Vintage Lamp Makeover

Last weekend I found this lamp for $10.  The Man very nicely let me buy it - which was especially nice because he had to haul it home for me as we were visiting family out of state. 

I was just sure I could re-wire this lamp and make it over into a lamp that would fit our livingroom.

 

The first thing I did was to pull off that ugly fabric which was hot-glued on.

 

Hey, look at that! It looks pretty good just doing that.

Next, I spray painted the base with gray primer and over that I used black spray paint.

After Google-ing some re-wiring tips, I found this site which helped me immensely.  A half hour of wiring and I had a new lamp!