tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post2456594694936897608..comments2024-03-19T06:19:41.768+00:00Comments on Paint and Style: Another lamp makeover...not very good at all. Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-56257668891428393682013-10-16T15:30:16.544+01:002013-10-16T15:30:16.544+01:00Oh dear ... BUT I am so impressed by your patience...Oh dear ... BUT I am so impressed by your patience and perseverance!! M xVintage Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695570690989980599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-22949809934857245652013-10-14T00:09:48.385+01:002013-10-14T00:09:48.385+01:00I'm sure you'll come up with something tha...I'm sure you'll come up with something that will be better than you originally planned. Sometimes we need to get it wrong, to get it right!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327321772790225830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-2085772194627435382013-10-13T19:30:17.282+01:002013-10-13T19:30:17.282+01:00Ah yes, we've all melted polystyrene with glue...Ah yes, we've all melted polystyrene with glue at some point! Wasting your best fabric is a terrible shame. I used all the good linen on this shade so I can't stuff it up now. I don't have enough to re do it. xxEmma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-8353923292927019232013-10-13T17:45:09.227+01:002013-10-13T17:45:09.227+01:00At least you tried. I had a big fat noticeboard f...At least you tried. I had a big fat noticeboard fail the other week. It was going to be brilliant, I used a large photo frame and some lovely dotty linen fabric I'd been saving for a good project. I didn't have any foam for the pin board and so used a polystyrene sheet. It melted when I sprayed glue on it. Still I carried on and stuck the fabric on, it looked all bumpy and pitted with frayed edges. It was horrible and I've put it down the side of a cupboard 'cos I can't bear to look at it! Annoyed with myself that I wasted my fabric and photo frame!! So I do understand your frustration. Try it on another day with another colour and a different shade, though, and it may come good then! xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327321772790225830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-23870993863999156782013-10-12T22:13:49.725+01:002013-10-12T22:13:49.725+01:00Thanks Kate! xxThanks Kate! xxEmma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-88387338946031656792013-10-12T20:59:55.542+01:002013-10-12T20:59:55.542+01:00When he was hot? Hahahaha ;) I don't think it ...When he was hot? Hahahaha ;) I don't think it looks anywhere near as bad as you think you know! <br /><br />Kate x<br /><a href="http://justpirouetteandcarryon.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Just Pirouette and Carry On...</a> Kate Pirouettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02609441919103983501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-38546629619887771842013-10-12T10:24:03.986+01:002013-10-12T10:24:03.986+01:00So very irritating! I'm onto it this morning. ...So very irritating! I'm onto it this morning. When I finally manage to get dressed...xxEmma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-48527482298394223022013-10-12T10:22:23.149+01:002013-10-12T10:22:23.149+01:00There are plenty of half finished things around he...There are plenty of half finished things around here too. Don't get me started on the cupboard I started building eighteen months ago! <br />Haha! Rustic pegs! It's a new trend. You saw it here first! xxEmma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-80292538192265510072013-10-12T09:07:35.127+01:002013-10-12T09:07:35.127+01:00so irritating when stuff repeatedly messes up. i t...so irritating when stuff repeatedly messes up. i think mimic the straw colour of the one in the mag, lemon and pale grey test pots mixed? or try a black linen lampshade, they don't look black when the light is on and it would contrast nicely with the base. or ditch it and hope a better one turns up for 20p?!!Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387407423793099797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-91527367268583042882013-10-11T23:12:51.470+01:002013-10-11T23:12:51.470+01:00Haha - Vix I hadn't even noticed Blue Steel in...Haha - Vix I hadn't even noticed Blue Steel in the top picture. Brilliant (although how he cannot appreciate the need for a new lamp every now and again, ESPECIALLY a more baskety one, is beyond me). <br /><br />Emma Kate; I'm very proud/impressed you persevered with so many coats of paint!! My house is full of abandoned half-projects. One of my dining chairs has been half decoupaged in wrapping paper since 2011. Oops.<br />Do you think maybe a lighter fawn colour would work better for the base? The White Company base looks quite yellowy in your photo of the catalogue picture.<br />Good luck with it - I'm sure you'll find a finish you love eventually. <br />xxx<br />P.S. I reckon you should keep the peg fastenings on the lampshade- Kirstie will probably do that on her next show and you can brag about being totally ahead of the curve... :)Hook, Line and Sink Herhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15468955562891105625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-23113210615148956962013-10-11T22:45:26.825+01:002013-10-11T22:45:26.825+01:00Thanks Teri, but another shade will eat into my £9...Thanks Teri, but another shade will eat into my £97.50 saving! ;) <br />I will persevere!Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-9414964733928331562013-10-11T22:42:05.007+01:002013-10-11T22:42:05.007+01:00Thank you! I will not be defeated by a lamp. ;)Thank you! I will not be defeated by a lamp. ;)Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-90680020685946776662013-10-11T22:27:03.089+01:002013-10-11T22:27:03.089+01:00Spray paint sweetheart...spray paint! :--)Spray paint sweetheart...spray paint! :--)Every Cupboard Tells a Storyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14764066217987863641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-51060640532086513352013-10-11T22:23:34.370+01:002013-10-11T22:23:34.370+01:00I think your lampshade needs to be larger for that...I think your lampshade needs to be larger for that size base. If you have the option of a drum shade, I would try that. I might try a grey wash over the wicker. I don't think it is as bad as you say.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12805430812731759597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-41101602143815406702013-10-11T21:14:10.402+01:002013-10-11T21:14:10.402+01:00Not such a good day. Perhaps tomorrow I shall atta...Not such a good day. Perhaps tomorrow I shall attack that lamp with renewed vim and vigour. <br />I'm giggling at the thought of Jason in a boy band. That picture was taken long long ago. And he won't be happy it snuck onto the blog. He hasn't looked like that for decades. I shall try and sneak the other picture in on future posts. The first person to spot ''Blue Steel'' gets a prize! xxxxEmma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-39298000518225196022013-10-11T20:46:20.980+01:002013-10-11T20:46:20.980+01:00So not such a good day then, EK... You are such a ...So not such a good day then, EK... You are such a perfectionist, and so hard on yourself! I think the base looks fine, so maybe just tinker with the shade/use a different shade? You know I am partial to wood and basket ware in their original state, so I am NOT the right person with whom to discuss paint effects... But I like the patchy part-rubbed-off paint on the wicker. <br />Pah. Sleep on it. Admire your handsome husband, and imagine him in a boy band. Cuddle BB or FF, and try not to miss Mrs T too badly, she has gone to the right place for her. If none of that works, have a stiff G&T! xxxxx<br />Curtisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362184504889147455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-2680387156029397192013-10-11T19:18:39.866+01:002013-10-11T19:18:39.866+01:00Haha! The husband! When he was hot.
Before my tim...Haha! The husband! When he was hot. <br />Before my time sadly. He has another one that's even more 'Blue Steel!''Emma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677913901738632312.post-78354380998570884512013-10-11T19:05:51.740+01:002013-10-11T19:05:51.740+01:00Oh no, no hedgehog and a disappointing lamp. I had...Oh no, no hedgehog and a disappointing lamp. I had a 1950s wicker chair that tuned out similar and then I discovered spray paint and everything got better. Not to worry, 9 times out of 10 your makeovers are fantastic. Who is that handsome dark haired man in your photo? xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.com