apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

My planned project is the floor lamp in the guest bedroom -- it needs a new switch. It has a dimmer switch, and the lamp works, but not the switch. I've attempted to fix it before, but I wasn't able to find a new dimmer switch to replace the broken one with. It is a foot switch - along the cord on the floor, with a button for on/off and a sliding lever for the dimmer. I've looked at Home Depot and they don't have a replacement switch, so the main part of the project is finding a new switch.

The lamp is very similar to this Chelsea torchiere from Pottery Barn, it is from PB also, but a few years ago. (It broke shortly after I got it, so it's been non-functional most of the time I've owned it.)

http://www.potterybarn.com/products/p9372/index.cfm?pkey=xsrd1mall%7C20%7C%7C%7C1%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C%7Clamp&cm%5Fsrc=SCH

IKEA has a cord dimmer for cheap:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90063173

Not sure if this will help you or not.

Hey - thanks! I'll check it out. I need just the switch part, possibly the cord can be removed so I can use the existing lamp cord. I wouldn't have thought to check IKEA (I was thinking ACE hardware, lamp store, etc.)