Time for the final round!
Rounds one and two were unsurprisingly dominated by lamps featuring scary babies and feet. What treasures will this round hold? Let’s find out!
from Sara-Jean
“What are YOU LOOKING AT!!?? Get out of here before I BREAK YOUR FACE with my TINY FISTS OF FURY!!! I will START YOU ON FIRE with my SEETHING GLARE!!! You are about to experience UNSURPASSED RAGE! Oh, um, can I borrow a lightbulb?”
from Lori
I have nothing against penguins, but I can’t think of a single decorating instance where this is OK. Maybe in an igloo? No.
from Caitlin
I … have … no words. What happened here? Who gave this the green light? Someone couldn’t bear to toss their beloved but broken pug statue, so they ran a cord up its bum, screwed in a shade on top, and pretended it just got back from the vet?
from Mary Lou
Join us for the ballet of the century! The Phantom Dancers who Escort You to Hell: Where the Flowers are Black and the Hearts are Blacker! Billed as “One of the most depressing things you will ever witness.” Get your tickets today!
from Sunny
Hand-carved from the trunk of a cypress tree, this candelabra lit the captain’s quarters of a nefarious pirate ship for many years until it a shipwreck washed it ashore. At least that’s what they told me when I bought it for six bucks at the swap meet.
from Jen
Tree trunks? Petrified poo piles? Idol gods of a prehistoric religion? Overpriced at $10 each?
Maybe, probably, could be and YES.
Ugly Lamps: Round Three
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40 Comments
Laura Trevey
September 7, 2011 at 9:00 PMOh my ~ where do I start??? this is great… I will go with #13
The DIY Show Off
September 8, 2011 at 1:16 AMSo ugly! I had no idea such lamps existed! Gag! lol
Kathy@ Gone North
September 7, 2011 at 6:20 PMThere are no words…
Ballet dancers beat ugly …
Hands Down!!!
Lisa
September 7, 2011 at 6:49 PMWTF – that dog!!!!
And the creepy gu a close second.
Plumyumi
September 7, 2011 at 6:58 PMI dont think raging man is a lamp. it looks like someone stuck that guy in front of another lamp.
Autumn Van Weir
September 7, 2011 at 7:01 PMThose dancers are going to haunt my dreams for days to come. They’re like Arabian Angels of Death.
Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co.
September 7, 2011 at 7:04 PMNope, the deer feet are much worse!
Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co.
September 7, 2011 at 7:04 PMNope, the deer feet are much worse!
Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co.
September 7, 2011 at 7:04 PMNope, the deer feet are much worse!
dmccmc18
September 7, 2011 at 7:14 PMI honestly cant even choose this time.
Amie
September 8, 2011 at 2:39 AMThis is seriously mind blowing. Each one is worse than the last!
fiona
September 7, 2011 at 8:09 PMHmm…that’s a tough one. The headless dog is an obvious first choice, but it does have a Surrealist quality about it. If you pooped it in a gallery with a little card under saying it was by Dali, people would think it was both priceless and thought-provoking.
I’ve gone for the creepy guy. But those deer feet are going to haunt my dreams.
Jenny @ DIY Newlyweds
September 7, 2011 at 8:15 PMHahaha, I am laughing at my desk right now at the angry man lamp! I can’t imagine who would use that lamp, besides an anger management therapist!
These lamps are hysterical, I’m sad that this is the last round!
Michelle L.
September 7, 2011 at 8:26 PMThese are all winners!!!
CheapbyChoice
September 7, 2011 at 8:34 PMJust when I think the lamps cannot get any uglier, they do. This is a great contest!!!
Mellodee
September 7, 2011 at 8:35 PMMy mom had a lamp for years that I thought was pretty ugly (mid-century, 3 basketball-sized globes, one each of orange, yellow, and green, each shooting off in different directions with fake plastic greenery around the base!) It was awful! But I couldn’t find a photo of it.
Wouldn’t have mattered, mom’s lamp looks like the height of elegance compared to these horrors!! How do the owners of these gems sleep at night??? Nightmares must abound!
Tesseraemum
September 7, 2011 at 9:18 PMIts really not fair. This whole thing was a bad idea!! Really?! Who can just vote for just one of these?! A few of these will haunt my sleep, I just know it.
Jen
September 7, 2011 at 9:19 PMYeah, I’m gonna need more than one vote on this one. How to choose?! Wow – the guy, the dog, the “dancers”… Oy!
