Decorating With Lamps

B.J. B
by B.J. B
I love lamps, but they are so expensive that I almost always buy them on sale. This is a collection of the lamps I am currently using. The rest are stored in my basement. I frequently dust them off and bring them back out. You will notice that most of the lamps are tall and skinny. They are my favorite kind.
I just purchased this yesterday at Homegoods! I paid $50.00 This is the most I've ever paid but I fell in love with this lamp. I was going to make one out of some of my tea cups but decided I couldn't do better than this.
Found this lamp in an antique store. This is a copy of the lamps found on the Orient Express. Paid $15.00
I always look for skinny lamps because I like to have room on my tables for other décor. This one was purchased at Target about 3 years ago.
Found this lamp in old general store many years ago. It was on sale because the shade was damaged. I turned it to the back so you can't see the flaw.
Found this lamp in a country store in the mark down bin about 15 years ago.
I purchased the silver coffee pot at an antique store for $10.00. My husband made it into a lamp for me.
I purchased this lamp on sale at a home decorator store. Only paid around $20.00.
I found this lamp at an antique store. There were 2 of them so I purchased both for $20.00.
This is the other lamp in the set. My husband had to rewire them.
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  • Lynne Lynne on Mar 30, 2014
    i love anything that has tea pots and tea cups...love your lamp..i am saving this
    • B.J. B B.J. B on Mar 30, 2014
      @Lynne Thank you fellow Michigander. I'm a big fan of tea pots too.
  • Nancy Gramm Nancy Gramm on Mar 30, 2014
    I'm a lampophile too, BJ, and enjoyed seeing yours. Mainly, I restrict my purchases to thrift stores and most of them were found years back. Nowadays I have to restrict myself--I have way too many. I showed a few of my finds on these (dated) blogposts: http://sumpnsassy.blogspot.com/2013/01/button-lampshade-and-thrift-store-lamps.html and http://sumpnsassy.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-thrifty-lampsand-few-buttons.html Hope you like seeing my treasures. ;^)
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    • Nancy Gramm Nancy Gramm on Apr 02, 2014
      Sounds fun! As I said, I'd love to see the finished project. If you want to be beguiled by lamps and lampshades, check out Kathleen Mullaney on Facebook. She is the most creative, prolific artist I've ever run across. She did a magnificent button lampshade that inspired mine. She stopped writing her blog a while back and apparently deleted all the posts or I'd direct you there to see hers. Now she posts her gorgeous pics on FB.
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