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Hot or Not: TOBYhouse Beach Ball Lamp Shade

TOBYhouse Beach Ball Lamp Shade ...

Hot or Not? Solo speed Clamp-Lamp

Solo speed Clamp-Lamp ...

How To: Make Over a Lamp

We've been less than thrilled with our bedside lamp for a while now. It works perfectly fine, but we're way over the blah, not-quite-pink, not-quite-beige color of the base, and the outdated, rickrack...

Hot or Not? Mr and Mrs Di Lamps

Mr and Mrs Di Lamps ...

Who Was Your First?
Your First High End Purchase

The year was 2000. The place, Alamo Square in San Francisco. I was whisked away to San Francisco for a new a career opportunity, living in my first place all to myself, a lovely Edwardian era studio a...

Look! Wine Gift Box Transforms Into Lamp

Similar to the reuse of packaging we posted just a short while ago, Spanish waste management and consulting firm, Grupo Hera, sent out these bottles of cava as gifts (I'm a teetotaler, so I had to loo...

BKM 'Beside' Reading Lamp

Do you know what we're most looking forward to this holiday season beyond the usual festivities and family meals together? Just finding some time to read. Not "read" as in "read one article in the tub...

Microcosmo Table Lamp: One Part Lamp, One Part Terrarium

Formia's Microcosmo Table Lamp combines two of our decorative accessories in one product: lighting and terrariums. The side openings provide ample ventilation while an integrated top light bulb shines...

Look! DIY High End Chandelier Using IKEA Bulbs

Ed Winston took his aspirational dreams of owning a $7020 Ilde Max chandelier (previously $11,700) and rerouted some energy into creating his own affordable DIY version using IKEA Hemma lights and som...

Good Question: Where Can I Find This Lamp?

AT Reader Linda saw a lamp in a recent home tour she feel in love with: Okay, aside from being my favorite house tour ever, Karen and James own the lamp I've been looking for, hanging over their dini...

Look! Egg Carton Lamp
Via Addicted2Decorating

Yesterday, we posted about paper lanterns with a link to a DIY over on ATSF that suggested how to make one yourself. Today, while surfing, we noticed this lamp over at Addicted2Decorating. While at ...

Good Questions: What Narrow Side Table Works Here?
Los Angeles

We often receive questions from you AT readers and this time, we are posing a "we need your help, AT community!" question for our own apartment. "We are in the market for new lighting next to our co...

Look! A Dress As A Lampshade

We've blogged reusing old clothing for furniture projects before (old watches used as drawer pulls is a favorite idea!) but we never thought about reusing our old strapless tulle dresses before we saw...

Round Up: Grown-up Lighting from Pottery Barn Kids

Pottery Barn Kids has some surprisingly affordable and sophisticated lighting tucked in between the primary colored bases and polka-dotted shades. High tech and modern, they can go head to head with ...

Ikea Knappa Lamp in Orange?

Scrolling through one of our go to design blogs the other day, Desire to Inspire, we came across this picture. Hey, isn't that the Knappa lamp...but in orange? We know a spot where this would be per...

DIY: Chandelier and Wineglass Holder

Growing up, with space at a premium, wineglasses were stored on tracks fixed to the undersides of shelves which allowed them to hang upside down and freed up space for dishes. A riff on that option, ...

Hot or Not? Lightpipe

Lightpipe [via Oh Gizmo!]...

Overhead Lighting for Renters: Swag Lamps

Our friend just IM'ed us about happily ordering their own ceiling light shade to replace the ones that came with her rental unit. She wanted us to also recommend another good idea for bringing in over...

How To: Make A Lampshade with a Secret
    From Sunset Magazine

This floral design is only visible when the lamp's turned onLampshades are pretty basic. You can garnish them with frills and bobbles but they're still the same. Why not take a tip from Sunset Magaz...

Hot or Not? Re-purposed Clothes Hanger Chandelier

Thwart Design Clothes Hanger Chandelier ...

ICFF Day One: Eggcrate Dancer Lamp from Recolector Diseno

One of the things that we gravitated towards at ICFF was the the number of items made from re-purposed materials. What could be discarded as trash has been re-thought into new objects. One of these...

Inspiration: Laure's Blue Lamp

Surfing through the archives of some of our House Tours, we noticed, while checking out our own Laure's tour of her old place, how many people had commented on her blue lamp. Well now a similar versi...

Look! Another table lamp in the bathroom

We've blogged about using a table lamp in the bathroom before. Today on DesignSponge, we noticed this example of one that Natalie at Steamed Artichoke Studio re-furbished and placed in a bathroom......

A Bedroom for the Weekend II

Last week we were feeling orange pops of color and fresh white sheets. This week we're all about calming blues and greens and bringing at least some of the outdoors in. All the details after the j...

Bird Cage Lamps by Roost

Could Bird Cage lamps be the new chandelier? We surely wouldn't mind, especially if they looked like these ones by Roost! They're woven from buri (the center stalk of a palm frond) and give instant ex...

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