The best thing ever?Yes. THE. BEST. THING. EVER.
OK, Let me explain.
I LOVE these things:
LOOOOVE. LOVE, I tell you.
They're steam stacks—you see them all over Manhattan. When water seeps down into a manhole and comes in contact with hot pipes under the street, it causes a steam leak. This is a visibility hazard to drivers, so the orange and white striped chimneys are placed over the offending manhole to funnel the steam up above traffic.
And I think the are the most ADORABLE thing ever.
I want one.
Unfortunately, they are quite large. And not for sale.
Soooo...I proceeded to make one.
An almost life-size one.
Are you ready for this?
OK, here's the before shot. I have this white floor lamp with a rice paper shade that was just begging {oh, you should have heard it begging} to be transformed:
And I happened to have some orange tissue paper that was the perfect shade. And some giant sheets of corrugated plastic left over from a college project. And some white paint left over from my loft bed.Clearly this was meant to be.
In all of its glory:
:)
times a million.
Also, I would like to thank my fuzzy assistants who contributed to this project by not eating the orange stripes or walking in the clouds while the paint was wet.
