Told a lady at a garage sale her $5 lamp was ugly, now it's in my living room

I walked past this beat-up brass lamp at a garage sale in Oak Park and said 'that's hideous' out loud. The owner laughed and said 'give it a chance, some things just need different light.' She was right, I swapped the shade for $3 at Goodwill and now it's my favorite reading lamp. Anyone else have a find they almost skipped?

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elliotm7016h ago

My buddy Rick did something similar with a nasty old painting he found at a thrift store in Berwyn. It was this weird still life of fruit that looked like it was painted by someone who hated oranges. He bought it for a dollar just to make fun of it, hung it in his garage. Now he says it's the only thing that makes his workspace feel like a real room, he even cleaned the frame. Sometimes the stuff you think is trash just needs someone to give it a weird kind of love.

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mila40511h ago

Wait, you actually think there's something to that ugly thing? Because honestly you just made me realize I've been way too quick to write off my own weird garage junk.