Bedroom Makeover: Reading Lamps

Guest Bedroom Makeover

Day 8: Reading Lamps

**Note: This is part of a 12-step bedroom makeover series. Find the previous steps at the bottom of this post.**

 

(channel your inner Osmond before singing) I'm a little bit viiiiintage...I'm a little in-dus-tri-alllllll...

 

 

I've been loving a slick industrial vibe mixed into highly textural organic elements lately. As evidenced by my DIY nightstand post and also how I ate my granola with a blue plastic spoon this morning.

 

(On a totally unrelated note...apparently we can't go three meals without doing the dishes around here. Good to know.)

 

It should come as no surprise, then, that I went with this same look for reading lamps in the guest bedroom: 

 

 

I bought two $7 clamp lamps from Lowe's, taped over the electrical inside, spray painted the inner side gold and the outer side blue. I like the peekaboo goldness inside. And also the pairing with this DIY rustic-chic headboard.

 

 

Apparently these babies can "only" handle 200W bulbs. Hello, indoor sunshine. Not wanting to frighten away, slash, permanently blind any guests, I stuck with a meagre 60W and may even downgrade to 40W.

 

 

I'm pretty happy with them...and the <$20 total price tag, of course. 

Come back for Day 9: Stuff on the Walls (super technical title, I know).

 

And also? Try to have a very wonderful day today, whatever your circumstances may be. Because life is definitely hard...but also beautiful. Thanks for stopping by my little blog.

  

Check out the previous steps to this bedroom makeover:

Day 1: Inspiration Board

Day 2: Paint Walls

Day 3: Ikea Malm Dresser Makeover

Day 4: How to Make a Pallet Headboard

Day 5: Beautifying Large Bookshelves

Day 6: Anthropologie-Inspired Curtains

Day 7: Nightstands

 

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