New Lamps

In our apartment, the living room and bedroom have no overhead light. During the daytime it is not such a problem because we have beautiful bay windows that allow a lot of natural sunlight to shine through. However, in the evening, it can be pretty dark. We have to turn on all the lights in the kitchen and dining room to make up the lack of light in the other rooms. For a couple months now I have been unofficially on the search for lamps. By unofficially I mean that whenever I am at a home decorating store I look at the lamps, but never intend to buy.

My unofficial search ended this past weekend! While taking our walking tour at Ikea, I found lamps that I loved, and at a really good price! I decided not to buy them right then because I needed to run them by my husband. Although I really liked the lamps, I had no idea what Justin was going to say. Justin either agrees with my decorative sense or thinks that it is way too girly. I did not know what way he was going to sway on these lamps. I took a picture of them and showed him that night. The verdict- He liked them!

On our drive back to Raleigh, we made a pit stop at the Ikea in Charlotte and bought the lamps. We really have the L'Heureuxs to thank for these lamps as to their Christmas present to us is what made it possible for use to buy these beauties. Thanks L'Heureuxs! The next day, I took them out of their boxes and assembled them. Although they will probably both go in the living room someday, we only have one end table in the living room and one nightstand (the second end table) in our bedroom, so each lamp found its way in one of the rooms. I love seeing them in our home. Although it is a small touch, it adds just a little bit more!

Lamp #1- short and fat (my favorite)

Lamp #2- tall and skinny (Justin's favorite)