Lamp Planter

I want to share a project that Rick and I worked on.  A few years ago I pinned this image on Pinterest.  That is pretty spectacular, isn't it?  I thought it was a very clever repurpose of an old floor lamp.  We kept our eye out for one but they tend to be on the pricey side.  We finally found one at a salvage place in Sebastopol.  They had a pretty good selection but, again, most were over $100 except for some reason this one was only $28.   

Rick did most of the work, removing wiring, flipping things around and adding other elements like the upside down lampshade frame.  The lampshade frame was a separate purchase a couple of months earlier with this project in mind.  

Here you can see it mid-construction.  I painted the lampshade frame to match the lamp and Rick lined it with chicken wire.  In a stroke of genius he added a drip line following the same path as the original wiring so the drip line comes out the bottom where the switch was.  It goes up the center of the basket.  

(That camellia in the background is LOADED with buds – you can just get a hint of the pretty pink the blossoms will be)

I planted it with cool weather annuals so we can enjoy it for a while.  Another Pinterest win!