Master Bedroom Lamps

The master bedroom in our new house is almost double the size of what we had in our small ranch house—so we are really taking it one step at a time. We splurged on a new King Size bed which (we just love), so I knew the rest of the space would take some time. I had these pitiful lamps that D bought back in his bachelor days (I’m almost positive they came in one of those “value packs” like 2 table and 1 floor lamp for $30 type deals) on each night table and I planned on being totally fine with it and “overlooking” their hideous-ness until I could search for the perfect pair. Well, just so happens the perfect pair found me! Curious to see what new and exciting product had shown up in jcp I saw the two little pretties below on clearance for $24.99 each! Oh-em-gee! I literally could not wrap my greedy paws around them fast enough….mental image of 8 month pregnant crazy holding onto two over-sized lamps for dear life…I’m clearly not okay. But honestly, how much do they resemble this guy below from Pottery Barn that sells for $200/ea?!

So, my only slight issue (which I clearly was not going to let stop me) is that the ceilings in the MBR are vaulted and 13ft at their highest. Also, since everything is of a larger scale in there, I knew that I needed to add just a bit of height to the base of the lamps to make the light from them hit where I wanted it to. Off to Home Depot. The base of the lamps was 6×6 so I went to the lumber section (make sure you’re looking for completely DRY lumber if you are ready to start your project immediately) and with the help of a great associate found the perfect 2×6 board that he would also cut for me. Hint Hint! There’s always a section of cast off’s marked with purple spray paint that are no longer considered “perfectly straight” and are marked 70% off! This was perfect for this project because I just needed to buy one and we cut around the damaged section. I made off with 4 blocks for under $1.00 that were a perfect fit to add height to the bases! When I got them home, I lightly sanded the corners and spray painted a primer onto the wooden blocks. Before completely dry, I then went over the primer with an antique gold spray paint. They kind-of bled together (which was the idea) to give it a washed golden look. I then simply used wood glue to secure all of the pieces together.

Ta-Dah! See the finished project in our master. I love the height and color variation the blocks give and the washed blue-ish grey color of the base is a perfect compliment to the room. This is a good mid-way progress update on the bedroom, many more projects to come!

Total cost per lamp was UNDER $30.00!!!!!! I could not find these exact lamps at jcp.com (although I did find this one and this one BOTH ON CLEARANCE for under $40/each and both remind me of Restoration Hardware!), but I would still check in stores for current stock.