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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. Chris says

    May 25, 2010 at 7:42 am

    My shade is sewage green…I know it doesn’t sound pretty but I can’t think of a better way to describe it.

    Reply
  2. Anna Kelly says

    May 25, 2010 at 7:45 am

    My shade is Vintage Gold (by Valspar). We painted our dining room and hallway this chartreuse-y gold and it makes everything in the house “pop” a little more.

    Congrats on the youngster, Youngsters!!!

    Reply
  3. Kimberly S. says

    May 25, 2010 at 7:46 am

    I like the damask pattern shades, and I would change the color to kiwi green and chocolate brown. So beautiful!

    Reply
  4. Ashley says

    May 25, 2010 at 7:49 am

    My shade is: so hard to choose!! If I have to pick one I would say reddish orange like OPI “Tasmanian Devil Made me do it”!

    Reply
  5. Rebecca says

    May 25, 2010 at 7:53 am

    My shade is… Blue!

    Reply
  6. Kiki says

    May 25, 2010 at 7:53 am

    My shade is… turqoise!

    Reply
  7. Cass says

    May 25, 2010 at 7:58 am

    My shade is fabulous, of course!

    Reply
  8. Marcia says

    May 25, 2010 at 7:58 am

    My shade(s) is sea green and sea blue.

    Reply
  9. Jessica says

    May 25, 2010 at 7:58 am

    My Shade Is…

    Meadow Green!

    Reply
  10. Roz says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:03 am

    My shade is taupe, white and Colonial blue.

    Reply
  11. brooke cox says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:04 am

    my shade is kelly green but for this project i am looking for a robin’s egg blue for a lamp shade. its the perfect lamp for my office.

    Reply
  12. Lindsey R says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:05 am

    My Shade Is…..Silvermist (by Sherwin Williams)

    it’s a blue/gray color…cool and calming!

    Reply
  13. Colleen says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:05 am

    My shade is yellow!

    Reply
  14. laura says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:07 am

    My shade is grey!

    Reply
  15. Karen @ old beginnings says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:08 am

    my shade is Terracotta… with beach sand, kiwi & sky.

    This is great, I hadn’t come across Lamps Plus before – terrific resource.
    Thank you!

    Reply
  16. Stacia H. says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:08 am

    My shade is Robin’s Egg Blue.

    Reply
  17. Wendy says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:09 am

    My Shade is …. simple or should I go all crazy and get a colorful print??

    Reply
  18. Jamie says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:10 am

    My shade is a very deep plum or a very subtle blue/gray

    Reply
  19. Kinzie Sue says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:13 am

    My shade is tiffany blue… or any other fun aqua shade!

    Reply
  20. Laura C says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:14 am

    MY SHADE IS – icy blue! Love it! :)

    Reply
  21. Christina says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:15 am

    My shade is…turquoise!!! Love this color!!

    Reply
  22. Stephanie H. says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:15 am

    My shade is hot pink (on my toenails, namely) or grayish blue (in my house).

    Reply
  23. caysie says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:17 am

    My Shade is any hue of grey! LOVE IT!

    Reply
  24. Tara says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:18 am

    My shade is brave purple…to match our on-the-way baby’s room!

    Reply
  25. Lara says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:18 am

    My shade is aqua blue or scarlet red!

    Reply
  26. mcw says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:21 am

    My shade is yellow and gray!

    Reply
  27. Julie says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:24 am

    My Shade Is

    A dusky robin egg’s blue.

    Reply
  28. Kelly says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:25 am

    My shades are ocean and magenta!

    Reply
  29. Kristen says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:28 am

    MY SHADE IS jeweled teal green!

    Reply
  30. Lara J. says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:28 am

    MY SHADE IS

    Pewter :)

    Reply
  31. Dana Summers says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:30 am

    MY SHADE IS chocolate brown.

    Reply
  32. jessica says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:30 am

    MY SHADE IS…a lightly muted sea glass/turquoise – not too muted, but not too bright! And I used to love bright colors and hate muted colors -so funny how things change!

    Reply
  33. Coran Kennedy says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:33 am

    MY SHADE IS…. a bold graphic black and white

    favorite color right now… a vibrant coral with strong red undertones

    Reply
  34. kim says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:34 am

    My shade is silver sage.

    Reply
  35. Toni says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:35 am

    MY SHADE IS baby blue.

    Reply
  36. Amanda L says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:36 am

    My Shae is…usually light pink and dark brown together. My husband prefers the light blue and dark brown combo. We might have to rock, paper, scissors to figure out which shade we’d get. We really really need a new bedroom lamp so I’m crossing my fingers on this one!!

    Reply
  37. luckyjayne says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:37 am

    My Shade is…..Earthy Cane.

    Reply
  38. Kris says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:38 am

    My shade is orange!

    Reply
  39. Mary-Kathryn says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:39 am

    My shade is coral!

    Reply
  40. Andrea says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:42 am

    MY SHADE IS

    Green – I love springy leaf greens and bright lime greens. It is such a soothing, yet energetic color.

    Reply
  41. Suzanne Lowe says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:42 am

    My shade is…. Tiffany Blue!

    Reply
  42. Amanda says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:43 am

    My shade is Lime Green! The brighter the better.

    Reply
  43. MACHELLE says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:46 am

    MY SHADE IS SHIMMERY BLUE

    Reply
  44. CarrieK says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:49 am

    MY SHADE IS… yellow!

    Reply
  45. Jennifer says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:51 am

    MY SHADE IS sky blue!

    Reply
  46. Eliza says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:52 am

    MY SHADE IS

    Green! A mid-70’s, shag-carpet, white-polyester, beaded-curtains green.

    Reply
  47. Kate says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:53 am

    My Shade Is…

    Sunset (that sort of pinky-orange hue you see on the horizon just before the sun goes down)

    Reply
  48. NatalieG says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:55 am

    MY SHADE IS…

    raspberry pink or mustard yellow

    Reply
  49. Cea says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:56 am

    My Shade is…misty grey or turquoise.

    Reply
  50. z says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:57 am

    MY SHADE IS WHITE!

    Reply
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