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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. Diana says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:15 pm

    My Shade Is… cool and calm, all shades of blue, green and purple

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  2. Hillary says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:16 pm

    MY SHADE IS…slate blue!

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  3. Sue Kane says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:18 pm

    MY SHADE IS….white!

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  4. Liz H says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    My Shade is a blue-ish gray beachy neutral color.

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  5. Reba says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    My shade is super-soft petal pink –so fresh and springy year-round!

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  6. YL says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    My shade is… orange. Bright and sunny

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  7. Winnie says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:25 pm

    My shade is… lately it’s been dark pewter in JCrew clothing

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  8. Elizabeth says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:26 pm

    My shade is . . . peony pink!

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  9. Terisia says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:27 pm

    blue!

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  10. Tiffany O says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:27 pm

    My shade is pink! Any and all shades of pink I LOVE! However, I don’t use it while decorating (except in my daughter’s room) so my favorite shade for my house is blue with gray undertones.

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  11. kelly says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:27 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    lime green.

    i have been looking for a shade for a thrift store base i found…still havent found the perfect one…i would love to design one for it!

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  12. Katie says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    My shade is … Gray! I know some people think its depressing but i love gray!

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  13. Brit says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:30 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    Martha Stewart blue. Like what Macy’s carries in all their kitchen stuff. It’s sort of a robin’s egg blue, but I am in LOVE with it. It looks great with white and a pop of cherry red!

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  14. Tara Venable says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:31 pm

    MY SHADE IS….mustard yellow. Oh, oh, oh, how i love YELLOW!

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  15. John Venable says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:32 pm

    MY SHADE IS….green.

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  16. eva says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:32 pm

    MY SHADE IS plum. I’ve just moved to a new loft and would love a new lamp for my new space.

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  17. cheryl says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:32 pm

    My Shade Is….a patterns and I decided to go with a red, purple and green jeweled color pattern. The ability to customize the colors in most of the patterns s the BEST!

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  18. rena stefanidou says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:33 pm

    MY SHADE IS gray!

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  19. Laura says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:34 pm

    MY SHADE IS… a blood-red claret color.

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  20. April D. says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:35 pm

    MY SHADE IS… i love so many different shades of green. I have avocado on my kitchen wall, apple green in the laundry room and a shade of celery in the nursery.

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  21. Abby says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:37 pm

    My shade is…light gray and white :) Some would say boring, but we have a lot of dark color around!

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  22. Hillary says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:37 pm

    MY SHADE IS… black and white damask.

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  23. Kristin says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:39 pm

    My shade is robin’s egg blue. So pretty!

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  24. Kim L. says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:40 pm

    My shade is orange and brown stripes

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  25. Kate D says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:45 pm

    MY SHADE IS…Potters Clay (a MS paint color…it’s grey but warm and wonderful!)

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  26. Elyse says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:45 pm

    MY SHADE IS …olive green!

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  27. christina says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:49 pm

    my shades are…yellow and turquoise, in every shade in the spectrum!

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  28. Jenni says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    My Shade Is…cool colors. I love elegant shades of blue-violet, I tend to wear a lot of black (not sure if that’s cool!), and I absolutely cannot resist shades of grey-blue (with a subtle hint of green).

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  29. Courtney says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:52 pm

    MY SHADE IS….sage green

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  30. Ashley says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:53 pm

    My shade is an avacado/spring-type green. I’m absolutely OBSESSED with it right now. Just painted my kitchen island this color, which happens to match my dining room. LOVE it!

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  31. Leah Z. says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:54 pm

    my shade is gray!

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  32. Ashlie F says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:55 pm

    MY SHADE IS a damask print featuring the Benjamin Moore color wild aster, an off white/pink color and washed out dove gray. So pretty and delicate…

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  33. Mary Carolyn Rentz says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:55 pm

    MY SHADE IS my favorite OPI nail polish color, Pinking of You Pink.

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  34. holly e says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:57 pm

    MY SHADE IS… bright red-orange. The color of poppies :)

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  35. renee says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:58 pm

    MY SHADE IS… in my mind… a sea mist blue, kinda grayish/bluish…a nice neutral blue :) my fav

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  36. kristen says

    May 25, 2010 at 12:59 pm

    my shade is…olive green or aqua marine!

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  37. Cheryl P. says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:02 pm

    My shade is… yellow, bright bold yellow.

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  38. Janet E. says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    My shade is…chocolate brown!

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  39. Amy says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:08 pm

    My shade is pale grey/blue to match my bedroom, with a geometric white pattern to add modernity.

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  40. Callie Callender says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:10 pm

    My Shade is…. slime green… or worm green… pretty much icky green.. i just love! :-p

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  41. Siiri says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    My Shade is…pale pink!

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  42. Lissa says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    My Shade Is…milk chocolate brown! I finally got gutsy enough to paint my dining room brown!

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  43. Renee says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:20 pm

    My shade is… a deep rose red!

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  44. Meghan Lyden says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    MY SHADE IS… avocado green

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  45. Wendy Kuch says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:24 pm

    MY SHADE IS… ski blue!

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  46. Katharine says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:24 pm

    MY SHADE IS.. Grass green.

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  47. Jade says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:25 pm

    My shade is… chocolate brown for our baby boy’s nursery (in creams, whites, browns).

    Reply
  48. Kerry says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    my perfect shade is deep teal like the carribean ocean at dusk

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  49. Katie B. says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:27 pm

    MY SHADE IS… Moss Green!

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  50. Kathy says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:27 pm

    MY SHADE IS… yellow-orange! It is so happy and cheerful… I love it!!

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