Today, I finished two lamps for The Quaint Nest booth.  They were both Goodwill finds.  I simply painted them with ASCP Old White.  I usually distress and wax my chalk paint pieces, but I liked how these looked with the chalky finish.

Here’s the before:

Here’s the after:

I haven’t found a shade for the second one yet. As an informal experiment,  I am going to price it (and place it in my booth) without one.  The shade pictured above cost about ten dollars at Walmart. I’m afraid that will take quite a bite out of my margin….  The shades at my local thrift stores are a little “too” vintage to use.  It will be interesting to see whether the lamp without a shade (but with a lower price) sells first.

I’ll let you know…

Eilis