We love giving away lamps, what can we say. So if you didn’t come out on top last week, here’s another shot at taking home a stylish piece of lighting for your home.
This week’s prize comes from The Shade Shop & Lighting Gallery located in nearby Charlottesville, Virginia. They offer a diverse and ever-changing gallery of table lamps, floor lamps, chandeliers, sconces, tables and (of course) lamp shades. In fact, they’re brimming with excitement over the new line of Bunny Williams lamps that just arrived. Plus, the Shade Shop offers custom lampwork and repair, meaning if you want something unique they can make it AND they can fix it if you happen to break it.
But hopefully you’ll have trouble breaking the antique-nickel-clad Lucy Accent Lamp (valued at $298) that they’ve put up for grabs this week. Check it out below:
To enter to win just comment on this post with the words “GIMME A LIGHT” by Wednesday, March 4th at 8pm EST. And since this prize hails from my alma mater’s hometown, we’d love to hear what you loved most about your college hometown. I could go on and on about Charlottesville- after all it was once named the #1 place to live in the US. And we could probably name quite a few things we love about Sherry’s college town (NYC) too, considering it’s where we met. This prize can be shipped to the lower 48 United States and as always, only one entry per e-mail address is allowed. Good luck…
You can get the full scoop on our giveaways right here. Image courtesy of Barnes & Noble.
Laurel G says
gimmie a light!!
My college town was only 10 min away from Disneyland! Many long breaks between classes and weekends were spent using our season passes and having fun!
Amanda says
GIMME A LIGHT!
I graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg. What I loved most was the southern hospitality. No matter where, when, who-everyone there held every single door for every single person on campus. It was kind of an unspoken rule you learned when you stepped on campus your freshman year.
Colleen says
Gimme a light! I’d have to say my favorite thing about Charlottesville is the food (zazus, revolutionary, arch’s, michael’s bistro – I could go on and on :-) Go Hoos!
Mira says
GIMME A LIGHT !!
Kelly says
GIMME A LIGHT!
Ames, IA- I loved that the small town had lots of opportunities and great people!
Karen says
GIMME A LIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Frostburg, Mary;and…great little town in the western mountains of Maryland. Good people, beautiful scenery.
Lorrie says
GIMME A LIGHT!
My hometown college experience was rather bleak. I live in Joplin, MO and we have a local college just turned University (Missouri Southern State University). I was a Marketing and Management major and they are actually hailed for their Business curriculm.
My best take on it was that it was basically like high school, but with ashtrays! My brother on the other hand got to go off to the University of Arkansas because MSSU didn’t offer a degree in Architecture. Whoooooo pig!
Sarah says
Gimme a light! My college town was Dallas, Texas and now I’m back in Richmond. I miss the Mexican food the most!
Felicity says
gimme a light!
I adored Blacksburg, VA (go Hokies) and travel back whenever possible. I loved that it was easy to walk around and so picturesque. And so much good food!
Ellen says
Gimme a Light!
Boston, MA
Erin says
GIMME A LIGHT!!
sara says
GIMME A LIGHT
JMU-Klines Dairy Bar
AnnE says
Gimme a light AND Go Badgers! I loved loved loved UW-Madison, I met my husband there, and nothing compares to football Saturdays, state street, halloween, mickey’s dairy bar (breakfast was soooo good!), the terrace, and of course no fan compares to a Badger fan – our school spirit is off the charts!
Meghan says
GIMME A LIGHT!
Providence, RI…Thayer Street, Newport in the Summer, A sweet basketball team (at the time…), and lots of good friends still with me today.
Cassie says
Gimmie a Light
Kate says
GIMME A LIGHT!!!!
I went to Bates. Great school, not so great college town. Lewiston has some kind of highest meth use in the nation honors, but at least it was close to Sugarloaf!
That light would look fantastic in my home. Gimme!
Brian says
Gimme a light! …please
VT!
angela says
GIMME A LIGHT!
I’m not a fan of my college town, unfortunetly. I couldn’t wait to get out of there :(
Lindsey says
Gimme a light!
I went to school in Eugene, OR (go Ducks!). The best part was definitely the scenery. Oregon is beautiful!
megan says
Gimme A Light!
Some things I loved about Auburn…lounging on Samford lawn, sipping on Toomer’s Lemonade, munching on a sandwich from Momma Goldberg’s, and always feeling the love when someone says “War Eagle”!
Jaimee says
Gimme a Light!
San Diego…the weather!!!!!
