Good Questions: Is This Lamp Worth the Bother?

Hello AT,

I have a dilemma:I have the opportunity to adopt a "rain lamp" that was a fixture in my Aunt's home in the 70s and 80s. I have a guest bathroom (see pic below fold) that is very neutral- boring white with the exception of the marble counter on the vanity. Functional but uninspired...and not a space that's used often.

Attached are pics of the rain lamp and the bathroom. The overall look in the apartment is very "Brady Bunch". Is the rain lamp Hot? Is it worth developing a design around? If so, how over-the-top do I need to go? 70s bordello? Or should I just let it go?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Shadd

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Hey Shadd-If you are asking us if this is "Hot or Not" we'd vote not...sorry, that's just our personal opinion. We get the desire to work a room around the kitsch lamp, but we are not sure if the end result will be stylish as much as "personal-memory-specific".

However, if forced to meet the challenge, we'd blow out the room in a bold, glossy fuchsia pink (for real), hang a brown bamboo shade with valance (regardless!), and maybe find four good paint-by-numbers or some other fun art for the wall. We would stay away from anything too frilly because that’s what would make this lamp look like it's trying to be too “serious".

Anyone else?

Comments (7)

Is it hot? If you think it's hot, then it is. You're the one that has to live with it.

If you do want to go for it, I think alec's ideas are great!

posted by sassy on 2006-05-16 11:07:27

Oh i LOVE those lamps. my grandma had one and i got it from the house last fall!!! DO IT!!! i love the idea of the fuscia pink, just to kitch it up even more....

just a question, did you have to clean it? how did you do that? mine is a mess and i dont know where to start

posted by Cari on 2006-05-16 15:04:06

No, babe. NO.

posted by Marie on 2006-05-16 22:14:56

The best rain lamp ever was the two story rain lamp that once graced the Topanga Plaza.

posted by michael on 2006-05-17 12:38:40

Adopt it! And go over-the-top with your bad selves.

posted by Enrique on 2006-05-17 14:05:55

Adopt it, in a performance art way... have a live toga'd model painted gold standing in the shower whenever guests come over. :)

And/or get Curtis to do you a paint-by-numbers mural of Greco Roman Ruins.

posted by patrick (the other one) on 2006-05-17 15:30:01

Hey y'all, I'm unable to keep my rain lamp if anyone wants it... it doesnt sit on the counter like the one in this thread, it hangs from the ceiling...

laters

posted by Cari on 2006-05-21 15:29:09