Evolution of a Lamp

I'm in the process of redoing our office. We desperately needed a lamp in there so I've been searching at yard sales & thrift stores for the right one.
This one caught my eye and I knew it had potential. Good lines. Love the square shade.
It's not bad, right? But not the look I was after and that orange wood gives me a headache.

First step was to prime....L.O.V.E. spray primer. I did a couple thin coats of spray primer to the base. Avery felt the need to be in the picture.
Then I painted it black with some paint I already had. Lookin' good. Then I dug through my ribbon stash and found this black & white polka dot ribbon and hot glued it on. Even better.
But, you know I can't leave well enough alone. I found this beautiful fringe at Hobby Lobby and of course used my 40% off coupon. Then I hot glued that from the inside of the shade.
Isn't that fringe so pretty and poufy?! love it.
I love how it turned out, plus getting this accomplished motivates me to get to the rest of the office. I'll show more pictures as I get more projects done in there. :)

Here's the breakdown:
lamp $5
spray primer $3
fringe $3
total: $11

Go check out some other lamp goodness at the Nesting Place. She's hosting a Lampapalooza today! :)

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