some new decor for the new year

I'd been looking for tall, skinny, matching lamps for the console table in the living room
for a long time and had checked outall the usual sources -
department stores, big box stores,HomeGoods, TJ Maxx, and different online sites,
  all to no avail. This weekend, however, I was in Hobby Lobby and while
browsing, I spied these two red lamps. At first, I wasn't sure about them

and almost passed them up.

Then I figured I may as well try them, and if they didn't work, I could always return
them, right?

Well, turns out I love them! I think they look perfect.

Who would've thunk?? 

Living room lamps from Hobby Lobby!

Just goes to show you that you have to think outside the box sometimes.

I love the soft glow they emit at night...

And the deep red color of the shades during the day.

Oh - you see that green and gold pitcher and two matching glasses on the top, 
middle of the console table? I had totally forgotten about them. I found them
tucked away in a cabinet down in the basement. They belonged to my grandmother.

I'm assuming they are for some kind of liquor?

I don't know, but they sure are pretty!

I also found this pretty little baker's rack while I was at Hobby Lobby.

It's much more useful (and prettier) than the painted red wooden chair I previously

had in that same space. It holds a lot of my cookbooks.

I plan on updating that little lampshade. I was thinking of hot-gluing a band of

ribbon along the bottom of the shade, maybe with pom-poms.

Any other (simple) ideas?

I also hate that you can see the lamp cord going across the wall. I have this "thing"
about visible cords. Drives me nuts!

I change the plates on the vertical plate rack all the time, depending on my mood, 
the season, a particular holiday, or heck - simply because it's Friday. 
Or I didn't have hormonal night sweats in my sleep the previous night.

Anyhoo, also at Hobby Lobby, I also found the white and black

monogrammed plates. I wanted four of them to use in a typical place setting, 
but they only had three left with the initial "R".

You can't see it in this photo, but I have one other "R" plate at the top of the rack.

I'll go back to Hobby Lobby in a couple of weeks to see if they have any more of these plates in stock.

Here's to new beginnings...even if it's just some household decor for now.