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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: Your Perfect Shade

| By John Petersik | May 24, 2010 | 2,085 Comments

Fab Freebie: Your Perfect Shade

*** This giveaway is no longer accepting entries***

Time to break out your inner product designer again folks, because this week you’re designing your very own lamp shade.

Lamps Plus Design It2

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):

Lamps Plus Our Designs

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

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Comments

  1. Anna M says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:36 pm

    MY SHADE IS: teal!

    Reply
  2. Abby B. says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:37 pm

    My Shade is either Classic Black or Golden Sunshine. Color just warms my soul!

    Reply
  3. Amanda says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:37 pm

    My shade is…grey!

    Reply
  4. Chas says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:37 pm

    “MY SHADE IS”
    I love excotic yellows.

    Reply
  5. Liz Mann says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    “MY SHADE IS”

    Orange. Just plain bright orangey orange.

    Reply
  6. Susan Kelley says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    Kelly green, although I like to think of it as “Kelley” green.

    Reply
  7. Jenn says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    my absolute favorite color is charcoal gray.

    Reply
  8. Heather Edwards says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    My shade is…thunderstorm grey! I love spring/summer thunderstorms and love that grey is so versatile.

    Reply
  9. Andrea says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:39 pm

    MY SHADE IS…green! I like sage green and bright cheery greens.

    Reply
  10. nina lee says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:40 pm

    MY SHADE IS: black for clothing, neutrals (tans, golds) for household.

    Reply
  11. jackie says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:41 pm

    MY SHADE IS… emerald green! or maybe a pale, warm buttery yellow. or wine red! or maybe paisley. who knows?

    Reply
  12. Tasha says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:41 pm

    My shade is….Everything in the color wheel! I think every color has great potential!

    Reply
  13. Amy @ Renovation Innovation says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:41 pm

    MY SHADE IS duck-egg blue. Simply gorg.

    Reply
  14. nell ann says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:42 pm

    My shade is definitely a bright limey springy green. With some white. I have an image in my mind and hopefully I can create a shade that matches!!! Cool giveaway.

    Reply
  15. danae says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:42 pm

    MY SHADE IS… turquoise!

    i have this color in every room of our house. in the den it’s an accent color with true blue & burnt orange. in the kitchen, it belongs among the assortment of asparagus green, sunflower yellow, navy blue, & rust red. the living room is turquoise & red; the office is asparagus green & pale, muted turquoise with golden wheat accents; and we even have a bathroom that is tiled floor to ceiling in retro [1964] tile that we pair with a few orange accents!

    Reply
  16. Chrystin says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:42 pm

    My shade is…the blue one at the start of this post! I’ve been eying if for quite some time now!

    Reply
  17. Tasha says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    Lemon Chiffon, just in time for SUMMER! :-)

    Reply
  18. Jacqueline R says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    My shade is….apple green!

    Reply
  19. Courtney B. says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    MY SHADE IS pink!

    Reply
  20. Nicola says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    MY SHADE IS…cobalt blue

    Reply
  21. Darbi@A Pinch & A Dash says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    MY SHADE IS…..a nice muted gold color….or a dark ruby red!

    Reply
  22. Sarah says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    MY SHADE IS gray blue!

    Reply
  23. Stephanie M says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:44 pm

    My Shade is kelly green!

    Reply
  24. C. Cortez says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:44 pm

    MY SHADE IS…”Majestically Magenta” or “OMG! Orange.Lately I’ve been drawn to things that are jumping out and saying, “I’m here! Oooh, oooh, pick me!”

    Reply
  25. Stephanie says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:44 pm

    MY SHADE IS…seaglass blue :)

    Reply
  26. CarMaj says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:45 pm

    My Shade Is… BLACK! It goes with anything and easy to play up or down… but I’m really loving aqua and tangerine this summer…

    Reply
  27. Laura says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:45 pm

    My shade is… Granny smith apple green! When I painted my kitchen that color, people told me I was crazy… but now they’re all jealous :)

    Reply
  28. Stephanie Miller says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    MY SHADE IS….Aqua!!! Aqua and Pink, Aqua and Brown, Aqua, Aqua and more Aqua!!

    Reply
  29. Kaitlin says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    my shade is striped and summery because i love in Vermont and it snows a lot here!

    my favorite color — a springtime green!

    Reply
  30. Katie says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    My shade is- muted dusty plum!

    Reply
  31. _meganORSI__ says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    MY SHADE IS: Muted grey-blue! It really is!

    Reply
  32. Jennie says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:47 pm

    My shade is slate blue-gray.

    Reply
  33. Emily says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    My shade is first robin’s egg of the spring blue.

    Reply
  34. Leslie says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    My shade is sage green.

    Reply
  35. Becky says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    My shade is gonna brighten up my sewing room!

    Reply
  36. Angela says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    Right now my favorite color is a dusty robin’s egg blue. Think Tiffany Blue with a little gray to make it feel more vintage.

    Reply
  37. erin says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    My Shade Is

    Cornflower Blue- more for the Crayola-y cool name than the actual color.

    Reply
  38. Karen says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:49 pm

    I love this giveaway! Such cute patterns.

    MY SHADE IS aqua.

    Reply
  39. Erin M. G. says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:50 pm

    My shade is…it changes all the time, but these days I’m really loving grey blue.

    Reply
  40. Torey says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:50 pm

    My shade is brown. Dark brown.

    Reply
  41. Sheryl J says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    MY SHADE IS

    Tiffany and Co. Aqua

    Reply
  42. marissa says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    My shade is…blue, in any shade, I can never pick just one as my favorite.

    Reply
  43. Jenn says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    MY SHADE IS

    lavender. Like the flower, not the easter egg color.

    Reply
  44. Krista B. says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    MY SHADE IS…Avocado Green!

    Reply
  45. Emily says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    My shade is ANYTHING but the 1970s shades currently in residence at my house!

    Reply
  46. Natasha says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    My Shade is black and white with a paisley design :) I have the PERFECT place for it in my house already!

    Reply
  47. Kathy says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    “MY SHADE IS”
    Right now one of my favorite colors is Jalepeno Green. It looks great with white and black. Love it! Love it!

    Reply
  48. Melissa Bowie says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    My Shade is BLUE….Its a gorgeous day and Im stuck inside working. Can’t wait to get home and get in the YELLOW sunlight :)

    Reply
  49. Brooke says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:53 pm

    My shade is ruby red!!!

    Reply
  50. Carrie says

    May 24, 2010 at 4:53 pm

    MY SHADE IS…currently a mustard-amber-yellow. But it changes all the time so I like to say my favorite color is Rainbow, ha!

    Reply
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