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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. Michelle says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    MY SHADE IS
    Golden Yellow!

    Reply
  2. Amanda says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    My shade is…crisp navy blue!

    Reply
  3. Parker says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    MY SHADE IS….always changing. Currently I’m very fond of stormy-gray.

    Reply
  4. Jessica @ Budget Savvy Bride says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    MY SHADE IS… dandelion yellow! Love the sunny pop of color. :)

    Reply
  5. Sarah says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    Anything in the blue-green-gray family. I love steel, graphite, dusk, midnight, sky, slate, haint blue (color of porch ceilings), robin’s egg, dove, etc.

    Reply
  6. AMber says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    My shade is….
    Tahitian blue

    Reply
  7. amc says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    I’m trying to get more into prints…bright colors are preferred. I think I have a lot of solids both in the house and in my wardrobe that could use more texture and vibrant prints.

    Reply
  8. Jayna says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    MY SHADE IS:
    Mustard Yellow! Can’t get enough of it lately!

    Reply
  9. Jon'el says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:05 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    Dolphin Bay Blue…very pretty blue that I am painting my son’s room. I love it. I love blue in general though. My new thing is blue paired with orange =)

    Reply
  10. Krista says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:05 pm

    My shade is….. green…. grass green.

    Reply
  11. Meredith says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:06 pm

    My SHADE is…so many pretty colors to choose from! I like aqua.

    Reply
  12. lauren says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:06 pm

    My Shade is a bright green/yellow color! Love it.

    Reply
  13. Kate says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:06 pm

    MY SHADE IS definitely purple. always has been. It’s not great for decorating, but I love that clear, jewel-tone kind purple. I tend to paint walls nice yellows instead :)

    Reply
  14. Patti says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:06 pm

    MY SHADE IS …
    mango for summer!

    Reply
  15. amanda says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:06 pm

    MY SHADE IS

    green! and not just any green – chartreuse is my favorite. I feel like I can pair it with so many other colors…

    Reply
  16. mere... says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:06 pm

    MY SHADE IS…olive green (the actual color of green olives to be super specific). of course my favorite color tends to change with my mood…

    Reply
  17. Kimberlea says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:07 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    beach thrills turquoise

    Reply
  18. Katie says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:07 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    I love Behr’s Corn Husk Green. It’s sort of a soft avocado green, without being stuck in the 70s.

    Reply
  19. natasha says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:07 pm

    “MY SHADE IS”
    I don’t have a favorite color.

    Reply
  20. Lauren says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:07 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    Pantone 637 and 405! A pretty bright blue and a warm grey.

    Reply
  21. Laura says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:07 pm

    My Shade Is… anything green!

    Reply
  22. Nicole says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    MY SHADE IS…
    Pink! I hope I have a daughter one day so I can actually use my favorite color to decorate.

    Reply
  23. Kristen K says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    MY SHADE IS:

    a deep earthy tone, like a sap green, or a fun burnt orange!

    Reply
  24. robin says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    MY SHADE IS grey.

    Reply
  25. Holly says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    MY SHADE IS
    dark turquoise!

    Reply
  26. Kim G says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    My shade is…

    Wheatgrass green, the color we’re using throughout our grassy-green wedding, to coordinate with royal blue, sunflower yellow, and tree-bark brown accents.

    Fingers crossed! I’d love a lampshade that secretly reminds us of our wedding every time we walk by!

    Reply
  27. Gina A. says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    MY SHADE IS…. Dark Chocolate. I love a good dark chocolate truffle and a matching lamp shade! I love the brown/ivory color combo. So classic. how can you go wrong?

    Reply
  28. Jackie says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    MY SHADE IS….

    Aubergine! I love it and how it looks on its own or with any colors that contrast with it, like gold or yellow.

    Reply
  29. Kelli says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:09 pm

    MY SHADE IS … light grey

    Reply
  30. Kim says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:09 pm

    MY SHADE IS
    I love lime green! It’s so fun and bright, and always seems to put me in a good mood!

    Reply
  31. Taylor says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:09 pm

    MY SHADE IS… blue! I love all shades!

    Reply
  32. L.Overstreet says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    My shade is: ever changing, but sage green remains a constant. However, in this ever-long Wyoming winter I need some bright colors to wake up our dull, cold days!

    Reply
  33. Lexy says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    MY SHADE IS…….robin’s egg blue!

    Reply
  34. Anne-Marie Cain says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    MY SHADE IS….

    Green-Blue. Love it.

    Reply
  35. Shari says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    Lime green! I am loving these shades!!!

    Reply
  36. Julia says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    My shade is lime green!

    Reply
  37. Anita says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    MY SHADE IS….

    Remember the Crayon color Cadet Blue? I don’t think they make it anymore, but it was a dark bluish gray that I just loved. I think it would make a fantastic bedroom color with bright white and silver accents.

    Reply
  38. Annie P. says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    My shade is…

    red and gray

    Reply
  39. Katie@Impatientlyprayingforpatience says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    My shade is…dried parsley.

    Reply
  40. Leslie W says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    happy, happy, ORANGE!! Orange absolutely screams happiness to me and makes me smile.

    Reply
  41. Kaleena B. says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    MY SHADE IS…. cool calming gray…. so clean and crisp

    Reply
  42. Gina says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    MY SHADE IS …. sea glass blue!

    Can’t wait to peruse the site! I have such an addiction to lamps!

    Reply
  43. Adira says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:13 pm

    MY SHADE IS….

    Teal, love the richness of the color. Plus I am a red head, and is one of the few colors that i can wear that doesnt clash with my hair :-)

    Reply
  44. Kate says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:14 pm

    MY SHADE IS

    Burnt Sienna!

    Reply
  45. claire says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:14 pm

    my shade is…

    soft sunshine yellow

    Reply
  46. Sue says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:14 pm

    MY SHADE IS…happy! I love cheery, happy colors…my favorite color right now is turquoise.

    Reply
  47. Sarah Q says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:14 pm

    MY SHADE IS…sunset yellow!

    Reply
  48. Kelly says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:15 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    lime green! It look a lot to convince my parents to let me paint my room lime green when I was in high school, but I did it!

    Reply
  49. Amber says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:15 pm

    MY SHADE IS . . .

    Heather Gray. I can’t get enough of gray. It’s my new favorite neutral.

    Reply
  50. Shaye C. says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:15 pm

    MY SHADE IS…..ocean blue!

    Reply
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