My friend Jo has a thing for lamps. She recently downsized, and swears that she is over the ‘lamp thing’ but I think she is in denial. I should know – I’ve seen her attic of days gone by. Her inventory may be low now, but the first garage sale stop is going to change her mind, again. It’s in her blood.
There isn’t a tattered shade in her sight that doesn’t get the dream of perfect refurbishment. I can hear her now, “it’s the shade that matches the which-ma-call-it lamp, perfectly”. How cool is that. She knows what she’s talking about. It’s amazing what a custom paint job can do to a lamp.
Jo has no prejudice. Chandeliers are good too. Floor style, tiffany, retro, crystal, wall-mount, you name the lamp. She loves it. Well maybe not all lamps. She’s more crate and barrel now. Less is more. But a lamp – we all have our weaknesses right. Maybe she could channel this love and become “the lamp lady” and people from all over the country will seek her out for her latest lamp find. Seriously.
By the way, it’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind. It’s not the lamp, really. It’s the adventure.
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