Lampapalooza!

The Nester at http://nestingplacenc.blogspot.com/2009/05/lampapalooza-party.html is hostessing a lamp party! I want to join in and show you some of mine...

A little black wire teapot lamp on the Hoosier in the breakfast room. I added the toile shade and fringe. It matches my curtains.

This lamp is in the family room. It's made from an old industrial bobbin topped with a Waverly red check shade from Lowe's. I don't know what kind of thread this spool held or what they used it on but it must have been something really big!

Builder chandelier...bare, boring and brass. I bought little lampshades and covered them with the blue and white check. Love the fringe on the edge. I know brass is out but I still love it in my formal dining room.

Detail of the shades.

Hobby Lobby lamp at 50% off. When I brought this one home my husband said it was the gaudiest thing he had ever seen. I like it so it stays! Check out the Tootie Babie's shrine. One of many in my home!

This lamp base is very old, maybe from the turn of the century. A friend of mine painted it for me. It desperately needs a new shade, one with lots of trim!

This was my grandmother's lamp. I love the shade of green and the roses. It is a great example of old styling coming around again.

Detail...don't those roses look like Mary Englebriet?

This is just a favorite lamp. It is probably thirty years old. It was the first lamp I bought as a newlywed.

An old blue canning jar full of antique mother of pearl buttons. The lampshade is cut so that the light shines through in certain spaces. The design is sewing related.

In the guest bedroom is an old lamp base probably from the 1950s. I covered the shade (new) with a trim that looks like roses. I tea dyed the trim to make it look a little bit older. Of course, I had to add some bead fringe! It looks like an Easter bonnet! Yes, that's a tassel I made too.

This lamp belonged to my grandmother. It's an old TV light. Seems back then the popular thing to do was to darken the room and have just this lamp turned on while watching TV. It is in my guest room too.

It used to be a very unattractive shade of brown. I gave it a little paint treatment using the holes for the center of the flowers! Cute! Or as Emily would say, "Toot!"

I found this lamp at Goodwill. It goes perfectly with my blue and white kitchen!

I am having such a good time checking out everyone's lamps and getting some good ideas about how to make my boring lamps have some pizazz. Head on over to The Nesting Place to join in the fun.