It's Here!

Our new lamp finally arrived.  Linda has been patiently waiting (almost a month) but today the UPS man left the box on our front step.  It's big. It's heavy. It's going to have to stay at the front door until Linda gets help carrying it upstairs.  She actually tried to unpack it, but could not lift it out of the box.  (Yes, Linda teaches a lot of Body Pump classes and probably lifts thousands of pounds of weights a week, but this box is too bulky and contents too fragile for her to take the chance of dropping it.) 

The lamp is part of the National Geographic collection that matches our living room and dining room.  Most of the furniture line seems to be discontinued, but a few sites still carry some of the pieces.  Linda LOVES our furniture.  It is a British safari theme.  Think old school safari's where they set up beautiful trunks, tea sets, elegant folding tables, wooden cots and twinkle lights in the trees.  (Except we don't have the cots....If we had the room and she could find one, it would definitely be set up in the living room.)  The lamp is a carved brass with African animals circling the base.  Here is a little sketch from the instruction page.

Linda is hoping the animals look a little better than the picture. 

 As soon as she can get it upstairs and set up, I'll post a photo.