We just don’t get much light in our garden unit apartment. Once the sun has moved away from our sliding glass door we are in the dark. Literally. There are no overhead lights and just one teeny tiny lamp lighting up our life.

I had been on the hunt for a floor lamp since we moved in. I didn’t want to buy one of the college dorm room lamps just for a quick fix. We’ve decided to be a more conscious about what we’re buying for our place and we’re trying to avoid temporary solutions. That way won’t be wasting money on the temporary fix and we’ll own something we actually love. Very Grown Up of Us, no?

We went back and forth for awhile and finally settled on one from Lamps Plus. We bought all of our lamp shades from them for a really good price and ended up loving them. Our lamp was about $75. We paid a little more to have a solid, sturdy base and the option to have the double pull. It’s actually really nice to be able to control the amount of light. More light for reading, less for movie watching.

Anyway, enough with the details on the lamp. Here’s how it’s lighting up our space.

Pretty impressive, huh? Truth be told, these pictures were taken about 2:00 pm. So our entire outdoor light source hadn’t left for the day. It’s still a dramatic difference for us though. No more feeling like cave dwellers! Who knew $75 would change the entire feel of our living room?

What’s the latest quick fix that you’ve added to you abode recently?

Here’s what we started with-yuck!

Here’s our beautiful after

It isn’t a dramatic difference but it makes the whole room (which is small anyhow) look more put together and finished. Yay for finishing projects!

Have you finished anything on your to-do list lately?