Amanda Makes the BEST THING EVER.

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.