Anyone that knows me knows that if you tell me something can't be done or that I should just give up, I am just going to work that much harder to prove you wrong! Well, I kinda felt like if this lamp could talk (another nice catch phrase - I'm on a roll!) it would have been telling me to just let it rest in peace. I swear, every other time I turned around something was crumbling on it or breaking off of it. So I was determined to make it whole again - and I have the blood blisters to prove it!
If you look closely in the before picture (sorry about the cat's behind...she didn't want to move) there is a small section above the gold glass part that is different than in the after picture. Don't worry if you don't notice it. Just take my word for it that at one point that little piece literally just crumbled to pieces leaving a gaping hole on the lamp base. I ended up having to take the entire lamp apart, take another lamp apart, find pieces from that other lamp that would fit onto this lamp and try to put the whole thing back together again. Sounds like a pain, huh? Good news is that in the process of doing this, I taught myself how to completely re-wire a lamp which will come in very handy.
So the dreaded beads are gone from the shade and the base has a new thick white coating. It almost has the appearance of ceramic. I got the inspiration from my watch. I wear a big chunky boyfriend watch that is white and gold and I think it's pretty cool. I think this lamp looks pretty cool now too!!
It looks even cooler over in my Etsy shop which is where you can find all the information you need on measurements and pricing!!!
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