Throwback Post: Lamp Refit

Sadly, I forgot to take a "before" picture, but my sister gave me a lamp when I moved out of my parents house. It had fake plastic flowers in it, and ugly fake-brass. What did I do?

I sprayed that ugly brass hardware to an ugly antique brass color (at least it was different!) and reassembled it with origami cranes inside.









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