The folks over at CB2 sent us their adorable monkey lamp to try our hand at ReStyling! Monkeys (specifically, chimpanzees) are my absolute FAVORITE animal in the world, so when I saw this I got super excited. Here’s what I did:I used a white oil pastel to create a simple, messy scribble pattern in four rows all the way around the lampshade. I tried a couple other mediums first (paint pen and paint) and oil pastel was by far the best. You can really see the lines and it’s easy (and fast) enough to mark with that you can create a pattern that feels truly random. I love how it turned out!I knew that for my own home I would love to keep the monkey white, ranther than painting him a bright color. So to add some color I added a couple blooms, he makes a pretty cute little flower vase, don’t you think? I love that these can be swapped out and matched to different seasons and themes! I think I will try a few air plants next.When the lamp is illuminated you can barely even see the scribble lines, which I love. It has two completely different looks.
I had so much fun with this challenge, and now my one last decision is which room our new monkey gets to live in. I’m thinking guest bedroom! Thanks so much CB2.
Happy Monday everyone! xo. Elsie
I love this! Pentel Arts have some of my favorite products. I especially liked when you used the fabric sticks on the pillow DIY project. Thank you for sharing!
This is so cute! Love that he’s holding flowers!
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Love to have him join me in my office!
Cute! and so creative 🙂
X
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I love how great it looks against the yellow chair – a fun little restyle 🙂
What a super cute idea and I love those flowers!
I love the gray you chose!
Very cute. Love the dual look of the lamp shade.
that lamp is so fun! i love it.
Zoe
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Very funky money!
xx Kaisa
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Looks great, but how durable do you think the pattern will be? I could imagine that dust might stick to it?
It’s great, I love it !
Oh I love it! I recently got a turquoise rabbit lamp: http://magicaldaydream.blogspot.nl/2013/05/my-rabbit-and-me.html It has a polka dotted cover and it is so adorable 🙂 Also; my grandmother used to have a guest room that we called the ‘monkey room’ because it had a lot of monkeys in it (stuffed animals, paper ones, illustrations). That room was the best!
This is super cute and stylish – thanks for sharing!
I love monkeys too and I designed a monkey bracelet: http://877.bigcartel.com/product/herren-armband-affenkopf-holzperlen-weiss
Wearing it reminds me of “monkey business” – taking things not too serious and having fun!
Greetings from Hamburg, Sylvia
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I don’t think my animal behaviorist husband would ever forgive me if I didn’t obnoxiously mention that a chimp is not a monkey, but an ape. Either way, the lamp is fantastic. Love the flowers.
There are so many interesting lamps on Etsy that would be great for this makeover! Thanks for an idea!
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Haha! This lamp made me laugh 🙂 Very cute restyle!
I really like the look of the scribbles can’t believe it was achieved with a white oil pastel! Well done:)
Love that monkey and the shade idea 🙂
J
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LOVE IT! And if I ever meet you in person, I’ll do my Chimpanzee imitation for you… ooo-ooo-Ooo-Ooo-Eee-AH-AH!!!