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Time to break out your inner product designer again folks, because this week you’re designing your very own lamp shade.
Lamps Plus is the nation’s largest specialty lighting retailer (you West Coasties may know them in person, while us East Coasters can peruse their wares online) and they’ve got a great new “Design It” tool on their site so you can design your own drum shade for a whole slew of lamps and fixture styles. And this week one of you can win a Brushed Steel Contemporary Table Lamp with a shade in the pattern, color and trim of your choice.
Here are just a few of the designs that we played around with (so many patterns, so few empty side tables):
If you’ve already created a design that you love and can’t bear to wait ’til Thursday’s winner announcement, Lamps Plus is giving YHL readers a special discount (click for more details). Oh and you can take a screenshot of your design and submit it on Lamps Plus’ Facebook page to remember- and share- your masterpiece with others. Who knew lamps could be so interactive? Now for this week’s entry deets:
- PRIZE: A Brushed Steel Contemporary Table Lamp with your very own custom shade thanks to the Lamps Plus’ Design It tool
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “MY SHADE IS” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …tell us your favorite color (we’re going back to basics this week). But since we’ve all grown up a bit past simple “green” or “red,” we’d love a bit more of a description (glowing amber? muted gray-blue? ruby red? celery green?).
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, May 26th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: ONE
- PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 nifty United States
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck!
Find more freebie info on our Giveaway FAQs page. Pics courtesy of Lamps Plus
Meg C says
My shade is…..I love navy paired with a bright fun pop of turquoise or magenta.
Adriene S. says
My Shade is…tropical mist (a misted pale blue-green). I also love the color green thats somewhere in between chartreuse and a lime sorbet. You can’t go wrong with a little color pop either, like the color of grape fruit slice, that orangy-peachy-coral.
Rae says
MY SHADE IS… sea glass green!
Megan says
my shade is… peacock blue…at the moment!
Becky S. says
My shade is…Wythe Blue (see your local Benjamin Moore paint chip!)
Mindi says
My shade is…pale grey.
Casey says
My shade is…. french blue!
Noelle says
My shade is…
Grey. “Warm grey” to be exact…I love a good grey with some brown undertones, teetering on the edge of taupe. :-)
Stephanie C. says
MY SHADE IS…lavender/purple.
Stephanie says
My shade is GRAY!!! LOVE these!
Carolyne O. says
My shade is.. green floral.
Jenna says
Today, my shade is the brightest orange possible.
Vaea says
MY SHADE IS…lagoon turquoise blue
Jackie says
My shade is….citrus green
Sara Beresford says
MY SHADE IS… OLIVE GREEN!!! The bridesmaids in our wedding wore olive green taffeta dresses, our house is olive green, and I pretty much die for any olive green accessory that I can get my hands on!!!
Lauren says
MY SHADE IS…
Canary Yellow. (As a quick history fact from Wikipedia, the first recorded use of canary yellow as a color name in English was in 1789.) :)
Katherine says
My shade is missing. We just moved a week ago to a larger house and I need more lamps and shades!
Kelly says
My shade is a deep violet. And more recently, sea-glass green.
Anne says
My shade is…Blue! Any shade of blue, I love them all!!
Lauren says
MY SHADE IS…
turquoise, specifically, a light dusty aqua.
Annie says
MY SHADE IS Spring Cactus. Ok, ok, it’s a paint color, but we just painted the laundry room and it looks great! It’s going in the kitchen too. It’s like Celery Sticks, which you recommend in your paint guide, but a tad deeper green.
Rachel B. says
My shade is…a muted robins egg blue (not too bright-a little softer!) Oh, it’s delicious! :)
Jenny says
My Shade Is…
Definitely grass green. I’m getting married in less than 2 weeks and that is one of our “colors” for the wedding. However, I took it a step further and registered for about 100 things in that color too… I hope it looks good in our apartment!
Page says
MY SHADE IS taupe with some white and cranberry thrown in.
Carol N. says
“MY SHADE IS”…
Grey with a touch of lemon yellow and blue/green. I’m loving yellow again for some reason, it was my favorite color as a child and the bright yellow I see in accessories today is the yummy color I love. I think it looks very good with a pretty grey these days and possibly that robin’s egg blue color as well.
ChaChi says
My Shade is … blue, but I dream of mustard and red and lime.
Sarah says
My shade is watermelon pink!
Catherine says
MY shade is creamy warm baby blue.
Meredith says
“MY SHADE IS…”
My favorite shade color is blue/greenish. Almost blue, which is so serene. Love it!
Congrats on the baby!!!
Melinda says
MY SHADE IS… pale green. It goes with so much- it almost acts as a neutral!
Kelly says
MY SHADE IS… Classic Black…I know it is not that creative or exciting, but it is classic and who doesn’t love the classics.
Shelley says
It depends on what it is for. I think cobalt blue or a grey-blue shade are tied for lamps! You can’t beat a classic white if you are against a bright wall, though.
mary Margaret says
MY SHADE IS.. yet to be determined!
Andrea says
My shade is….muted, chalky, pale blue.
Tashia D says
“My Shade Is…”
grass green! It seems so clean and fresh!
Angela says
MY SHADE IS white pepper. It’s the color of my guest room and it’s so relaxing.
Laura B. says
MY SHADE IS…tangerine!
Cory says
MY SHADE IS… lime green!
steph says
MY SHADE IS
currently robin’s egg blue.
ashley says
“MY SHADE IS”
Turquoise!
Eileen says
My shade is leaf green.
rebekah says
MY SHADE IS…
Blue – i love navy (navy and white were my wedding colors) and my house has tons of the gray-blue throughout. I think of it as my comfort color – it just calms me down and to have it on the walls is really nice at home.
Danielle says
My shade is…
crimson red – or maybe barn red. Anything, really, other than boring beige!
Amy says
My shade is…
Blue green, not too icy, not too sweet…just right!
Joanna says
MY SHADE IS … blue! Seems to be a winner here.
Sydney says
My shade is deep dark violet(almost black!) or if your an opi nail polish fan: Lincoln park after dark is the exact shade!
Laurie says
MY SHADE IS… lime green, to go with all the little accents throughout my house.
Sandra P. says
My shade is Pink! I’m a total girl!
Erin C. says
My Shade Is…
Apple green! It’s such a fun, bright color. It makes me so happy every time I see it!
Jenet says
My Shade Is
Blue…my all time favorite color that stands the test of time. That’s not to say I’m not loving sage and coral at the moment!