the plants you are growing. Good luck Here is a link that might be useful: Hydor Forum...See MoreCrystal Chanderier Prisms ?
Comments (6)That price is about right--at least that is what the single crystals sold for in the antique/collectibles store where I worked. If they had smaller crystals attached, then they were higher. In the back of most decorating magazines, there's always an ad for a place called Spectrum (I think the name was different in my latest mag but I can't find it now) and they have different shapes and sizes and even colors from .30 cents and up. Of course, theirs are new ones. Their websit e is www.freedomcrystal.com if you want to look. Oddie, are your's the teardrop shape or the long icesikle shape? I just know you could use them in something really pretty. Luvs...See MoreHarps to Raise a Lamp's Shade Higher
Comments (12)Jim and Allison, thank you both so much since I had no idea there was such a thing as a shade riser. I had been looking in every department store online to see if I could find a local store selling harps. I like the idea that I can go to a lamp store and bring my lamp so I can make sure the height will still look nice with my lamp and the shade. Right now I can see that if the lamp shade is at least 1" higher, it would actually look better as well lessen the 2.75" net height diffence between my two favorite lamps. I know the wall lamps would solve the height difference but I just love the look of these two unique crystal lamps and they have been making me happy the last two days having them in my bedroom. I am now even liking the fact that one lamp will look even bigger than the other lamp but have a shade height closer to the other lamp to balance the diffences in lamp side table heights that add interest to my bedroom....See MoreMy newest bargain find- Cute Henredon Chair for $40
Comments (13)Love the tapestry idea! I searched for one a few years back, but could never find one that didn't look cheesy. (It seemed that all of the ones in my budget were the mass-produced sort that just looked like a Wal-Mart throw pillow stretched out!) It seems the *good* looking ones, aged, patinaed, and slightly worn are thousands. I'll have to renew that search. You're right Les, that everything looks smooth in the pic. In real life, though, without the flash washing things out, the wall is *heavily* textured in a sort of hand-troweled plaster look, and the chair is a tweed-type fabric. It almost looks like burlap. Or is the general appearance that seems smooth? Like it just needs more color/balance/texture in general? DH wants an oil painting. DH however would burst at the seams if I actually bought an oil painting. (I don't think he has any idea just how much they can run!) THottie, I never did a thing to the chairs in my den. They're in a room that is used mainly for kids; Wii playing, videos, plopping down after swimming, etc. They're so perfect as-is! Nothing can hurt them. The leather is such good shape, and it's impervious to the spilled Cokes, ground up Cheezits, and wet chlorine derrieres! Since I'm going to Charleston with my mom in a couple of weeks, I'll keep my eyes peeled for something that might work....See MoreUser
2 years agoLinda -- I think the base is one of those cutglass lamps (and I'm not sure what era they are from although you seem to find a lot of them but they are pricey) and I think the matching domed top got broken and someone (either the person who originally owned the lamp or the guy that sold it to me) put the hurricane glove on it. And actually I like it better the way it is. Pics of what I think it was originally and a pic as to how the ring is attached to the base.
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