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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. Lili says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    My shade is…. a “muddy” or cloudy toned blue. Like a greyish blue that goes well with browns and greens and creams. Ahhhh.

    Reply
  2. Amy says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    My Shade Is…

    I’m loving spring green, maybe it’s the time of year… I don’t know, but I’m loving it :)

    Reply
  3. Kimberly L says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    MY SHADE IS steel blues and avocado greens!

    Reply
  4. Emma L - Wohooo! says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    MY SHADE IS bright yellow with a faint grey pattern!

    Reply
  5. Brittany says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    My shade is…BLUE!

    Reply
  6. Elizabeth says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    My shade is…
    plum

    Reply
  7. Melissa says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    My Shade is….any shade of green!

    Reply
  8. Mandy says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    My shade is. . . bright sunny yellow. Can’t beat how happy it is.

    Reply
  9. Elizabeth says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    MY SHADE IS….any shade of blue–navy, baby, teal, love them all.

    Reply
  10. Lindsay says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    My shade is…

    champagne!

    Reply
  11. Kathy says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    “My Shade is” . . . exactly like the first one shown in the row of the example! Blue, gold, brown . . .

    Reply
  12. Mandy says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    My shade is gray/blue. I also love muted light green. The colors are so peaceful!

    Reply
  13. micaela@hishouseherhelp. says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    MY SHADE IS
    black and white!

    Reply
  14. Chelsea says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    MY SHADE IS……BLUE….like the sea on a sunny summer afternoon!

    Reply
  15. Christy says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    My shade is…the perfect mustard yellow to accent my new grey office!

    Reply
  16. Jamie says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    My Shade Is!

    I like pinks, blues, greens and whites. Geometric designs with a combination of light and dark colors.

    Reply
  17. Alex says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    My shade is: gray.

    Reply
  18. Cassie says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    My Shade Is

    A blue/grey would be perfect for my master bedroom makeover! :D

    Reply
  19. Alicia says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    My Shade is…
    I like sage green

    Reply
  20. Miranda says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    MY SHADE IS ocean blue…if only I were in the Caribbean right now…

    Reply
  21. Jessica N says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    My shade is charcoal grey, for now. love it!

    Reply
  22. Rebecca Farmer says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    My shade is……..

    GREEN (any color green)!

    Reply
  23. Kara says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    I basically like anything in the green/khaki family… except when I choose a yellow-ish khaki, then I don’t like anything in that family…

    Reply
  24. Thais says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    “MY SHADE IS”

    My fave color is Turquoise. I love love this color. It reminds of the beach,summer, and home both in Florida and Brazil.

    Reply
  25. Abby says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    Totally turquoise!

    Reply
  26. Stephanie says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    I love any shade of girly pink.

    Reply
  27. Ashley says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    My Shade is…

    Green!

    Reply
  28. Melanie says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    MY SHADE IS . . . aubergine. Ok, purple. But the lamps I’ve designed using this fun tool have all been bright, dark pink and orange, with stem-green accents (which are the colors in my guest room).

    Reply
  29. Lauren E. E. says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    My shade is patterned.

    favorite color: all shades of blue.

    Reply
  30. Rebekah C says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    My Shade Is…..

    I have to say that my color preferences have changed over the years, but right now I am loving smoky grays, charcoal grays, amber yellows, burnt oranges, and turquoise!

    Reply
  31. Shauna says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    My shade is…a nice purple-y grey. My daughter’s nursery is painted in Swanky Grey and I looooove it.

    Reply
  32. Leslie W says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    “MY SHADE IS”

    always changing but one that I keep going back to is vivid royal blue!

    Reply
  33. Jessica says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    MY SHADE IS… Pink :)

    Reply
  34. Bridgit says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    MY SHADE IS
    lime green!

    Reply
  35. deonva says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    MY SHADE IS

    bamboo green

    Reply
  36. Amanda@Reno366 says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    marina grey (a benjamin moore color), think of grey like a dolphin!

    Reply
  37. Shelley @ Green Eggs & Hamlet says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    MY SHADE IS navy blue or royal blue, have been since I was a small child so I guess you could say I’m loyal. :)

    Reply
  38. Brandi says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    MY SHADE IS..

    grey…and purple.

    Reply
  39. Jessica says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    MY SHADE IS…

    green! any shade of green is great, but especially Chartreuse or Celadon!

    Reply
  40. JLP says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    my shade is the blue of my husband’s gorgeous eyes!!!

    Reply
  41. LaurenS says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    MY SHADE IS blues, greens, whites, kinda like the beach!

    Reply
  42. Michelle says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    My Shade is black.
    I don’t have a favorite color… hmmm I wonder what that says about me.

    Reply
  43. Susan says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    MY SHADE IS

    sea mist and sand.

    Reply
  44. Tiffany T. says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    My shade is…
    Plum Purple, Ruby Red, and Sea Foam Green..I can’t pick a favorite.

    Reply
  45. Rona says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    “My shade is”

    Buttery yellow or a deep buttery gold.

    Reply
  46. Kara says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    MY SHADE IS…a yellow, gray and black print

    Reply
  47. Kara says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    My shade is…

    Lime Green!

    Reply
  48. jasmine says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    my shade is a happy, sunny yellow toned down with some soothing gray. love it!

    Reply
  49. Erin says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    MY SHADE IS sunny yellow!

    Reply
  50. suzanne k. says

    May 24, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    My Shade Is…

    seaglass blue.

    Reply
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