Lemons into Lemonade...

Remember the Craigslist lamp???  Well it is history...it lasted fewer than 24 hours!  Our youngest threw something over the railing from upstairs and it hit the lamp shattering the base...I was left with a socket and lampshade...so I salvaged what was left and made a GORGEOUS  lamp for the new loggia...All who know me well know that I have a lamp fetish...forget shoes, give me a great lamp or better yet, let me design one!

This is how I did it:  I bought the bottle base at Hobby Lobby on 1/2 price for $35...it is the color of green sea glass and is made to look like old glass...filled the base with $8 worth of sand... added a base to hold the light socket- $1 from Lowe's- something from the electrical section there...an electrician who was doing work on our new home (we are all moved in!) worked the socket into this flat base for me and I attached it with liquid nails to the top of the bottle and now I have a very heavy, beautiful lamp that can withstand both the winds of Florida as well as my youngest daughter...hopefully! 

In the picture below you can see the monkey fist I blogged about a while ago, a sea shell mirror and the lamp...they are all handmade by me...they are sitting on a cabinet left by the sellers of this home...we will be replacing it with a longer console table when the budget permits...I will keep you posted...This little vingette can be seen from our den window and is especially pretty at night...