Lamp

I picked up this Jonathan Adler-esque lamp last fall at Home Goods.
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$20 for the base and shade.

Thankfully I don't live anywhere near a Home Goods store, otherwise I'd be there like once a week.
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Anyway, I never really liked the shade because it didn't go well anywhere in the house, but I haven't been able to find the right shade for it so it's just been  sitting in a corner.

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Then I decided to use it in the office, but first I wanted to do something with the shade.
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So I painted it.

It didn't come out exactly as I'd envisioned, but that's fine because it's rare that something does.
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I wanted to go to the ReStore today but it's 40 miles away and I'm tired of driving, especially since I work right by the place. I had yesterday and today off and I ended up driving right by my work yesterday so today I'm taking a break from wasting so much time in the car.
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The other day I realized that I spend about 30,000 minutes in my car in a year which comes out to just under 3 full weeks. No wonder Joe and I can't find time to take vacations together!
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I haven't quite figured out how to feel okay about this, but I think what it comes down to is that we'll probably move closer to Madison in a couple of years.
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But that's far away, so for now I'll keep making our house our home and call it a day and pretend it doesn't bother me.

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I should have the room ready for a blog reveal by next week, hopefully! It's funny- we've lived here for just over a year and I still haven't shown any before & afters! Mostly because all of the rooms we've worked on are at 85% finished and are waiting on a few more details.

*Edit: I decided the lamp wasn't finished so I added another coat about 8 hours after I posted this...

.Okay, that's all. See you!