I'm going YHL. Spraypainting a lamp. Color? PsiP

[wawa]

I need a small lamp for the nursery.  But the budget is sad.

So...I've got this urgly cheap little urn lamp that a friend gave me.  Right now it's got this awful gold speckled faux finish on it.

Looks kinda sorta like this in shape, except that it's much smaller and 10000000x cheaper looking.  



 I'm thinking spray paint it - maybe white?  Gray?  Teal?  Yellow?  And then replace the (also ugly.  Also gold) shade with something like this:



Or just a plain white shade.  Definitely plain shade if I go with a color on the base.

What would you do?

For reference - room wall color w/ stencil:

with this rug:

Jenny lind style wood crib, dark stained wood side table, currently pine small bookshelf that will eventually get painted, medium oak dresser/changing table.  Big ugly smushy fabulously comfortable beige recliner.  

and this is the overall color palette inspiration for the room:

[mrs.jacinthe]

Plain white shade. Turquoise (?) or gold/orange (from the rug) on the lamp.

[OG Jo]

Purple!

[darby]

I 2nd purple!

[emoflamingo]

I always vote purple.

[kitty]

I was thinking yellow/orange from the rug as well

[wawa]

Feb 1, 2013 14:23:49 GMT -5 kitty said:

I was thinking yellow/orange from the rug as well

this is where I was leaning.

Hmmm...I guess this all depends on what color I can find in spray paint huh?  Our biweekly lowes/hd/whatever run is tonight so I'll see what I see.

[mrspez07]

What about an eggplant purple color (from the painting) and a plain white shade?

[Blueper]

Cobalt or navy!

[FoxInFiji]

Feb 1, 2013 14:36:18 GMT -5 wawa said:

Feb 1, 2013 14:23:49 GMT -5 kitty said:

I was thinking yellow/orange from the rug as well

this is where I was leaning.

Hmmm...I guess this all depends on what color I can find in spray paint huh?  Our biweekly lowes/hd/whatever run is tonight so I'll see what I see.

I like the yellow/orange color idea. 

And biweekly?!  Pssh that's weak wawa.  I'll let it slide since your pg and all. 

[wawa]

Feb 1, 2013 16:51:51 GMT -5 FoxInFiji said:

Feb 1, 2013 14:36:18 GMT -5 wawa said:

this is where I was leaning.

Hmmm...I guess this all depends on what color I can find in spray paint huh?  Our biweekly lowes/hd/whatever run is tonight so I'll see what I see.

I like the yellow/orange color idea. 

And biweekly?!  Pssh that's week wawa.  I'll let it slide since your pg and all. 

Wait...biweekly means once every other week doesn't it?  I meant twice a week.

[FoxInFiji]

Bwahaha!  That's more like it. 

[beanieweanie]

Feb 1, 2013 15:20:03 GMT -5 Blueper said:

Cobalt or navy!

I agree!

[sierramist03]

Navy or eggplant

[pitterwoo]

Feb 1, 2013 17:02:47 GMT -5 wawa said:

Feb 1, 2013 16:51:51 GMT -5 FoxInFiji said:

I like the yellow/orange color idea. 

And biweekly?!  Pssh that's week wawa.  I'll let it slide since your pg and all. 

Wait...biweekly means once every other week doesn't it?  I meant twice a week.

Ohhh that makes SO much more sense!  I was almost going to say something too, but then I thought maybe we're just disorganized and we should be making far fewer trips.

[wawa]

I went with a yellow color. I carry around a deck of paint chips that match the various colors in that rug, and one of the spraypaints was a pretty close match. Of course in actual use it's a shade or two lighter...but I still think it looks cute in the room.

I seriously considered the eggplant color, but I'm bringing more purple into the room in several other places and decided to stick with a pop of yellow. I'm thinking about spraypainting a small picture frame I have laying around in the same color and using it to frame a DIY constellation art of this baby's astrological sign.

Something like this that whatserface at Our Humble Abowed makes:


That'll have to wait till after she comes though because my due date is right near the cusp between Aquarius and Pisces. Not that I actually *believe* in astrology - but it's fun. And I like constellations.

Pictures soon I swear.

[pitterwoo]

Yellow sounds like a great accent. Did you already spray it or just decide on the color?



I think the constellation art is cute. Now horoscopes I don't believe in at all, but I can't help but admit that the description of my sign (at the cusp) is spot on.

[wawa]

Feb 4, 2013 10:15:32 GMT -5 pitterwoo said:

Yellow sounds like a great accent. Did you already spray it or just decide on the color?



I think the constellation art is cute. Now horoscopes I don't believe in at all, but I can't help but admit that the description of my sign (at the cusp) is spot on.

Already sprayed it.  MH did it for me as soon as we got home from the store.  

It's not a perfect paint job, but I ain't gonna complain because he wasn't really a huge fan of the idea to begin with.