{"id":158,"date":"2012-11-14T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kikis-list.com\/2012\/11\/14\/a-little-bit-of-lilac-never-hurt-nobody\/"},"modified":"2013-06-18T21:09:56","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T01:09:56","slug":"a-little-bit-of-lilac-never-hurt-nobody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/14\/a-little-bit-of-lilac-never-hurt-nobody\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little Bit of Lilac Never Hurt Nobody."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">What should have taken me 3 hours total, ended up being a project that sat in my garage for weeks. \u00a0It all started with <a href=\"http:\/\/rstyle.me\/im2pu2nmp6\">this lamp<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Screen+Shot+2012-11-12+at+10.42.35+AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Screen+Shot+2012-11-12+at+10.42.35+AM.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I was wanting a lamp similar to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ylighting.com\/robert-abbey-delta-table-lamp.html?KEYWORD=Delta%20Table%20Lamp&amp;utm_source=bing&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;utm_campaign=bing&amp;jt=1&amp;jadid=687204902&amp;js=3&amp;jk=lilac,%20robert%20abbey%20delta%20table%20lamp&amp;jsid=17979&amp;jkId=mc:a8a8ae4d62df6a979012e1115919f53c4:i5880710267:tp&amp;\">this one<\/a>, but there were many reasons why it wouldn&#8217;t work: \u00a01.) The price. \u00a02.) The size. \u00a03.) The color was a little but more grey than I was looking for.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Picture+27.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Picture+27.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>So, after finding this lamp at Target, I figured I&#8217;d make it work. \u00a0First, I primed it with<a href=\"http:\/\/www.duvalpaint.com\/catalog\/insl-x-stix-waterborne-bonding-primer.htm\"> STIX<\/a>, painted it with leftover paint (we used that as the base color on E&#8217;s walls) and lacquered it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Screen+Shot+2012-11-12+at+10.47.29+AM1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Screen+Shot+2012-11-12+at+10.47.29+AM.png\" width=\"572\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0I topped it off with a $12.99 shade from HomeGoods and here she is now. \u00a0A perfect match!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Screen+Shot+2012-11-12+at+9.08.30+AM2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Screen+Shot+2012-11-12+at+9.08.30+AM2.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Check in tomorrow to see more previews of E&#8217;s Room.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What should have taken me 3 hours total, ended up being a project that sat in my garage for weeks. \u00a0It all started with this lamp. I was wanting a lamp similar to this one, but there were many reasons why it wouldn&#8217;t work: \u00a01.) The price. \u00a02.) The size. \u00a03.) 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