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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: Your Perfect Shade

| By John Petersik | May 24, 2010 | 2,085 Comments

Fab Freebie: Your Perfect Shade

*** This giveaway is no longer accepting entries***

Time to break out your inner product designer again folks, because this week you’re designing your very own lamp shade.

Lamps Plus Design It2

Lamps Plus is the nation’s largest specialty lighting retailer (you West Coasties may know them in person, while us East Coasters can peruse their wares online) and they’ve got a great new “Design It” tool on their site so you can design your own drum shade for a whole slew of lamps and fixture styles. And this week one of you can win a Brushed Steel Contemporary Table Lamp with a shade in the pattern, color and trim of your choice.

Here are just a few of the designs that we played around with (so many patterns, so few empty side tables):

Lamps Plus Our Designs

If you’ve already created a design that you love and can’t bear to wait ’til Thursday’s winner announcement, Lamps Plus is giving YHL readers a special discount (click for more details). Oh and you can take a screenshot of your design and submit it on Lamps Plus’ Facebook page to remember- and share- your masterpiece with others. Who knew lamps could be so interactive? Now for this week’s entry deets:

  • PRIZE: A Brushed Steel Contemporary Table Lamp with your very own custom shade thanks to the Lamps Plus’ Design It tool
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “MY SHADE IS” and…
  • BONUS QUESTION: …tell us your favorite color (we’re going back to basics this week). But since we’ve all grown up a bit past simple “green” or “red,” we’d love a bit more of a description (glowing amber? muted gray-blue? ruby red? celery green?).
  • GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, May 26th at 8pm EST
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: ONE
  • PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 nifty United States
  • USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck!

Find more freebie info on our Giveaway FAQs page. Pics courtesy of Lamps Plus

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Comments

  1. Katie says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    MY SHADE IS definitely leaning towards greens lately.

    Reply
  2. Lindsay says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    MY SHADE IS…
    I am completely smitten with lime green at the moment. I see it in everything and I want it all over my house!

    Reply
  3. Heather Dedie says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    my shade is:
    grass green!

    Reply
  4. Heather says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    My Shade is…

    Carolina Blue baby!!! :-)

    Reply
  5. Kate says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    My shade is…. SUMMER SQUASH (orange/yellow)

    Reply
  6. Hillary says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    My shade is cheerful yet calming

    Reply
  7. Carrie Liles says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    My Shade is…

    Gray/bue with a touch of soft green

    Reply
  8. Tracie says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    My shade would be patterned with aqua somewhere in it.

    Reply
  9. Katie says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    My shade is green! In all colors. My living room is currently a very bold shade of yellow-y geen, maybe split pea in shade and bright and happy with some sun.

    Reply
  10. Holyoke Home says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    My shade is black with a little brown in it. For low impact bedside reading.

    Reply
  11. Sarah G says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    My Shade is…

    Carnation Pink!

    Reply
  12. Michelle says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    My shade is…anything that could be classified as jewel tones.

    Reply
  13. Kimberly L says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    MY SHADE IS…
    Cadet blue… a nice, soft, fresh blue with a hint of green.

    Reply
  14. Cheryl says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    My Shade is . . .
    turquoise, mustard, and green

    Reply
  15. Marci says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    MY SHADE IS… black.

    Reply
  16. Ali Brewer says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    MY SHADE IS…Grey or Gray ;)

    Reply
  17. Megan S says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    MY SHADE IS fiery red or calm ocean aqua!

    Reply
  18. Claudie says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    My Shade is Soft Sage Green. I’m a huge fan of earth-tone colors and green has always been my favorite.

    Reply
  19. Lara says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    MY SHADE IS

    moody greys, white, and soft greenish-blues, like that Restoration Hardware color…love it.

    Reply
  20. Tovah says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    My shade is…
    soft celery green. Makes my eyes look awesome:)

    Reply
  21. Chrissy says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    MY SHADE IS beachy blue!

    Reply
  22. Christy Q says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    Chartreuse with pops of soft pinks or peach

    Reply
  23. heather p says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    MY SHADE IS …Green!

    Reply
  24. Chrissi says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    my shade is charcoal gray with deep red accents :)

    Reply
  25. Julie says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    Pink! :)

    Reply
  26. Holly says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    My shade is sage green!

    Reply
  27. Kate M says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    My shade is….

    Red! But not a bright red…more of a dark and muted, but still true red…love it!

    Reply
  28. Lyndsey Neita says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    “MY SHADE IS”

    I love “spa” colors combined with grey and white. I love the refreshed feel.

    Reply
  29. Crystal says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    My shade is the grey/blue of the ocean

    Reply
  30. Lindsey says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    My Shade is Gray!

    Reply
  31. Melody says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    My shade is…lime green.

    Reply
  32. Emily says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    Lime Green!

    Reply
  33. Stephanie says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    MY SHADE IS… a light sky blue with a hint of grey.

    Reply
  34. Courtney McIlwain says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    My shade is PURPLE, PURPLE, PURPLE.

    Reply
  35. Haley says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    My shade is….
    Apple Green!

    Reply
  36. Jennifer says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    MY SHADE IS…pink. But that color is just for me. For decorating I’m currently obsessed with gray/mustard yellow combos.

    Reply
  37. Kate says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    I love quite a few colors, actually. A year ago I would have said that black and a deep, darker red were the only colors I needed (maybe with a little grey), but lately I’ve been much more into greens (spring, celery, fresh and light greens!) and some blues (especially a medium sky blue color, deeper than typical sky blue but that same feeling, and greyish blue).

    Reply
  38. Lisa L. says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    My shade is…green, a nice muted green!

    Reply
  39. Sarah says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    My shade is…

    grey-green.

    Reply
  40. Ashley Seay says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    My shade is…..probably going to be blue :)

    Reply
  41. Benedicte says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    “My shade is”

    I have all white lamp shades in my house right now…but I would love a graphic orange one as a pop of color somewhere!!

    Reply
  42. Amy says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    MY SHADE IS….aqua or robin’s egg blue. I love it! I always go back to it. I painted my old kitchen table that color. It’s fabulous!

    Reply
  43. Erin B. says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    My shade is…
    Orange
    (and blue…Go Gators!)

    Reply
  44. Michelle says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    MY SHADE IS
    gray-blue

    Reply
  45. Kara Dame says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:52 pm

    My Shade is…
    I love light and lime greens!

    Reply
  46. Andrea says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:52 pm

    My shade is…asparagus green! :)

    Reply
  47. DCTexan says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:52 pm

    My shade is teal.

    Reply
  48. John says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:52 pm

    My shade is the color my office is painted…recycled glass green

    Reply
  49. Amy says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:52 pm

    My shade is kumquat!

    Reply
  50. Rachel says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:52 pm

    My Shade is

    robins egg blue with tangerine

    Reply
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