The big work table in the photo at left is from
Restoration Hardware, but is super-duper similar to the desk we've just acquired. It was truly a great find-- we bought it for $100.00 right out of the barn of a local farmer. Now that's salvaged! Initially, I wasn't sure
what exactly I was going to do with it, I just knew that for 100 buck-a-roos, it was a deal not to miss. Once we moved the salvaged work bench/desk into the living room, it was clear something was missing. I couldn't quite figure it out, and then-- like a lightning bolt-- a clamp lamp! Something arching over the end of the desk to anchor it in the corner of the room, that's what I needed!
I searched Craig's List... nothing great... I looked at the usual suspects online (
Pottery Barn,
Restoration Hardware) ... everything was
way beyond our budget, and truth be told, looked too new and shiny to be at home in our house... I looked at antique shops online... way beyond our budget too. Then I found a lamp! In my budget! On Craig's List! In Brooklyn! (Only, it was the wrong color...) After a brief consultation with John to make sure it would work, I picked up a can of
Rust-O-Leum Metallic finish in
Brass, and presto-chango, our lamp became just the lamp I was looking for!
And voila, this is what the new desk and clamp-lamp are looking like today...
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