An unusual lamp store is in downtown Athens. Open almost seven years, Sir-Lamps-A-Lot has beautiful new and antique lamps but can also turn just about anything into a custom lamp.  Can’t quite let go of a favorite golf bag? Owner C.H. Wilson can turn it into a lamp. Have a pair of sandals that are gorgeous but hurt your feet? Make them into a one-of-a-kind lamp. He’s done both of these projects in the past. And if a lamp you own is almost what you want, he can make changes to bring it up to exactly right.

   C. H. offers many choices of shades. Square, round, cut corner, scalloped edge, silk, burlap, linen; he has them all in prices beginning in the single digit and going up to the triple digit. Most of his shades are in white or cream but he can custom order a shade in almost any color. Lamp accessories such as a wide assortment of finials, the piece that you see above the shade, can be found here in brass, crystal and acrylic and in shapes such as a bear or golf ball.