Most of the time, if I get a vision for something it'll turn out rather well. However, there are times when something vexes me so much, no matter what I do I can't seem to get it quite right. This has been the tale of our livingroom lamp. It's a cool, retro lamp, but I feel like the previous color scheme was making our livingroom a bit stuffy & old looking. So I painted the base white. I thought that'd fix the problem, but the lamp bugged me even more. This time it was the way the lamp & the shade played together. Chris bothered me to re-do the shade, but I wasn't quite seeing the vision. THEN, I saw the ruffled anthro shower curtain & thought that perhaps adding some texture to the shade would fix the problem. Now this is what I've got. I'm not sure if I like it or hate it. I think it still needs help, but I want your opinion. Pretty please?! Should I put it out of its misery & find something better or is there some miracle thing that could be done to make this lamp really shine? Oh please I hope you'll help me out!