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NE OHIO LAMPSHADE LINER REPAIR
Lampshade liners deteriorate over time due to normal lighting after a decade, two or three! I appreciate the original shade covers as they are strong and aged to the lamp. People are often told that the entire shade needs recovered and relined if the liner is brittle, but it is just not so. I […]
Ohio Lampshade Restoration
This old drum lampshade was so cracked that it had to be duck taped before tearing it down so it would not fall to pieces. I use the original material as a pattern for the new lamp shade and sometimes I have to go to extremes to keep the original from falling apart. The […]
Chandelier Candle Light Shades, Replacing Liners Only
These were very well made candle light lamp shades on a beautiful brass chandelier. They are about 15 years old and the liners are deteriorating. The original covers are in great condition and show no signs of weakness. The wire frames are very sturdy and were constructed from a higher gage wire than I usually […]
Pleated Lamp Shade Restored for Pineapple Ceramic Base
I was able to get a great picture of the pleated fabric shade on the original base. People do not always know where the lamp is going to be placed when they purchase it, so I don’t get to know what the actual surroundings will be. I would do accents different if I knew ahead […]
Lamp Shade, Charmeuse Pleated Shade
This restored small shade is for a pineapple ceramic lamp base. It has a styrene (plastic) liner with an ivory fortuny pleated charmeuse cover. “Fortuny” is a specific name for a pinched rolled pleat and “Charmeuse” is a term for a lustrous satin looking finish. Fortuny charmeuse is an elegant pleated fabric finish. It […]
Fortuny Charmeuse Pleated Square Lampshade
This square pleated shade sits on a glass floor lamp with bulbs that are vertical inside the shade. To keep the shade a clear distance from the bulbs, I needed to work outside the frame. I wrapped the entire inside frame with grosgrain so the inside of the finished shade looked neat and clean. […]
SPAM COMMENTS on Lampshade Restoration
I sincerely apologize if anyone out there actually has taken an interest in my posts, but I have to go back into all my posts and remove the comments option. I am getting endless comment feeds from automated sites. So, if anyone has signed up for current posting information, Thank You but I had to […]
Candlelight Lampshades on an Old Floor Lamp.
From years ago, I had all these candlelight lampshades and did not know what to do with them. Just for fun, I used socket reducers in the cluster lights around the globe top floor lamp and put my sport candlelight shades on them. It is a fun light. The clusters are soft lighting and if […]
Square Pleated Lampshade Needing Repaired
This is the current lampshade project I am working on. It is a square pleated shade that goes on a glass floor lamp. This pleated shade cover is a fabric strip that is wrapped from the top of the shade frame to the bottom, inside and out, to look like a pleat. It is actually […]