Cheap 5 light floor lamp...any ideas how to transform?

I'm fairly picky about what I have in my house and I don't think your lamp is bad at all. However, decide exactly what you don't like about it and let us know...you'll get more helpful answers.

Could you paint it a modern color or possibly a metallic that would match with your current decor.

You could paint it to match your décor. Perhaps wrap something around the pole to give it more texture. You want it to blend in to your room, they way it is now looks good to me. It isn't fancy, but you don't want it to stand out when you have furniture and accessories that already are the focal points. You want floor lamps to blend in, just like table lamps blend in and don't stand out.

It looks like a bouquet of lilies!

Hopefully, just the right person will see your pot and have great ideas. Offhand, what about drilling small holes along the rims of the shades and hang shells, chains, or beads.

Glue strips of lace or ribbon, either around the rims or in stripes along the surface. You could also spray paint them with metallic paint to coordinate with your room. do send us pics of what you end up doing

Im not sure if it can be unassembled but I’ve seen a tube of crinkled wrinkley silk that would look cool on the pole. Whatever color you like would work! As for the shades I could see tiny shells glued around just the edges to spruce it up. I’d be careful with paint and such as I wouldn’t want a fire hazard. Seems like this sort of lamp and torchere type get pretty hot.

I would make it into a planter for succulents and spend $20.00 on a new lamp.

You can take crochet yarn, whatever colors you fancy and a hot glue gun and totally change the color.

That's what I did with an old desktop lamp I had for years and I totally love it now.

Buy something at a thrift store to replace it.

I think it comes apart. And yes it does look like lillies. Why not go with that, paint the top part green like plant stems and if you like paint the globes flower colors. Where it separates, get a round or square plaque to serve like a table surface and mod podge a plastic bottle (vinegar?) with paper napkins to look like a flower vase. Run with it!