I have been meaning to do this for ages, restore an old ships lamp and decorate it in the same style as we are restoring our boat. Not a particularly hard project by any means but fulfilling all the same. After getting rid of the rust and replacing a few screws and bolts it was ready for a base coat of enamel paint - the same mid Brunswick green that we are repainting Hannah the Narrowboat with. Once that was dry it was time to paint a few daisies to brighten it all up. I fitted a solar panel inside so it will light up once it gets dark!
Meanwhile the lady of the boat was making net curtains for the cratch to give us a little more privacy, as well as making the cratch look nice and homely. It took a bit of experimentation to work out how to make them hang correctly as the windows are triangular rather than the usual rectangle affair in most homes. We also have a few more brasses to help decorate the cratch - if you look at the bottom middle one you will see a circular brass disk which was actually attached to an old canal horse ear many years ago!
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