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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. christine says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:33 pm

    MY SHADE IS… orange!! i have been really drawn to it for about a year now, and it’s all over the house. goes great with black&white, which are the two (non)colors i will always love!

    Reply
  2. Kate Ediger says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:34 pm

    MY SHADE IS…cobalt blue.

    Reply
  3. MOnica says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:35 pm

    My shade is grass green for sure!

    Reply
  4. Liz says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:35 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    anything bright! I love all colors, depending on my mood

    Reply
  5. stacey erin says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:35 pm

    MY SHADE IS… deep, rich navy with a bold pattern incorporating mustard yellow, white, and slate gray.

    Reply
  6. Svenja says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:36 pm

    MY (current) SHADE IS… neutral, like delicious browns. I have been living in a very colorful house for 5 years, and I am currently going through a bit of a color revolution and toning things down.

    Reply
  7. Stephanie Cisneros says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:36 pm

    My favorite color (right now, because it always changing) is.. jeweled green

    Reply
  8. Katie J. says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:36 pm

    MY SHADE IS..

    a bright, slighly bluey sage color.

    Reply
  9. Amy says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:37 pm

    My shade is… turquoise – not too bright, but not too muted, somewhere in the middle!

    Reply
  10. Julie says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:37 pm

    My shade is light blue-ish green

    Reply
  11. Leanne says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    MY SHADE IS…. Yellow. Just like my favorite thing in the universe. The sun!

    Reply
  12. Stephanie says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    MY SHADE IS… Pantone 630M + 3035M + Cool Gray 10M + 383M… translated that is Martha Stewart Blue + Prussian Blue + Pavement + Granny Smith Green

    Reply
  13. Chantalle says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    My Shade Is…
    Sky Blue lately. We did most of our new house in Rocky Mountain Sky and love it, so now I am finding things to go with it!

    Reply
  14. Christine aka The Stampin' Ninja says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    Daffodil yellow! Such a fun and happy color! :0)

    Thanks for this opportunity to win!

    Reply
  15. kim says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:39 pm

    MY SHADE IS….sea green….you can make such a statement using this color….for ANYTHING!!

    Reply
  16. Oonafey @ Little Pink House says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:39 pm

    My Shade Is… Any! I am an equal opportunity color lover!

    Reply
  17. Alma says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    MY SHADE IS

    I am ga-ga over anything that is persimmon!!! I love it on accessories, clothing and furniture!

    Reply
  18. katieQ says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    My favorite color is Williamsburg Blue. I created a perfect shade on Lamps Plus; it is blue lace with a white accent band.

    Reply
  19. Lindsay says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    Beachy Aqua…

    Reply
  20. Kari says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    MY SHADE IS
    Russian Blue- behr paint color

    Reply
  21. tess davis says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:41 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    ruby red and turquoise blue
    or
    ruby red and celery green
    or
    ruby red and sunflower yellow
    or
    …!!!

    Reply
  22. bindc says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:41 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    burnt orange. I just bought new throw pillows and it’s making me realize I need to update my lampshades with something that has burnt orange as an accent color.

    Reply
  23. Trisho says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    My shade is charcoal. :)

    Reply
  24. Vicki says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    MY SHADE IS….
    Perfect Petal Pink!

    Reply
  25. betsy says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    the lightest, feather gray

    Reply
  26. lauren says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    MY SHADE IS..

    plum. it just works with my skin and brings out my blue eyes. for the lamp though, my shade would probably be yellow to brighten up my blue-gray room!

    Reply
  27. Jen P. says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    My shade is…green!!! I have always loved it and love every shade of it (except Hunter green..too dark for me) Lately though my current “green” is a bright lime green, it makes me feel happy and is perfect for spring and summer!

    Reply
  28. Jessica B says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:43 pm

    My shade is… surf blue!

    Reply
  29. Susan says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:43 pm

    My shade is Sweetpea Green!

    Reply
  30. Jon says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:44 pm

    My shade is anything earth-tonish.

    Reply
  31. Liz says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:45 pm

    My shade is Cerulean blue!! I want it to go in my kitchen while I redecorate complete with tin backsplash tiles!

    Reply
  32. Megan says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:45 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    gracious gray…or any shade of grey right now. LOVE IT!

    Reply
  33. traci says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:45 pm

    MY SHADE IS:

    Spa Blue

    Reply
  34. Karen says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    MY SHADE IS…
    With two girls, gotta be pink.

    Reply
  35. Amy says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    My shade is…

    Bright yellow!!! It looks great against my bright blue wall!

    Reply
  36. Wanda Kuo says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:47 pm

    my shade is…

    really, it depends on the season/mood. i’m known to have had many different favorite colors throughout different stages. but currently, it’s probably something close to a sea foam green.

    Reply
  37. Jennifer says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:49 pm

    MY SHADE IS… a soft, smokey blue! Calming and pretty!

    Reply
  38. Aja Reeser says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:49 pm

    MY SHADE IS carrot baby! oh yeah!

    Reply
  39. Nicole P. says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:49 pm

    MY SHADE IS a light turquoise…I just love anything in this icy blue shade right now!

    Reply
  40. Lauren says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:51 pm

    MY SHADE IS…Rhino :-)

    Reply
  41. Nelly says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    My shade is leaf green or wheat – depending on the room!

    Reply
  42. Aimee Gaston says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    MY SHADE IS a lovely leafy green!

    Reply
  43. Nelly says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    BRIGHT & Bold orange(hubby refers to it as Home Depot orange)…it makes me happy and want to smile =)

    Reply
  44. Amber Artz says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    MY SHADE IS….green because I’ve been outside a lot lately planting flowers, mowing the yard, planting my vegetables, etc. I love it when everything turns green for the summer!

    Reply
  45. Barbara says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    my shade is…..free! hopefully, i will win!

    Reply
  46. Pauline M says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    pool water turquoise

    Reply
  47. Mrs. Money says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    MY SHADE IS purple!

    Reply
  48. Lacey Case says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:57 pm

    My SHADE IS… Cumberland Green, a paint color by Benjamin Moore- sometimes it looks more like a blue and sometimes it appears more green. It is all about how the light hits it.

    Reply
  49. Andi says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    My shade is…lilac!

    Reply
  50. Fran says

    May 24, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    My shade is a calm blue-sliver gray.

    Reply
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