Repurposed Vintage Floor Lamp Chicken Wire Lampshade

My new addiction of repurposing furniture pieces has come to an end for now.  I think I have done all that I wanted to do before I had shoulder surgery on September 12.  There has been hinting that the inside of the house needs my attention.  Really?

The first piece I want to share is a vintage floor lamp with a chicken wire lampshade.  A picture is worth a 1000 words.  Enjoy!

Starting this process was not so easy as a matter a face the whole project through me curve balls.  Being a novice I improvised as best as I could.

The paint in no way was going to come off this floor lamp.  I used several paint removers to no avail.  They did take me to a pink shade that was so deep into the wood it wasn't budging.  I didn't want to use my lye solution for fear of losing the detail on the lamp.

The finial, top cap and base were soaked in vinegar and baking soda as recommended by Hometalk people that responded to my question on getting rid of rust (not all of it but some.)

Absolutely my favorite feature is the double light with pull chains.  In love.....ahhhhh!

I didn't want all the rust gone but the rough rust.

I think this is the appropriate spot to explain all of the oops that led me to a different look and then oops here we go again.

Since I couldn't get the paint off I thought that I would just paint it all with black enamel paint so I would have a dark base to work with.

Oops #2 the black paint would not adhere and separated in little circles everywhere.  Solution #2 rubb black paint off.  The look was awesome and I should have stopped there but not me I went on.

Two coats of off white, creamy looking homemade chalk paint went on.  Fun time to sand!

Oops #3 as I sanded only the pink was showing up.  Solution #3 cover it with dark stain.  It gave me a darker pink but it was better than the pink that it was.

Here is the lamp!

The base looks much better with rust still on it but not built up on it.

The intricate design after many oops finally made it and I like it after all.  

More about the chicken wire lampshade on tomorrow's post.  Don't miss the adventure.

Some Newbie Blogger Tips Blogspot

There is no way that I am an expert at all.  However I am a pretty new blogger in the blogging world.  Each day I search for tips, tricks, tutorials.

While being on some blog hops I have noticed that some may question how to make their blog wider or the side bars wider.  Here is how to do that in simple language.  That's how I talk after all!

Click on Design on the top right of your blog.  Here is where that takes you.

Click on the Customize Button

That brings you here.  Click Adjust widths.

Slide the bar.  Go ahead have fun.  Watch your blog change below.  The Entire blog is the middle width.
The slide the sidebar.  Mine is the right because I just have two columns.  I did have three but I changed my width and made into two. 

Click Apply to Blog

 There you have it.  You are done.  Wasn't that just so easy?

While you are in here click on Advanced.  Then click Page Text, select a Font and Size.  Click Apply to Blog

Look at your new blog.  It feels like that.  You will be blogging everywhere now to show off.  Have and enjoy.

How to give your posts a signature

Was drinking my morning jo thinking about adding a signature to my posts.  Then I came up with a very simple way of doing it.

1.  Write your name on plain white paper
2.  Scan the name paper
3.  Use a program like Microsoft manage, PSP, PS, Gimp to crop the signature
4.  Save it to your files
5.  After posting insert the signature as a pic.

Wasn't that so easy?

 

 

 

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