Start Hacking Now: Lamps - Nesting Place

In last week’s email (sign up here to receive future emails) I shared this lamp hack. It’s probably my favorite hack ever and one I originally learned from Megan D. Miller (linked above) and then promptly copied. Twice. As you can also see above in the links. For the first half of my homemaking years, I didn’t realize the power of lamps. I thought an overhead light and a random lamp in a room was enough. I didn’t know how a lamp could add both style and a layer of the coziest light ever, creating little pockets or rooms within a room. Lamps are part of the homey trinity and you add them in step three of the order of decor.  Lamps are wonderfully mysterious because you can find a beautiful lamp at a higher end shop or online for over $1000, and you can also find a beautiful lamp for $2 at a thrift store!  What a world! Almost exactly 50% of the lamps in my house are second hand or DIYs or hacks, then about 25% are Target, Ikea or HomeGoods and then I have a few lamps that were pricey. Even if you would never pay for […]