I have coveted some beautiful red lamps that my mother-in-law has for a while now. They look like this:
While my lamps looked like this: (UGLY yard sale finds, and one of them was missing a shade!)
So with a little primer:
And some red spraypaint:
Add some new rounded shades, and yippeee! Matching lamps that are similar to the original but super cheap to create! The flowers are SOO GONE... HOORAY for "new" lamps! :)