RETRO CHAIRS & TRIPOD LAMP

Last week was an exciting week of deliveries. First my retro chairs arrived from the upholster - they used the one of the vintage army blankets I had previously sourced on each chair (here). One is blue / grey with a stripe running horizontally across the front and seat and vertically down the back. The other is khaki with the stripes running around the outside of the arms. They are actually quite comfortable (which was a bit of a punt given they couldn't even be sat on in their original state) and the wool is hard wearing.

And the tripod to lamp conversion is also complete. 

SURPRISE FIND: BLUE & WHITE LAMPS

I had a few spare minutes before an appointment so I popped into Pigotts Store - I was actually looking for some accessories for the new bathroom. Although, I love their painted china, I decided it was too much of a splurge. But while I was enjoying having a wander around the shop, I came across these very large blue & white lamp bases for $114 each. That's right!

I had on my new year's search list a pair of lamps for the guest room. Now I realise I am a big advocate of buying vintage and up-cycling, but after you factor in postage, re-wiring there is no way that I was going to beat that price. So now these lamps are sitting happily in the guest room. Shades to come after I make some decisions about the other fabrics in the room.

EBAY PURCHASE: VINTAGE TRIPOD

I found this vintage tripod on ebay just before Christmas. I fell for its ceramic black & white label.

I am hopeful that the guys at Transco can turn it into a lamp for our living room. I have a lot of leftover linen from the blinds, so I will use some of that to have a shade made.

ANOTHER LAMP PROJECT

After mentioning it several times, I thought I better post a photo of my latest completed lamp project.

An ebay-find Rosenthal base, was converted into a working lamp by Transco (who are super helpful and lovely). And then another new shade was made by Stephanie at Steal the Limelight from the Cloth Wattyl fabric I picked up a few weeks ago. There was some fabric left over so she also made a couple of cushions for the lounge.

Depending on the price of the base and the fabric, these lamp projects end up a lot cheaper than off-the-shelf new lamps and shades. And also a lot more fun!

SHADES FOR CELADON LAMPS

I have finally organised new shades for my pair of ebay celadon lamps (here). Stephanie at Steal the Limelight did a brilliant job with the fabric I purchase on etsy from Swanky Swell. I think they came up great, though not sure my brother-in-law who has been living in the room for the last six weeks has even noticed!

CELADON LAMPS

I am on a roll - second purchase for the New Home is this old celadon lamp (again via ebay). A real bargain at $30 - and is apparently in working order.

The plan is for it to co-habit with celadon lamp no.1 (another ebay find) in the spare bedroom.

I think both of these deserve new and more exciting lampshades. Have ordered some samples from Florence Broadhurst with the vague notion that I may be able make some lamp shades - sounds ridiculous but I was inspired by this post from Julie at Olive & Joy. Love the fabric she used on this lamp below.