This cute lamp came from The Clark Barn too! Isn't it amazing!?
Yesterday I began work on it by disassembling the lamp, removing all wiring, and cleaning.
There was a ton of dirt and rust so I had to remove the rust before painting. That was quite the project in itself!
Today I used special primer to stop/prevent rust. And this evening I put the first coat of paint on it. I want it to look similar to how it would have originally looked so I plan to paint the white parts on it an antique shade of white, and the brass parts an antiqued bronze look. The brass is badly rusted so unfortunately I can't just polish and clean it.
I love to paint so that's the easy part. The hard part will be wiring the lamp. I've been reading online and the lamp requires 2 3-way switches. From what I've read it seems pretty complicated... the only thing I've ever done is rewire a normal lamp... Hope I don't screw up.
After the wiring is all done I have to get a glass diffuser for the "Mogul" light bulb, and then a lamp shade.
I hope it is really cool once I am all done! If anyone knows anything about this lamp, or about this type of lamp let me know!
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