HomeTalk.com & LampsPlus.com Holiday Lamp Challenge by GadgetSponge.com
Hey folks! I just recently participated in a lamp challenge hosted by HomeTalk.com and LampsPlus.com. Each participant was required to work with the Fillable Clear Glass Ovo Table Lamp. It's beautiful lamp that is very well constructed and was a blast to transform.
It took forever for me to finally agree on a design idea in my head. Being a fish guy, I would have loved to turn it into a fish-themed design. But this challenge was a "Holiday" theme. So after much debating I went with featuring some of my vintage Christmas postcards.
After shopping around with no luck, I found some vintage sheet music (Christmas) sheet music and printed out several pages. I carefully tore different parts up and decoupaged them to the lampshade surface. I gave them an added second coat to make if firmer and for more protection.
I used some vintage new/old stock of some furniture metal edging to accent the top and bottom of the lamp shade. I wanted the metal aspect to flow from top to bottom with the metal rings on the shade, the silver-accented postcard and the metal base. I used nuts and bolts every inch on the metal rings to give it a great, industrial look to complement the metal finish and glass. Each remainder of the bolt was cut off past the nut.
I stole a note holder from my wife's studio and modified it to work inside the lamp. The base is held with a nut and bolt to the metal lamp base. I then soldered the nut and bolt to give it some permanence.
I also lightly super glued the postcards to each holding ring to make sure it wouldn't slip out.
