My mum occasionally comes out with statements that you can tell have just that second entered her head and promptly left her mouth. Actually, I say that my mum does that, WE ALL do that in this family.
It saves time.
My Mum’s last statement was, fortunately, a statement that I agreed with and had actually thought about before.
It was simply this -
“You need more pink in this room”
I agreed and having just purchased two magnificent pink cushions (called Nigella. Oh, how I love Ms. Lawson. Do you think she’d adopt me?) I was thinking about another couple of splashes, not too much mind you, that would set off a rather large and rather white room.
So I set about transforming a standard lamp that was given to me by Robert the Husband’s mum. I thought the shade itself was fine and merely wanted to change the trim.
The base was a little dark and this was to be the entrance point for the pink!
Voila!
I removed the fringe and in its place added a giant cream pom-pom trim. Using fabric glue (Copydex actually) I sat there one evening and stuck it on. Very pleasant an experience to be honest. I like sticking things on.
The base was given an undercoat and then painted a bright, chalky pink. It’s a very slender piece of lighting so the fact that it’s bright pink doesn’t make a huge impact on the room. It’s just a splash as they say!
It has made a corner of the room worth sitting in. And I can see it becoming my knitting corner. I have a wonderful knitting box that I’m thinking about giving similar treatment to and it would fit snugly in to this space.
As the previous fringe trim was thicker than the pom-pom trim that I added there are still some glue stains on show. I’m going to hide them by adding another trim above the pom-pom’s.
This is good news as it means I can get my glue out again.
NO, not to sniff it but to be reminded of those brilliant days at junior school in the weeks leading up to Christmas. We’d always craft in the afternoons using the same glue as I’m using now. Paper-chains, Christmas cards loaded up with glitter and even a Nativity scene once.
Bless!
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