I dedicate this post to Pinterest. (If you are a boy...feel free to stop reading).
A couple of weeks ago I bought a lamp for $2 at a garage sale. Unfortunately I didn't take a picture of it in it's original state, but imagine green and gold (Go Baylor), with no shade. With a Pinterest state of mind, I had high hopes of making it look wonderful, so I purchases a shade at Target and some spray paint at Lowe's. Pretty simple right?!...WRONG.
While spray painting, I discovered that the cord of the lamp was all kinds of jacked up and this is what happened...
- I plugged the lamp in anyway. Smoke. Slight shock. Blew breaker. Silly curiosity.
- Took apart lamp. It had MANY parts.
- Lowe's trip #2...very helpful employees.
- Shamefully it took me, 6...count them...6 tries to re-wire the lamp properly.
I learned that I'm persistent, but really not a perfectionist when it comes to crafty things. If it works, serves the function it's supposed to and doesn't look hideous it's a #win.
Progression of pics to follow.
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| at this point I do NOT know what I'm doing. |
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| wired this sucker 6 times |
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| The parts I had leftover...oops. |
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| finished project. |
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| Proof that it actually works. |
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side view...I just wanted the same
number of pics on each row |
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