Quick Fix!

As you all know, my fiance and I were lucky enough to have some great things given to us for our first home together! Some of the things given to us were awesome, but did not really go with my concept for the apartment. A perfect example of this is my chair, which looked old, sad, and plaid when I got it. Adding some fun fabrics to it's classic style really made this an beautiful chair that is now my favorite thing in the room! Another thing we were given is this lamp:

At first glance this thing doesn't look like its got a whole lot going for it. I really liked the shape of this lamp though and decided that a little paint would give it some new life. Yes this lamp is pure brass, and my mom was not too thrilled with my idea to paint it, but the way I see it, if I didn't paint it then I wouldn't use it and that would be a waste of a perfectly good, FREE, lamp. So after one can of blue spray paint here is the result:

What an improvement right?! I love the lamp now and it is the perfect accent piece in our living room. And this project was so easy that it could be done in one afternoon. So next time you are out at thrift stores and garage sales, make sure to look for lamps with great shape!