Becca says
Gimme a light! PLEASE!
April says
GIMME A LIGHT!!
collegetown- Augusta, GA… Augusta State University. nothing special
Julia Harts the Man says
Gimme a light! BOOYAH!
amber says
GIMME A LIGHT!!!
Sarah says
GIMME A LIGHT
University of Utah; Great football, even better sking!
Kelli says
GIMME A LIGHT!
I loved everything about JMU/Harrisonburg and was only a hop and a skip away from Charlottesville, still am today:)
April says
Gimme a light!
I LOVED my college’s town – Northampton, MA. Great hippie-dippie art town where the art work of Kurt Vonnegut and Dr. Seuss is on display at the local art galleries and book and poetry readings at the local coffee shops and used book stores, great music performances, and all with beautiful hiking nearby.
Michael says
Gimme a light! (Yikes, the competition is pretty stiff!)
Jeremy says
GIMME A LIGHT!
Shaye C. says
Gimme a light!
Good Food, Good Bars, loved all of it!
Sara KB says
Gimme a light!
The best part of my college town is all the memories I have of the times I spent there. Priceless.
Kim Reicks says
Gimmie a Light! pretty please
University of Colorado at Boulder. Amazingly beautiful and wonderful place to live. Went to school here, moved to Santa Barbara, CA for 8 years (also fantastic) and am back in Boulder now. Highly recommend it!!
Lauren says
Gimme a light!
My college hometown is Chester, PA. A once-great city that now has some problems. Widener University, my college, is really making strides to revitalize Chester.
Heather says
GIMME A LIGHT! Love this lamp!
My college home town is San Luis Obispo, CA. Not sure where to start on what I love about it! Close to the beach, laid back vibe, and some of the best wineries close by!
MegRuth says
Ooh ooh ooh!
GIMME A LIGHT!
Keats says
Gimme A Light! I love Auburn, AL for it’s small town feel and of course the football!
19thandfolsom says
GIMME A LIGHT! OMG that lamp is gorgeous – clean metal lines but still warm.
My college was in New Haven, CT. Best thing about it? Yorkside Pizza’s buffalo wings, which were battered and deep fried. I haven’t found wings like them anywhere else.
Rebecca says
GIMME A LIGHT!
My college town was Oxford, Ohio (Miami University). It was surrounded by corn fields and there was nothing for miles, until you drove on to a picturesque college campus. It was a true college town with nothing to offer but college bars and restaurants, but it was perfect.
Katie says
Gimme a light!!!!!!!
Gillian says
Gimmie a light please. My husband is a UVA Grad (’08) so I frequented C-ville throughout college. Technically I resided at University of Mary Washington which is about an hour north of you in Fredericksburg. I love it there. I would like to move back. It is the perfect combo of suburban shops and a cute downtown and BEAUTIFUL campus. You two should venture north and check it out!
Kelly B. says
Gimme a light! Oh, this would be perfect for my side table and could discard (donate) the left-over from college days side lamp currently in our den. Speaking of college, Chapel Hill (my college hometown) is small and quaint with so many different things to do – I love that it is a college town. I have several favorite spots: Yogurt Pump, Cosmic Cantina, and Top of the Hill!
Lucy says
GIMME A LIGHT
My college town was Columbus, OH. My favorite part was Ohio State football – Go Bucks!! Oh, and also my name is Lucy so I think this lamp was made for me:)
Erica says
GIMME A LIGHT! I would love this!
My college hometown is Carlisle, PA. I love my alma mater, Dickinson College, and I loved the time that I spent in Carlisle. I love Carlisle for all of the amazing memories that I have of my four years spent there. Carlisle is also an absolutely beautiful and quite historic town.
erica sparkenbaugh says
GIMME A LIGHT!
I went to a small school called Allegheny College in a northwestern pennsylvania town called Meadville. My favorite thing about Meadville was the great cast of characters that lived there. It was a rural area and so we met some interesting people!
Lynn says
Please!!! Gimme A Light!!!!
Kate says
GIMME A LIGHT! My favorite thing about Ann Arbor, MI was football Saturdays.
Rachel says
GIMME A LIGHT! My college was in Bloomington, Indiana. I loved it because it was so open-minded and free spirited. Very relaxing!
Joi says
Gimme a Light! I sadly didn’t love much about my college town, but I did love my sorority–Alpha Sigma Tau!
Kristy says
GIMME A LIGHT!
I went to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. The best thing about it was the autumn season. Nothing like fall in southern Indiana. Gorgeous!