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  1. 05-08-2004, 08:59 PM #1
    homesteadmamma
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    Thumbs up Decorating on a dime

    At a yard sale today, I purchased an brass antique standing lamp. The lamp shade came with it, but had a couple holes in it. Three light bulbs also came with it. It was marked at $5.00. It was the end of the yard sale, I got it for $1.00.

    Three light bulbs would have cost me approx. $1.50 here for no-name bulbs. So I'm already ahead of the game.

    Next I wanted to fix the lamp shade and didn't want to spend any $$ doing so. I took the fancy ribbing off the top and bottom of the lamp shade. Took me awhile to get it off, but it came off without tearing or falling apart.

    I had been given some pretty material from a friend and decided to use that material to re-decorate the shade.

    Cost:

    ~lamp $1.00
    ~3 light bulbs (free)
    ~material for shade (free)
    ~ribbing (free)

    Cost for the whole lamp - $1.00. I now have a lamp I've been looking for years for, a new lamp shade that cost me a bit of time and a little glue and 3 light bulbs that I didn't have to purchase. One of those light bulbs will be taken out of the lamp and used elsewhere. Pretty cheap decorating.
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  2. 05-08-2004, 09:15 PM #2
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    CJ! I love how creative you are and how you can see the savings in your purchases! Enjoy your new lamp.
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  3. 05-08-2004, 09:31 PM #3
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    That's great, please pass some of your creativity on to me!!
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  4. 05-09-2004, 05:14 PM #4
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    WTG CJ!!
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    Don't forget to do self examinations monthly and have regular mammograms!
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  5. 05-10-2004, 03:04 AM #5
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    Brilliant!
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  6. 05-10-2004, 05:27 AM #6
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    Wow! That is great CJ!
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  7. 05-10-2004, 05:58 AM #7
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    what a great find.
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    I just saw a lamp make over where the person sponge painted the lampshade like a flower and then pressed leaves/vine on the lamp shade for the stem/vines. It was so beautiful!! Then she took a large piece of material and folded the raw edges over, picked it up and tied a cord around the material (gathered by hand) and lamp at the top of the lamp base. She made pillows from the same material - what a cheap living room make over!!

    Way to go on your cheap cheap new lamp!
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