This “boudoir” lamp finial looks more like it belongs in your nightstand than on it.
Et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. The surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered when one is only half conscious. (True story.) 3. An excuse for me to be an obnoxious, snarky New Yorker once per week.
Like all interior design elements, I am a bit obsessed with lighting. I really feel that a room’s lighting can make or break a design, so today’s exploration of Etsy’s lighting offerings is especially fun for me. From the magnificently modern to the brilliantly blingy to the weirdly wonderful to the wonderfully weird, I’m pleased to report that there’s a lot to love this week!
For more Etsy fun, check out all my weekly Etsomnia™ posts!
Nutty, sure, but it could be worse…
While I don’t think I want to go to sleep thinking of war, they’re undeniably well done. By UrbanoRodriguez
This really would be the perfect way to hide a bong in plain sight.
Shockingly expensive, but utterly awesome. By Luxuryvintageinterio
Panther + glass flowers = Etsy-level WTF
Materials from item description: Porcelain Doll Head, Yellow Thing, Pink Lace, Spider Friend, Lamp Guts
I don’t know where it belongs, but I’m nonetheless wowed by this Marie Antoinette lamp. By MarionCalmelLampes
While it is kind of fascinating, it also looks like it would talk to you in your sleep.
You’ll never guess how to turn these lamps on…
What’s better than one flamingo lamp? Two, of course! By ThriftyBitchVintage
I get kitsch, but enough is enough!
What? Why?
Amazingly minimal while still feeling warm and organic. I wouldn’t have thought it possible! By TheElray
A little nutty? Sure. Love it, though. By MunstreGlow
Let’s hope fugly chic never catches on.
Is it awesome or is it awful? No, seriously. I truly don’t know. By VintageByThePound
Amazing 3-D illusion lamp! By Zinteh
I’m not going to lie. I’m a bit concerned about what’s happening to that ferret.
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October 12, 2017 at 11:44 am
Oh too funny. I’m never on etsy, and normally a post like this from anyone else would get an immediate delete. But not when it’s you. I look at all of your etsy posts just to read your comment about each item. Thanks for the morning wake-up chuckle Donna. You get me every time 🙂
Alison
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October 12, 2017 at 1:16 pm
Thank you! That’s really great to hear. You’ve made my day!
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October 12, 2017 at 1:01 pm
Omg – haha – etsomnia! I particularly love the little mannequins with lightbulb heads.
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October 12, 2017 at 1:17 pm
I kind of love them and hate them at the same time. Glad you enjoyed the post!
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October 12, 2017 at 1:26 pm
I completely love that wooden ring light. I have never seen anything like it. My father-in-law is a train nut and would love that train light but a) my mother-in-law would never OK it and b) I don’t have that kind of budget. I am curious about how much was being charged for those cranberry glass vintage lamps because we had a Bohemian paraffin lamp just like that when I was a kid. We had paraffin lamps everywhere because of frequent power outages.
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October 12, 2017 at 2:37 pm
I think they were about $25 each. I love that ring light, too! Not sure how well it would give off light, but it sure is cool!
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October 12, 2017 at 3:01 pm
That makes me feel better about all of the lamps we got rid off then. No lost fortunes to worry about.
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October 12, 2017 at 3:04 pm
Nope. Antiques Road Show isn’t looking for you.
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October 12, 2017 at 4:12 pm
I once went along to Antiques Roadshow (original U.K. version) and had a little dish valued at not very much. The expert added that, had we the larger sized dish, it was worth hundreds. We used to have the larger dish. Our cats had smashed it. Sigh.
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October 12, 2017 at 6:06 pm
Cats are such assholes. Love ’em anyway.
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October 12, 2017 at 7:27 pm
I refer to our two cats as “the catholes” from time to time for just that reason.
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October 12, 2017 at 8:18 pm
Hahaha!
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October 12, 2017 at 4:41 pm
Not much to tempt me there, and I agree poor ferret. Thanks you for fun post.
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October 12, 2017 at 6:07 pm
Thank you! I’m printing up Save the Ferret tshirts…
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October 12, 2017 at 4:47 pm
OMG these are either hysterical, adorable or – yes, I’m worried about the ferret too. I’m actually a little tempted by the thing that will talk to me in my sleep.
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October 12, 2017 at 6:07 pm
It is really interesting, I’m just pretty sure it would tell you to do bad things.
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October 12, 2017 at 6:35 pm
I believe that everyone in my extended family had similar bongs, I mean, hurricane lamps!
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October 12, 2017 at 8:17 pm
I had a small white one growing up. I smashed it when I was 8 or so in the hopes that its replacement would be better. It wasn’t.
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October 12, 2017 at 6:38 pm
That spider is no friend of the designer if it was treated in this manner!
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October 12, 2017 at 8:17 pm
True story!
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October 12, 2017 at 9:47 pm
ETSOMNIA is my favorite time of the week! That baby head lamp falls into the things-I-can’t-unsee category….
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October 13, 2017 at 7:09 am
Yes, sorry about that… oh, who am I kidding? If I suffer, you suffer. Lucky you!
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