{Revamp} your lamp!

Lamps are expensive, and anyone who knows me, knows I HATE spending money.  It drives Dan crazy because I will literally drive across the street to save 5 cents on a can of soup.  I get this from my mother. I am sure he secretly appreciates it.  So, after spending more than enough money on a wedding,  I am back to my frugal way of life.  I had the same bedside lamp since 2007, you know, the one from Target?!  This exact one. Works great, but I am married now (good excuse, huh), and I wanted grown up lamps.  So here is what I did....

I bought 2 of these...

and turned them into 2 of these...

following White House Black Shutters' directions on her website. 

One key step...don't forget to wipe down!  I forgot to do this on one of my lamps, and you could see the layer of dust on the bottom after I painted it!  I had to sand down, and redo...don't make the same mistake I did.

This project cost me around $40 for both lamps.  I bought the lamps for $15 off of Kijiji, and the two shades at Target for around $15 a piece, and the spray paint was around $7.  I used Rust-oleum Painter's Touch Semi-Gloss in Ivory Bisque.  It dried quickly, and went on smoothly (minus the dust mishap!

What have you "revamped" with paint??

--E