I would like to replace the lampshades on my lucite lamps. The red is too bright for the room. I'd like to do either a pretty fabric, or a natural material, like seagrass or burlap.
I really like these two lampshades from Shades of Light:
But I don't want to spend $70 on a single lampshade. Plus they are 16 inch shades and I need a 13 inch shade. Plus I need two of them. Plus the shipping cost is ridiculous.
I am contemplating these seagrass shades from Ballard:
The price is easier to swallow and I really like the natural element. But I wonder if seagrass would look weird on top of lucite.
Or, I could recover a couple of $14 shades from Target. Unfortunately, all the cheap drumshades at Target are usually slightly sloped, about 13 inches at the top rim but 14 inches at the bottom. This means that a geometric pattern will look crooked if you just wrap it around. Its not impossible, you can cut out the fabric by rolling the lampshade over it (it will look like a smile-shaped piece fabric when you are done.) Its kind of a pain. I've done it before and I ended up throwing it away and paying more money for the straight up and down shade.
To be honest, I have a whole bunch of projects I am working on at the moment, and I just don't feel like trying to find an easy fabric to work with and doing that. I am in the mood for "put that in the shopping cart and lets be done with it. Which sometimes leads to "what was I thinking?" a few months down the road.
Will seagrass look dumb with lucite?
I really like these two lampshades from Shades of Light:
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| trellis shade |
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| Fretwork shade |
But I don't want to spend $70 on a single lampshade. Plus they are 16 inch shades and I need a 13 inch shade. Plus I need two of them. Plus the shipping cost is ridiculous.
I am contemplating these seagrass shades from Ballard:
The price is easier to swallow and I really like the natural element. But I wonder if seagrass would look weird on top of lucite.
Or, I could recover a couple of $14 shades from Target. Unfortunately, all the cheap drumshades at Target are usually slightly sloped, about 13 inches at the top rim but 14 inches at the bottom. This means that a geometric pattern will look crooked if you just wrap it around. Its not impossible, you can cut out the fabric by rolling the lampshade over it (it will look like a smile-shaped piece fabric when you are done.) Its kind of a pain. I've done it before and I ended up throwing it away and paying more money for the straight up and down shade.
To be honest, I have a whole bunch of projects I am working on at the moment, and I just don't feel like trying to find an easy fabric to work with and doing that. I am in the mood for "put that in the shopping cart and lets be done with it. Which sometimes leads to "what was I thinking?" a few months down the road.
Will seagrass look dumb with lucite?
um yes, yes it will
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