Growing growing growing

It's been a while since I have been here, but it is all good news!  The months of April and May were very exciting times for us.  Our beautiful fashion lampshade frames went on-line at 5rooms.com   There are 8 different shapes and all available in 9 colours and it gets delivered to your door!

We also exhibited at Decorex Cape Town and it was wonderful to introduce our products to new clients and touch base with our regular clients!

And then the best news - we have just opened a new Retail outlet for our lovely lampshades.  Come and visit our Retail Shop at the Somerset West Decor Centre, near Somerset West Mall where you can view interesting lampshades, discuss your requirements or just bring an old lampshade to be recovered.

We are still making lovely lampshades and we will post some photos soon!

Large pleated lampshade

This week was an extra special week. Not only did we do a very large pleated shade, but all the shades we made were white, black or a black white combination. What a week.

This lampshade is knife pleated and a pendant of 80 cm. Wow a biggie!

The stripe chandelier shades are always to die for!

And vertical stripe lampshades leave an excellent event impression... Come back for more...

I wonder whats up for next week...

Three in one

The Big Five of South Africa is always very popular. We used it in a 3 in one lampshade.

On-line Shop - Lampshade Frames & Shades

Did you know you can buy our special lampshades and frames on-line?  View our lamps and frames here and come back from time to time, as we do update the on-line shop.  Lots more frames to come.....

Lovely old one's

These beautiful little lampshades came in for recovering.  We have to show you how beautiful the finishing of the lampshades are, before we demolish the paper.  Tiny golden threads,  tiny gold band on the outside and it is hold together with tiny cross stitches.  So so pretty, we can't hardly torn it apart to refurbish it.  It must be at least 50 to 60 years old.....

Swivel head lampshade

We recovered these lampshades. The main reason why the client kept the shades,  is because of the swivel head. You can turn the shade up to allow more light for reading. These lampshade fittings are rare, so if you still have old one's, have it recovered as the factory which made it, has closed down looooong ago

Antique lampshade

A lamp base came in for repair as it was damaged when the owner moved home.  She brought the lampshade with the base.  I could not resist taking a few pictures of the lampshade, as we dont see this style lampshade, any more.  Even more so... -  this one is kept in an excellent condition.

 

 

Beautiful, thick folds at the bottom

And the inside is as pretty as the outside

 

It reminds me of this lampshade, which we repaired and  then

changed the fitting so that it can be hanged.

Lining a lampshade

A lining inside a lampshade dims the light and just gives a better presentation.  Here we are lining a lampshade after we designed and made the frame, then twist pleated it and the last step - the lining and trim.

And this is the completed lampshade...

Pleating a lampshade

Clients do ask "why is pleating expensive?"  - It is labor intensive.  First we measure, then we iron, then we pin, then we finish it off -  It takes many hours of concentrating and measuring.  So when you see a pleated lampshade again - remember it took a long time....

Sea grass Lampshade

We are busy with a custom design lampshade for a standing lamp.  The client has a beautiful large wooden lamp base (which I haven't seen yet), and wanted a "green" look for the shade.  So we made one from sea grass. The size is about 30 cm by 50 cm x 40 cm high.  (Just keep in mind that a sea grass lampshade this big, is very heavy and needs a copper fitting and a solid base - not for a flimsy, shiny, thin lamp base ;-)   ) So this is the process:

Birds in Bree Street

As I was going up Bree Street in Cape Town when my eye caught this beautiful restaurant - and (of course) the lighting!

Birds Cafe in Bree Street, Cape Town. 

Wow, a 4 star rating by eatout.co.za!  I popped by, had a chat with the owner and took a few pictures.  I will be back for lunch - its a stunning venue and food is excellent. 

When are you stopping by.....

Well worth a visit....