Easy Peasy

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I finally settled on a pair of lamps in our master bedroom. That was a journey because I’d actually tried several combinations of ‘trying to make it work’.  My first step in the journey was to change out the shades for the lamps I already had (one I still like and the other was just ugly).  Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures of the ugliest lamp but it was a wicker & metal base lamp that I got for just a few bucks a long time ago.   The shades on the two lamps were traditional and bell shaped so I replaced them with more modern drum shades that I bought from Goodwill.  But then in my effort to purge purge purge the things I don’t love, I got rid of that one ugly lamp and thus had a shade without a lamp.

So, I took this shade…

…and this lamp (that had a shade that was too-small-and-wrong-for the room)

and created a new look.  I just placed the first shade directly on top of the smaller shade. No assembly required.   Suddenly, that $5 modern lamp, that wasn’t quite right for the room, fit in much better.

I stuck  the shade on top so I didn’t have to store it somewhere else.  I love when things work out like that.   Have you solved any dilemmas with easy fixes lately?
-J