Before and After: Pennyfarthing Bike Lamp
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I’ve had a serious thing for antique bike images lately, especially Pennyfarthing bikes. I even used one in the banner of my Etsy shop. So you can imagine my complete and utter GLEE when I discovered this lamp at my local Goodwill the other day!! At just $9 it took about 5 seconds to decide that this was absolutely coming home with me.
I cleaned the dust off of it, then sprayed it with several light coats of Valspar spray paint in Mediterranean, which I had left over from this project. My original plan was to reuse the shade as well, but it was really stained, so I decided to splurge and buy a new one a Target for $8.
So, for just $17, I have a brand new, completely adorable lamp. I can’t believe someone gave this away!
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I LOVE THIS! I can’t believe you found that at Goodwill. That just goes to show that you don’t have to spend a ton of money to have something totally adorable. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Comment by Francescaroo April 19, 2011 @ 9:18 amI love this! What a find! I want one of my very own!
Comment by Maayan April 19, 2011 @ 9:33 amSo cute! I love the color you decided to spray it. Goodwill can be a very good resource.
Comment by Kaitlyn April 19, 2011 @ 9:59 amThat’s really darling, and I adore the color. Have you seen this fabric? I found it while looking for cloth to recover an old card table and had a hard time resisting it even though it’s the exact opposite of the colors I’m looking for.
Comment by Whitney April 19, 2011 @ 10:29 amLove that fabric! Need to figure out some use for that SOON.
Comment by metalandmud April 19, 2011 @ 11:10 amwhat a lucky find! great shade of blue that you used, too. plus, you could always cover the old stained shade with fabric 🙂
Comment by Molly D April 19, 2011 @ 11:40 amLove it, Sara! Great job. See you Thursday! Can’t wait!
Comment by Faye Schmidle April 19, 2011 @ 1:16 pmWhat a fantastic find ! I restored a roll top desk I found in the trash. You never know.
Comment by carldagostino April 19, 2011 @ 2:11 pmLove the color! It looks great:) I love goodwill, I find the coolest items that seem one of a kind.
Comment by ladyemmy April 19, 2011 @ 3:03 pmKudos on the sweet find!
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