Lamp Re-do!

Spray paint is my new friend.

Ever since I spray painted our lamps downstairs, and then some of our vent covers, I've been wanting to spray paint the lamps in our bedroom. They need a little sprucing up.  And since spray paint is cheap and easy for even a non-crafty person like myself, I gave it a go.

Here's a quick before:
(pay no attention to the day-glow yellow circus tent walls. I have no idea who picked that color. cough cough)

So, the lamps are kind of a neo-classical style, with a nice glass shade. They work well, but don't coordinate with anything in the room. Especially the yellow circus tent walls.


So here we are, in progress. I lightly dusted sanded the finish, wiped it clean, and took it outside to my spray station table on the deck. I use big pieces of cardboard to protect the furniture and then I gave it an undercoat of a $4 can of "espresso" paint:

Undercoat and 2 final coats of oil rubbed bronze later--voila! 

Pretty cool, if I do say so myself! 

All linked up to Thrifty Decor Chick!