And The Winner Is?
Make A Rustic Sawhorse Table For Under $40
Take your pick of lamp styles. Photo: Lamps Plus
Design your own lamps, chandeliers and sconces with Lamps Plus's new interactive online tool.
The super-easy tool allows users to choose everything from the style and finish of their fixture to the pattern and exact color of their shade, making for hundreds upon hundreds of design permutations. Looking for a table lamp with a shade that matches the exact cornflower blue of your walls? Just click on the "Advanced" tab in the color section, where you can customize the hue to your exact -- and we mean exact -- specifications.
The selection of lighting options int he "Design It Yourself" program is nearly limitless:Users can choose from dozens of styles of fixtures, lamps or shades, then you select one of 84 patterns, colors for the patterns (you have 70 choices here) and one of five trim colors -- whew!
While you may expect to pay big bucks for such a personalized experience, it costs about the same to order a custom lamp as it does to purchase a stock version (most products fall between $100 and $200). Talk about a bright idea.
Check out four variations on one of the 'Design It Yourself' hanging lamps below!
Check out four variations on one of the 'Design It Yourself' hanging lamps below!
Custome lighting means you get just the right look for your home. Photos: Lamps Plus
Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)
Hi, Jessica - thanks for the write up! Hope you enjoyed using the Design Your Own Custom Lighting tool. We're going to add more patterns and features soon, so check back soon. I've added a post to our blog about your using the tool. It will publish tomorrow, June 18th, 2010.
ReplyYou can find it here: http://www.lampsplus.com/Info-Center/b/blog/archive/2010/05/18/shelterpop-on-design-your-own-custom-lighting.aspx
Thanks again!