Thrift Store Lamp Transformed into Vintage-inspired Christmas Decor: Junk Revision Challege

Hello everyone! I can't believe it's November, can you? I hope you all had a nice Halloween weekend. Ours was pretty quiet, all things considered. Today I want to share with you an early Christmas project I've been working on. A few talented blogging friends and I get together once a month and write about repurposed projects we've been working on. Each month has a different theme.The theme for November is any type of holiday décor project using thrifted finds. Right up my alley!

I have to start off by saying that I NEVER decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving. EVER. So working on this project now takes me a bit out of my decorating comfort zone. I mean, as I write this it's Halloween night. Seriously, it seems pretty weird to me to be writing about Christmas. But I have to say that when all is said and done I'm so glad that I did!

Here's a picture of my first brush with thrifted bottle lamps from a few years ago. The post, ironically, remains one of my most popular. But today I have another bottle lamp to share.

Many months ago I picked up this open base bottle lamp, new, from Goodwill. It was originally from Target. Their price: $75-$200. (All I could find was another blogger's post about it as a reference for a price range.) My cost: $3.99. Bottle lamps have been popular for quite some time now, and you can't open a Pottery Barn or Ballard Designs catalog without seeing them. From what I can tell Target no longer carries this particular lamp.

When I first saw it I knew right away that it was a gold mine as far as decorating goes. I mean, it's a cloche! I originally saw it in my mind's eye filled with vintage Christmas ornaments. Or large pine cones. Or coral and sea shells.....I think you get the picture. So into the cart it went. And once I got it home it sat in the basement. And sat. And sat. But I wasn't worried because I knew its time would come. Lo and behold, it did.

I used a linen shade we already had, and I added one of my son's red trucks. Then the rest just fell into place. A few bottle brush trees were the perfect addition. And the decorated bottle brush tree in the middle lights up! It was a Target clearance item I picked up right after Christmas last year.

 

 

I tried a few different vignettes with it. At first I added a few tinsel trees.

Here it is with the actual lamp turned on. I can use it as more of a mood light and just light the little tree, or I can actually light the lamp itself as well.

Then I added my vintage farmhouse scale into the mix.

Last Christmas my husband gave me a Pottery Barn Air Stream ornament! Isn't it darling?

Last but not least I added a brown paper package wrapped up with string.

Which vignette do you like best? I can't decide!

I could not be happier with how my first try at decorating with this thrift store lamp turned out.

So what do YOU think?

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My friends will be linking up all day with their thrifted holiday décor creations,

so be sure to check their links below for some incredible inspiration!

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