Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The Lamp

This is probably my favorite feature of Josh's new room. The Lamp. I'm not sure how I cooked this idea up. I think it evolved out of a frame I saw on pinterest. It is a thrift store lamp. I covered the shade with the flame fabric I used in his room. Some folding and a lot of hot glue.


But this is the best part. I bought about four boxes of dollar store cars because Josh loves and know each of the ones found in our houses. Plus I kind of liked how they were lighter weight. I used both hot glue and E-6000 to glue them on. I figured the hot glue would hold them in place until the E-6000 dried. I used some nuts and bolts to fill in the gaps. Then I sprayed the whole thing with primer. Then with several coats of red spray paint. It really is one of my very favorite things in his room.

5 comments:

sws said...

so cool! What boy wouldn't love that lamp in their room? love to see all these projects. thanks for sharing!

vivian said...

great lamp idea. oddly enough, I never did much with my kids rooms.. but I will make up for it with my grandkids.. oh yes I will!
lol
have a great day!
xoxo
vivian

Queen Elizabeth said...

Very very cool. You need to put THAT on Pinterest!

Sarah Smiles said...

Very cool idea!

Jennie said...

What a cute lamp. So cute!