Classic furniture from my mother in law

chrisinhouston • Nov 28, 2009 10:57 am
When we cleaned out her home in Arizona, my mother in law pleaded with me to take her favorite lamp. She said she purchased it at Knott's Berry Farm which I never knew had a furniture department. The lamp is about 50 inches tall and I placed it by the dining room chair for scale.

In some way it reminds me of that leg shaped lamp int he Christmas movie. FRAGILEEE!
Juniper • Nov 28, 2009 12:21 pm
Lovely. How very 70s.

I have some stuff like that from my mom. Hideous, but I grew up with the stuff and it's so ironically ugly I hate to part with it. Lamps are especially good examples of this particular phenomenon. I have this one hanging lamp that . . . I just tried to describe but I can't. I'll have to take a photo.
lumberjim • Nov 28, 2009 12:47 pm
straight off a James Bond Movie Set
monster • Nov 28, 2009 2:35 pm
I'm sorry, but that is hideous. at least to my 40yo eyes. Nicely preserved, though. And Huuuuge!
chrisinhouston • Nov 28, 2009 3:51 pm
I should add that the part about a foot of off the ground that is sort of pear shaped, she used to put spare change and chewing gum and indigestion tablets there.Very convenient.
Juniper • Nov 28, 2009 5:05 pm
LOL - my son has a lamp in his room with a wooden base (also very 70s, inherited), and it has sort of a dish shaped bottom like that, for holding spare change, thumbtacks, and assorted Lego pieces.
dar512 • Nov 30, 2009 3:22 pm
Your MIL knows classic? Way cool.





Oh.
classicman • Nov 30, 2009 4:57 pm
HEY! Thats where my lamp ended up - Was there money inside it?
monster • Nov 30, 2009 6:31 pm
I think you should rub the lamp, chris....
dar512 • Nov 30, 2009 9:01 pm
monster;613759 wrote:
I think you should rub the lamp, chris....

Is that what they're calling it these days? :3eye:
Elspode • Nov 30, 2009 9:04 pm
monster;613204 wrote:
Nicely preserved, though. And Huuuuge!


That's what I though Monster was going for.
monster • Nov 30, 2009 9:27 pm
You're all thinking dirty about me.....
dar512 • Nov 30, 2009 9:53 pm
monster;613788 wrote:
You're all thinking dirty about me.....

Well, sure. Can you blame us? :D