pottery barn can kiss my ass.

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did you know that if you buy one of pottery barn's "mix and match" lampshades and bases , they are sized such that they ONLY fit other pottery barn stuff?  and it's not just pottery barn as a whole, a pottery barn kids lamp can't take a pottery barn teen or regular pottery barn lampshade either.

so you can "mix and match" WITHIN the exact store of pottery barn that you originally visited.  we got an awesome lamp base for L when she was little.  it was pricey, but i SWEAR TO YOU, three or 4 years ago when we got it i was all "aww, it's so pretty.  we can just get new shades if we change the colors, so it's worth it.  she'll have it forever."  no one told us about this proprietary bullshit.  and pottery barn kids is OBSESSED with exact perfect color matching of everything on earth, so THEY DON'T SELL PLAIN WHITE LAMPSHADES.

the worker at pottery barn was like "i suggest you just sell the old lamp and lampshade on craigslist and get something new entirely."


RAGE, MOTHERFUCKER, RAGE.

[Jalapeñomel]

I hate Pottery Barn.

[flex]

I'LL RAGE WITH YOU!!!



/discreetly makes a note to self to buy shares of Pottery Barn

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i never wanted to buy anything from them. we only ended up with nursery furniture there by default because they were having a sale and there was a recall on the stuff i intended to buy.

the craigslist suggestion put me over the top.

[cleo29]

Yes. I took the shade to a lamp store to get it modified to work with my cheaper lamp from Homegoods.

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Jul 4, 2013 14:22:49 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

Yes. I took the shade to a lamp store to get it modified to work with my cheaper lamp from Homegoods.

genius.


i'm so pissed that they didn't tell me this when i bought it.  wtf?  and i'm EXTRA pissed that they thought fucking CRAIGSLIST was a helpful suggestion.

[dizzydee]

Jul 4, 2013 14:23:24 GMT -5 @themommymonster said:

Recover the shade? Some hot glue and ribbon! This is a nailed it moment cville!

Yes!

[Jalapeñomel]

Jul 4, 2013 14:24:44 GMT -5 cville said:

Jul 4, 2013 14:22:49 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

Yes. I took the shade to a lamp store to get it modified to work with my cheaper lamp from Homegoods.

genius.


i'm so pissed that they didn't tell me this when i bought it.  wtf?  and i'm EXTRA pissed that they thought fucking CRAIGSLIST was a helpful suggestion.

Um, duh, Craigslists solves ALL PROBLEMS. 

[cleo29]

Jul 4, 2013 14:24:44 GMT -5 cville said:

Jul 4, 2013 14:22:49 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

Yes. I took the shade to a lamp store to get it modified to work with my cheaper lamp from Homegoods.

genius.


i'm so pissed that they didn't tell me this when i bought it.  wtf?  and i'm EXTRA pissed that they thought fucking CRAIGSLIST was a helpful suggestion.

I remember thinking the shade would work, but it didn't and getting the work done at the light store cost me maybe $5.

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Jul 4, 2013 14:23:24 GMT -5 @themommymonster said:

Recover the shade? Some hot glue and ribbon! This is a nailed it moment cville!

lol.

it's all pintucked and stuff.  i thought about it, but i'm not sure if i can.  i'm going to take cleo's suggestion and just deconstruct it and reuse the hardware or something.


i might just put the lamp back in the baby's room, since we're using the same bedding.  it's girly, but it's not like the baby is going to notice.  i'm just sad because we spent a lot of money on that base and i distinctly remember thinking how sweet it would be for her to have that base in her big girl room one day (it's skinny glass etched with flowers; they don't sell it anymore).

[circa1978]

We have this problem with our son's bed. It's the speedboat bed with a trundle. The trundle takes a size of mattress only available at Pottery Barn. Oh, and West Elm.

[pursemeatballs]

IKEA lamps are the same way but it's not nearly as frustrating because their stuff is cheap. Sorry about the lamp. I think that taking the base to a lamp store and getting a shade fitted to it is a good idea.

[cereal K]

i just told H this story. his thought you should have popped the sales clerk in the nose with your fist. not enough to hurt her, or get charged, but just to stun her. then keep talking about the lamp.

we both agree that the lamp-fixing they do is dumb, but that the suggestion is dumber.

[SKP82]

That sucks. We have Pottery Barn lampshades on different lamps in our living room. That's so odd that you can't put a different lampshade on it.