My NEW Old Bridge Arm Lamp!

Before

Last fall Hubby and I went to a Fabulous Flea Market in Bloomington, IL, and I picked up an old bridge arm lamp that I fell in love with. I did a post on this trip HERE, however this is the lamp in the shape that I purchased it.

I cleaned it up, saw some rust on the straight  part of the pipe, so I only painted those two areas brown. I loved the patina on the rest of the lamp, so I left it.

Notice the wire below the ornate bridge arm to the bulb area. When I rewired that, I chose to thread the wire in and out through the scrolls to help hide the wire.

Here it is now, all cleaned up and looking sweet, in all it's detail...

After

The wiring is more hidden than it was before!

This is the original paint and patina of the base!

 I used an Edison Filament bulb and a dimmer to show off the uniqueness of not only the cool bulb but the bridge arm. I really think the juxtaposition of the ornateness of the lamp against the industrial nature of a naked filament bulb is working for me.

For now, I chose to leave off the funky wire 'shade'. I thought about hanging crystals from it, but decided to not use it. So what do you think?

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