Remember that lamp that I bought for eight moneys that was all rusted on the base and had no bulb and no shade?

Oh, yeah, thanks for asking about that!

I've actually made great strides in bringing uggo lamp back into fashion.

First I took some steel wool and said au revoir to the rust.

Then I spray-painted the base.

Then I bought this lampshade for eight moneys at Tarjay.

Then I spent a crafternoon (borrowing a phrase from Jami Nato) busily painting and stenciling the lampshade. I used adhesive stencils, which are a brilliant solution to stenciling 3D items.

Finally, I stared at the lamp for a long time and resolved that it was just going to look sort of DIY and that I was just going to have to accept that once again, I am not Martha, though I do think she is a proprietress of the bomb adhesive stencils.