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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. Lauren K says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:57 am

    My Shade is Damask or Geometric! My favorite color is a mint blue/green! Thanks for another great giveaway YHL!

    Reply
  2. Karen says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:58 am

    my shade is mellow yellow.

    Reply
  3. melissa says

    May 25, 2010 at 8:58 am

    MY SHADE IS greyish blue.

    Reply
  4. Kara says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:00 am

    MY SHADE IS…

    Anything with a neutral tone! Or… bright yellow or green! We like our decor to be neutral and then add simple bursts of color here and there.

    Congrats on the new addition to the family!!

    Reply
  5. brenda says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:01 am

    Granny Smith Green

    Reply
  6. Jennifer Sue says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:01 am

    MY SHADE IS…

    lime green

    Reply
  7. Laura Lynn says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:02 am

    “MY SHADE IS”

    concord grape!

    Reply
  8. Katie says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:02 am

    My shade is robin’s egg blue!

    Reply
  9. Jordan says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:03 am

    My shade is aubergine purple.

    Reply
  10. Marjorie says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:03 am

    My shade is striped!

    Reply
  11. Alecia says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:04 am

    MY SHADE IS red.

    Reply
  12. Lauren says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:04 am

    My shade is muted lime green!

    Reply
  13. sarah says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:05 am

    My shade is ….. right now I am totally digging the really cool color of grey with slightly blue undertones. I just painted my bedroom ben moore’s silver half dollar. It is the best beautiful. LOVE IT!

    Reply
  14. Laura V says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:05 am

    My shade is gunmetal gray.

    Reply
  15. Kelly says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:06 am

    MY SHADE IS

    ime green these days, pretty much anything and everything green!

    Reply
  16. LIfeologia says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:06 am

    My shade is pure, simple, calming WHITE ;)

    Reply
  17. Jasmine says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:06 am

    I used to think my shade was a soft, creamy, buttery yellow until I moved into my new to me house where the previous owners had painted every wall and ceiling yellow. Now I’m digging a pale sea glass blue-green.

    Reply
  18. Alison says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:07 am

    My shade is silvery-gray :)

    Reply
  19. jana says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:07 am

    My shade is . . . black & white damask!

    Reply
  20. Jen C says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:08 am

    MY SHADE IS bright mossy green!

    Reply
  21. Abbey M says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:09 am

    My shade is Damask. My favorite color is blue/green the color of the caribbean ocean!

    Reply
  22. Jaimee says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:09 am

    MY SHADE IS…

    Robins Egg Blue

    Reply
  23. Rebecca says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:09 am

    MY SHADE IS… either chartreuse green or eggplant purple. You can’t go wrong with either! :)

    Reply
  24. Beth says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:10 am

    My shade is a green-blue… like the color of the ocean on an overcast day. Thanks!

    Reply
  25. Hannah says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:11 am

    MY SHADE IS… aqua :-)

    Reply
  26. Allison says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:12 am

    MY SHADE IS all pinks (except Pepto pink). I would love a floor lamp with a geometric pattern in pink & brown, or pink & navy, or pink & white in my office.

    Reply
  27. Alanna says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:13 am

    MY SHADE IS sage green. I looove this soft neutral color and how relaxing it feels.

    Reply
  28. Colleen says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:13 am

    My shade is pale aqua blue…

    Reply
  29. miss corner cape says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:13 am

    My shade is royal blue or robins egg blue.

    Reply
  30. Pierrette says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:15 am

    My shade is heliotrope!

    Reply
  31. rebann says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:16 am

    My shade is blue; the exact hue depends on my view that day!

    Reply
  32. Marcy says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:17 am

    My shade is anything ocean related right now, because we just got back from vacation – cloud white, sand, seaglass blue, lighthouse red…
    Marcy

    Reply
  33. Tiffany says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:17 am

    MY SHADE IS green. Any green. I would love a new table lamp to add some modern flair to my living room, that is a dark celery green!

    Reply
  34. Theresa says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:17 am

    My Shade Is various green stripes. I love all shades of green these days. Love it!

    Reply
  35. Carla B says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:19 am

    My Shade is Yellow with a touch of white!! It makes everyone Happy!

    Reply
  36. Corrie M. says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:19 am

    My shade is calming ocean hues- blues, greens, grays and throw in some sand!

    Reply
  37. Wendy says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:20 am

    My shade is royal blue!

    Reply
  38. gemma says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:21 am

    MY SHADE IS.. I would ordinarily say turquoise, but I’m going to break out and say fuscia(with a geometric pattern)!

    Reply
  39. Sugar Cookie says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:25 am

    My shade is Tiffany blue. What can I say? I’m obsessed!

    Reply
  40. AppleTree says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:26 am

    My shade is…Somewhere between green and blue, a color reminiscent of water…A color that makes me feel light.

    Reply
  41. Melody says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:27 am

    MY SHADE IS…

    really pale blue. Maybe similar to Robin’s egg blue, but not quite as bright.

    Reply
  42. Jenny Stoudt says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:28 am

    MY SHADE IS anything beachy! Aquas, light tans, greys, creams… :D

    Reply
  43. Lindsay says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:29 am

    MY SHADE IS…any shade of green!

    Reply
  44. Michelle says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:32 am

    My shade is pistachio green.

    Reply
  45. Julie says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:32 am

    MY SHADE IS…fresh Spring Green!

    Reply
  46. Barb says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:34 am

    My shade is lime green!

    Reply
  47. Mike says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:35 am

    My shade is turquoise

    Reply
  48. rebecca says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:35 am

    MY SHADE IS… that incredible fresh pink that you will see in the most beautiful of peonies

    Reply
  49. Amy says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:35 am

    Um, my shade is georgous robins egg blue!

    Reply
  50. Ibu says

    May 25, 2010 at 9:36 am

    My shade is PURPLE..

    Reply
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