DIY - Thrift Store Lamp Makeover - Before & After

I found this lovely lamp a few weeks ago in my favorite thrift store - for 4 € / $ 5,50! So how could I not buy it despite the fact that it was anything else than perfect. The shade was old and made of ugly beige/brown fabric and the base was, well, too brown for my taste. And although I had a totally different shade in my mind when I bought it I think it turned out pretty cute...

I picked up a large Skimra lamp shade for 6,99 € / $ 9.00 at IKEA and spray painted the base white. Thankfully we had a cable with switch in white (!) from some broken IKEA Grundtal kitchen sports a left and S rewired the lamp for me. So the lamp including the makeover cost me a little more than 10 €. I found an old price tag on the bottom which says 64,00 (DM) which is about 30,00 €. But back in the days (I guess the lamp is from the 70ties according to the fabric and switch!?) 64,00 DM where A LOT of money for a little table lamp. It's from a company called BIKO Leuchten which I have never heard of before...but I really like when there comes some information, a little story with a thrift store find. It makes me wonder where my finds have lived before...