Casey
September 7, 2011 at 11:43 PMI just can’t believe that these things actually exist! And at some point, someone liked these things!
Memento Mori
September 8, 2011 at 1:43 AMOMG! That creepy guy looks EXACTLY like the farmhand we had when I was growing up. He was constantly getting turned down for dates. Can’t imagine why!
Korkowski Kit & Kin
September 8, 2011 at 1:57 AMYour descriptions leave me with tears of laughter running down my face and words won’t even come out of my mouth because I’m laughing so hard. You are missing your call as a stand-up comic!
Korkowski Kit & Kin
September 8, 2011 at 1:57 AMYour descriptions leave me with tears of laughter running down my face and words won’t even come out of my mouth because I’m laughing so hard. You are missing your call as a stand-up comic!
Korkowski Kit & Kin
September 8, 2011 at 1:57 AMYour descriptions leave me with tears of laughter running down my face and words won’t even come out of my mouth because I’m laughing so hard. You are missing your call as a stand-up comic!
Fiona
September 8, 2011 at 2:06 AMPlumyumi, I think you’re right! Raging Man is NOT a lamp! If you look closely behind him, you can see the base of the REAL lamp…
Gsciencechick
September 8, 2011 at 2:42 AMIs angry man supposed to be The Incredible Hulk?
These are all so bad. I actuallly like the candelabra.
Cindy
September 8, 2011 at 2:57 AMI think i’m going to have to kill myself after looking at those lamps, or rip my eyeballs out. Holy mother of god, i can’t even choose one…
Cindy
suzieQ
September 8, 2011 at 2:58 AMI think this contest is rigged…all of these are serious contenders for the ugliest lamp and we have to pick between them? When I first saw the ugly guy, felt he was the winner, but then, the ballet couple, the dog, those melting trees…
How could anyone manufacture these things and an even better question–why would anyone buy them?
cndesigns
September 8, 2011 at 2:59 AMBoy there really are some super ugly-“mafugly” lamps here! But ya know, if the ballet dancers one was spray painted all white, it not be so bad…for that weirdly eclectic/what the heck? sort of look 🙂 Still, the tree trunks/petrified poo lamp got my vote for worst!
Peggy
September 8, 2011 at 3:52 AMOh my – I was thinking my fish lamp was really bad but now I think it’s actually pretty cute – some of these lamps are just plain scary!!
ladyhawthorne
September 8, 2011 at 5:09 AMround three was definitely hard to choose from since they were all equally ugly.
a happy little life
September 8, 2011 at 7:28 AMHAHAHAHA!!! I have tears rolling down my face I am laughing so hard!!!! How can I even pick one!!!!
Teri
September 8, 2011 at 11:04 AMits a tie, their all terrible.
Melanie
September 8, 2011 at 11:58 AMI can’t decide. They are all so horrible. I think I have to go wash my eyes out with something.
Katy
September 8, 2011 at 12:51 PMI can’t even vote on this round. They are all just so unbelievable, I can’t pick just ONE!
The dog wtf? the angry dude. cripes. and life-size ballet dancers as LAMPS. crap on a cracker. It is all too much. :O
Sandy aka Doris the Great
September 8, 2011 at 12:54 PMI am loving this contest. And it’s so hard to choose. Man! It’s not so much that there are ugly lamps, but people actually displayed them in their houses (or dungeons or asslyums)!
Katy
September 8, 2011 at 12:54 PMok wait — when I first saw the ballet lamps I thought they were life-size! something about the scale of that pic lol!
oh– the petrified piles of poo– I could see that in a super-expensive modern design magazine. Seriously.
NinjaDiva
September 8, 2011 at 2:08 PMThese are some “different” lamps thats for sure. Maybe try this for inspiration: http://ninjadiva.blogspot.com/2011/09/mosaic-lamp.html
Criss T
September 9, 2011 at 2:44 AMCreepy – the angry man’s shirt matches the base of the lamp next to it perfectly.
Caught My Eye Candy
September 9, 2011 at 3:57 AM*tiny little voice*
I actually kind of like the dancer lamps.
*goes to hide in a cave*
Aren
September 17, 2011 at 7:55 AMBlogger Plumyumi said…
I dont think raging man is a lamp. it looks like someone stuck that guy in front of another lamp.
September 7, 2011 11:58 AM
This.