Little changes

   

This lamp went through many changes. Wish I had pictures of all of them but I am not too good at remembering to take pics yet (am trying to get better). So to recap all of the colors:
Original - Stained wood with brass base
black with satin silver base, then black with black base
green with hammered silver base, then green with white base
Final - white with white base
It did cost me 5 cans of spray paint...still less than the cost of buying a new one. I got the lampshade from a lamp I already had...worked out great

This is our fireplace with the brass doors

I bought some high heat flat spray paint from Home Depot and sprayed it black. This made it look much better. Next is the tile.

And this is just embarrassing. This is Chris's office...needless to say it has a leak. The roof over this room is flat so water just finds its way in. We plan to redo the roof which is why we haven't bothered to repair it. So, Chris had a moment of brillance...he stapled some thick plastic to the exposed wood (because we removed the ceiling) and cut a hole in the middle and it drains right into the bucket. We have since swapped the bucket for a trash can since it was filling up too fast. Works perfectly!