Ok..its the only thing that has happened so far, but all Urban Renewal has to start somewhere. And mine started with some inspiration from the mountain of catalogues that I managed to haul out of my mailbox on Wednesday. If there is something Brownville has going for it, it's the amount of Junk Mail we get. I love it! (Sorry all you environmentalists, but it's my one outlet!!) I started tearing out all the pics that inspired me, and one happened to be of a bunch of lamps at Target. Well, when I went there today, guess who was having 25% off.. mm hmm... it was Target's electrical!! Happy days! Now here's where it gets complicated.. Target's mix and match lamps and shades have letters: e.g. A shade matches with A base, B with B base etc... well I was sure this base was a C (I read it with my apparently lying eyes) and I searched everywhere for a C shade I liked... and I found this one!! I love them together! The shade is actually a deeper purple IRL, so beautiful and the base is stacked glass balls.. so cool! Then when I got to the counter I had one last read of the packaging and realised the base is a B and the shade is a C. At this point the lady behind me said "ohh... I love that shade, it would go so well with my curtains.. were there more?" I answered her "only one I think", as I grasped mine just that little bit tighter and further away from her... I wasn't going to let this shade go!! (being on sale from $17 to $8 may have had something to do with it too!) Anywho, as I walked around the shopping centre I could see all these women eyeing off my lamp and the checkout chick at the fruit and veg shop said she wanted it too! I was hanging onto it soooo tight by this stage!! So the big question is... Does anyone know why you're not supposed to match a B base with a C shade? They seem to fit pretty well to me! I'm just imagining it spontaneously bursting into flames sometime while i'm watching TV, just to teach me a lesson that B goes with B and C with C. So.. the lamp cost me $29 all together and is hopefully, the beginning of something great for my lounge room!:)C
3 comments:
Oh very niiiiice! I love the square shade.
I would have thought the code was just so they'd fit together, so if you can get them to fit I reckon she'll be right! Mate. Had to add that at the end of that phrase...
It's a beautiful lamp! Go the urban renewal!! Woo-hoo for you starting it now while you've got some spare cash and can add things slowly. We are so sick of our thrown together bitsy no real style furniture!
I would've thought that B went with B for sizing. I agree with Yvette. If it fits, she'll be....
That is the funniest story I've heard this week. I could just picture you clutching the lamp and looking beady eyed at those admiring it. I discovered in Target last week when buying sheets, that if the cost ends in
89c then it is a discontinued item.That made me more determined to buy the two sets becaused I loved their designs so much. Auntie Julie (aj)
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