Back to More about lampshades – and this time, we are talking about how to measure a lampshade. A very important piece of finding the right shade! Customers come into our store everyday looking for a replacement lampshade. Ideally, the lamp requiring the new shade should accompany the customer – it makes for a much […]
Click here to look at our selection of handmade and affordable collectible lamps. Clear glass vases are used frequently in interior décor to add a personalized touch to a room. Adding whole oranges or lemons to a vase is a very common way to liven up a dining room or kitchen, and during the holidays
Click here to look at our wide selection of hexagonal lampshades. Another general category of lampshade styles is the six sided, hexagon lampshade. While lamps with an hexagonal element are not the most common in the store, nevertheless, when either the base or the lamp itself offers a hexagon, we like to work with it.
Drum lampshades are one of the most traditional types of lampshades, extremely popular from the early twentieth century through the 1980s when the fell out of favor. Today, however, the drum lampshade is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, and the category has expanded to include some current and fun additions. The drum lampshade may also
Click here to look at our wide selection of picture lamps. Many people come into the store looking for a way to light a new piece of prized artwork. If you’re investing in a beautiful piece of art, then you should show it off! Before you start your search, make sure you understand the qualities
When a customer purchases a lamp or a lampshade at our store, they have the opportunity to “finish” their lamp with a new finial. A lamp finial is important – if you can find one that enhances your lamp – because it “finishes” your new lamp and can add a pop of color or texture that
A bedroom should be a cozy, calm place and lighting should be designed to fall around the bed, not directly onto the bed. There are few lighting types to keep in mind for the bedroom: – Wall Swing Arm Lamps are not only a wonderful source of both ambient and task lighting, but they are
Click here to look at our wide selection of square lampshades. As I share with our customers, most lamps are round, and to be “true” to the style and shape of the lamp, we are most often drawn to some form of a round lampshade. I really enjoy the opportunity to work with customers wanting
Our customers often walk their interesting antique finds through our doors. A few weeks ago we saw these unique milk jugs come through with Asian artwork. The customer wanted us to transform them into table lamps – from the electrical to the finial and the lampshade – while maintaining the integrity of the antique. Before:
Click here to buy a collectible lamp and fill it with your own lemons! WARNING: DO NOT USE LIMES Over the years we’ve seen customers create many memorable and creative gifts with our novelty fillable glass lamps. We “filled” you in on a few of these ideas in a previous blog post. We thought it would be
What is a lampshade gallery? A gallery is an aesthetic element added to the bottom of a lampshade that conforms to the shape of the lampshade bottom, is typically an inch in height, and is set off with a piped wire separating it visually from the body of the lampshade. The gallery may be covered
Octagonal lampshades form an often useful “bridge” between your round empire or bell lampshade to a “shape”. With eight unique sides – sometimes of equal size, sometimes 2 sets of 4 sides the same – the octagonal lampshade offers “softer” edges or corners than the hexagonal or square / rectangular lampshades. We will most often
