Refurbished Lamp - Before

Here's a real doozy. My mother-in-law had a throwback lamp from the early 80's that'd been stuffed in the corner of a garage for quite awhile. The hubby and I, being desperate for lighting at the time, took the donation gratefully (it still worked, after all, and the price was right). But, there was no denying it was in bad shape and just plain ugly.

The original lamp shade was a tall funnel-style shape that I remember so vividly from the late 70's/early 80's (there. I've dated myself). Covered in a tweed fabric, you can see the dark water stains that had formed. The base, a floor lamp foot with a coffee table-like appendage half way up, is a brass finish that was seriously corroded.

I knew I had my work seriously cut out for me.