Just Me Living Life

My vintage covered wagon lamp has been completed! The cover was filthy but has been washed and looks like new! It is now spotless! The old, vintage wiring was replaced with modern wiring that is electrically safer. The new wiring accommodates a smaller night light-sized bulb instead of a nearly standard-sized light bulb, thereby reducing the risk of browning to the cover as well as reducing the fire hazard. A couple of broken chains around the wagon were repaired.  After lots of searching and shopping, two Clydesdale horses, a father, mother, daughter and son have now been added as well! I’m thrilled with the outcome! I had a covered wagon lamp growing up but it was smaller and not equipped with horses or figurines, although I had always wanted to do this! Well, here it is! I just love it! One of numerous bucket list items completed! For some reason I have always been infatuated with the pioneer days! I sometimes wonder if I lived my first life back then, LOL!   Some before an...

My new covered wagon lamp has arrived! I love it! It’s bigger than the one I had as a child, which makes it even nicer! The cover was absolutely filthy but with some Spray N Wash and a gently scrub brush, some bleach and Tide laundry detergent, it came out perfectly clean! All of the stains and dirt came right out and it looks like new! It’s beautiful! This is what the cover looked like before I washed it! I knew this when I purchased it as these are actually screen shots of the photos the seller posted of it.  I figured I would try to clean it or replace the cover. I didn’t think I would be able to get it perfectly clean so I actually bought some fabric to sew a new one for it! I guess I’ll just set it aside in case needed later on! Here are close ups of the clean cover! Immaculate! It’s still a bit damp because I didn’t want to put it in the dryer and have it shrink. I think when it dries it might appear a little less opaque.  Here is a before and after photo!  I also r...