Lamps Plus Pro Track Task Lighting

It’s nice to have ambient light in the house. It makes everything look so warm and inviting. Since our tv bookcase cabinet is about fifteen years old, I added battery operated spotlights to the top shelf. But batteries don’t last very long. So when I was looking for uplights for the plant console table in the dining room, I was hoping to find a spotlight that gets plugged in. The area needed a bit of a punch being that it was dark in the corner, and uplights always look so pretty. The Lamps Plus Pro Track Task Light seemed to be just the right size, had an on off switch on the cord, and could be pointed in several directions. So I found a spot behind the bird cage and gave it a go. It looks just like I wanted it to, although the light is quite bright and there is no dimmer mechanism. The body of the lamp gets warm, but the light itself does not. It gives the space a nice glow and the shadows on the ceiling are lovely. I can think of a few other places that this sort of lighting would be nice. There are a lot of options out there. This one does a nice job. 

Lamps Plus and Lamps Unlimited Lamp Shade

One of the few things we brought with us from the Midwest when we moved to DC twelve years ago was a very small table lamp. It used to sit on a table in the living room. Now it sits on our dining room table. But the shade was well worn and it was obvious it needed to be replaced. We searched high and low for one a couple of years back but couldn’t find anything near the size or shape of it on line or in town. So we went back to Lamps Unlimited in McLean and actually found something that would work, but needed to be brought in from another location. But the lady who helped us never called us back, which seemed very odd. So rather than give up I started another on line search and to my surprise I found something that was about the same size, but not quite the same shape from Lamps Plus. So I ordered it in eggshell, but got a message that it wouldn’t be available for a couple of weeks. So I thought we would never hear from them again. A couple of weeks passed and the credit card transaction came through so I knew the new shade would be arriving shortly. It did finally come with its own harp and fits reasonably well. It definitely is a lot cleaner. My husband washed the other shade and it looks a lot better - I thought it would just fall apart. So now we have a replacement. I’m not sure we would ever use it again -  I’ll just store the original one on a shelf in case we ever need it.