For the past month or so I have been looking for a pair of new turquoise lamps for my basement remodel project. I have searched at Home Goods, Kirklands, Macys, West Elm, Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel and several other on-line sources. I have found many that are perfect with regard to size, color and style, but not so perfect when it comes to price.
I was ready to start looking for white (boring) lamps until this past weekend. The Mr. and I were hobbling around Target, actually it was just me hobbling, when we spotted this lone lamp sitting on the shelf.
The color and size were perfect and the price was GREAT! The problem was there was only one. I jotted down the product number thinking I would be able to come home, hop on the computer and order two of them on-line. No such luck…..they were not for sale on the Target web site. I thought about the lamp for a couple of days and then decided to run (hobble) back to Target and hope the lone lamp was there. YEAH! It was there and I quickly purchased it and brought it home. After work today, the MR and I jumped in the car armed with a list of 5 other Target stores. I was on a mission to come home with another matching lamp. At the first Target we stopped at, we found another lone lamp on the shelve. But one lone lamp was all I needed…….now I have two!! I love it when my plan actually works!
The race is on to get the basement project complete before surgery……only three weeks left. The things left on the to-do list include:
- Install floating shelves on the wall
- Paint two end tables
- Make the window valance
- Make a few throw pillows
- Hang artwork on the walls
- Hang pendant lights over the bar
There are a few other things we would like to do, like build a wine rack into the bar cabinet (which will require my brother-in-law’s services) and install a new light fixture (which requires new in the wall wiring) but I am pretty sure those will not happen in the next three weeks so I am not even putting them on the list. I can be practical if I have to be!
Between hosting an Easter brunch, work, a trip to Omaha, and pre-op visits to the doctor and the hospital I will be hard pressed to get all these items done in 18 days but I am going to give it a try! Hope you all have a great Easter!