Bed room Desk Lamp Makeover – Earlier than And After

So after a fairly exhaustive seek for a lamp that I may work some DIY magic on to make it look comparable, I lastly discovered two of those lamps on Fb Market for the wonderful value of $40 for each.

I really favored the form of those higher than the unique lamp, so I used to be excited to search out them. However due to my pleasure over the form and dimension, I neglected simply how closely textured they have been.

In order that they required fairly a bit extra prep work than I had anticipated. However after quite a lot of sanding, I lastly bought all of that heavy texture smoothed out in order that I may paint them. I did a lot of the sanding by hand with 80-grit sandpaper adopted up by 220-grit sandpaper. However I did use my orbital sander for the bigger flat areas. I attempted utilizing my Dremel with a element sanding attachment for the smaller areas, however it was too highly effective, making it approach too straightforward to dig into the precise resin. After it was sanded easy, it seemed like a fair larger mess, however not less than I had a easy base to work with.

Then I gave it two coats of primer. I used Zinsser oil-based primer within the spray can. Right here’s a have a look at the unique subsequent to the sanded and primed lamp base.

It’s not good, however I used to be capable of be a fairly good, easy end on it.

I wasn’t certain if I’d be capable of discover the proper orange, however I did! I’ve by no means used this model of spray paint earlier than. It’s known as Ironlak, and I discovered it at Michael’s.

I couldn’t imagine how shut it was to the orange/coral coloration within the chook cloth and the coffee-dyed trim for the draperies. The colour I used known as Halloween.

I gave it about two coats of paint, let it dry for an hour, after which introduced it inside to color the small print.

For the gold accents, I used this liquid gold gilding. That is the Martha Stewart model, which I’ve had for in all probability two years now. I don’t even assume it’s nonetheless accessible.

I used a small, flat craft paint brush to color the gold gilding onto choose areas of the lamp base, after which I used common latex paint in my go-to white (Behr Polar Bear) for the white areas.

As soon as these accent areas have been painted and dry, I added a brand new lampshade that I discovered at Lowe’s, and it was completed. Right here’s a have a look at the lamp with its new look.

I ended up not utilizing the unique finials. I assumed they seemed too huge and ponderous, so I opted for brand spanking new smaller gold finials that don’t draw a lot consideration. These unique finials have been only a bit a lot for me.

General, I’m actually happy with how this lamp turned out. I would make a few tweaks to it, although. First, I’m unsure that the liquid gold gilding is shiny sufficient for my style, so I would return and add gold leaf to these areas. Additionally, I believe my go-to white paint coloration is a bit too white. I would want to search out one other white that isn’t fairly so vivid for these areas. However I believe after I make these tweaks, it’ll be good!

And the full price for every lamp, together with the brand new lampshade, got here to about $50. That’s fairly a steal!

I believe the colour is ideal. I nonetheless can’t imagine that I discovered the precise orange in a twig paint.

So as soon as once more, right here is the lamp with its unique end and lampshade…

And right here it’s with its new look…