Thrifty!

September 27th, 2010

I found this strange vintage lamp at The Salvation Army for the low low cost of $6. I can’t decide if it is barfing up the lights or slowly devouring them. The petals at the bottom look like some sort of crazy fish mouth or, well, um…a flayed penis.

It was made by Tower Craftsman Incorporated in New Jersey and may be the last decent thing to come out of that state…I’m going to go throw it in a hot tub and see if it breeds.

It’s flaccidly flipping off The Captain! Rude.
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    24 Comments

    1. weekdaycarnival on 09/27/2010:

      Your pictures are amazing! I really like the empty walls and the composition.

    2. Ana on 09/27/2010:

      Good find!

      I know you just had a yard sale but I wonder if you run into the same problem I have?
      I tend to accumulate thrift store finds and if i don’t watch it my place could start to look like an episode of hoarders. Do you have a “one in one out” rule?

    3. Fiona on 09/27/2010:

      Definitely chemistry between the captain and the lamp. And there I was fretting you might stop being filthy now the Brick House has gone pro.

    4. monika@lifemadesimple on 09/27/2010:

      I love it! Looks great in the room and the captain seems to like it too :-)

    5. carol on 09/27/2010:

      very phallic indeed-
      and in the bedroom.
      and in perfect eye line for the captain.

      love.

    6. Coletta on 09/27/2010:

      I so want that darn black chair.

    7. Eric @ flavorspaces on 09/27/2010:

      Hahaha I wouldn’t have guessed it looking like a penis until you brought it up, but now that’s all I see when I look at it. Great find for $6!

    8. Mike C on 09/27/2010:

      I think we have a situation.

    9. Fat Cat on 09/27/2010:

      Your my favourite foul-mouthed person, right after Dexter’s sister! Hard indeed to see anything but a penis after this and here I started of all naive and cute and thought it looked like leaves and flower stems :-)

    10. Dee on 09/27/2010:

      Looks like the lamp is gettin’ turned on by the captain.

    11. the vintage cabin on 09/27/2010:

      ejaculations…er, i mean congratulations on finding this brass assed beauty!

    12. Tonia on 09/27/2010:

      Perfect for the room and 6 bucks!

    13. Heather Espana on 09/27/2010:

      I will now have nightmares about a flayed penis. Thanks a lot.
      I do love the lamp though.

    14. melanie on 09/27/2010:

      what do you got against new jersey?! ;-)

    15. THE BRICK HOUSE on 09/27/2010:

      Ana, unfortunately I’m starting to hoard.

      Malanie, nothing except for that show. yuck.

    16. Suzy8track on 09/27/2010:

      “Flaccidly flipping off the Captain”….that totally cracked me up! Groovy lamp and quite a bargain at $6.

    17. jenn on 09/27/2010:

      my bush is totally biting your lamps style!!!
      http://flic.kr/p/8EtDF2

    18. Emma Jay on 09/27/2010:

      Ha, brilliant!

      The Captain sure looks pleased with the lamp’s blatant flirting…

      Love the lamp, used to have something very similar myself, until I kicked it over by accident whilst dancing after taking a gram of MDMA at one of my house parties.

    19. stephanie on 09/27/2010:

      what a find! LOVE it!

    20. bianca on 09/27/2010:

      that lamp and the captain must always be displayed in relationship to each other. there is something very special about this grouping. especially in the bedroom.

    21. Sussi on 09/28/2010:

      Your unique lamp originally came with a different style
      light bulb. I would carry a picture in my purse and the
      show it to a few ‘old’ people. I’m ‘old’ but can’t remember LOL.
      Your house is beautiful. All of the furnishing are exquisite.
      What you’ve done to with the front of the house should win
      the re-do Award of the Year. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.

    22. Lynne on 09/29/2010:

      Very cool lamp….and tell the Captain, I said “Hi”…wink, wink, nudge, nudge…

    23. Lindsay on 09/29/2010:

      Maybe it’s just wilting in response to the heat. Give it a month or two and maybe it will perk up…

    24. Marco on 10/14/2010:

      ahah…very fanny lamp!
      I just wonder if you don’t risk blindness when is on for the excessive light ;)

      Someone know the name of the plant in close up? I want one like that!

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