Atomic Lampshades

Today I let the staff do the chandelier shades, bedroom shades, lounge table shades, (all the ordinary shades), etc and I am doing something DIFFERENT!
 Matt Allison , the well known urban farmer in Cape Town, contacted me to manufacture an atomic lampshade for his 50's lampbase.

 This base has two light fittings.  The one is for a bright light (like reading), the other - just for light.





And it has 2 pull chains to switch them on and off - clever!  - Ideal for electricity saving in South Africa.

This is all the planning I did.

And now:  for the fabric.  The 2 cone shape shades will be black cotton and the centre drum will be a beautiful fabric from Skinny la Minx.










Now we are busy with the wiring, then the epoxy coating, and then I will post pictures again of  how we progress....

3 Hanging Shades

Custom made 3 frames
Client provided the most beautiful fabric
and now
It,s  ready to be hanged ...

Tired of dark lampshades?

How often have you tried to read with the bedside lamp, just to find out it does not provide sufficient light? We now stock a clear PVC backing which provide much more lighting for easy reading. 

Add a trim

The following lampshade was recovered to give a longer light span. One can change the complete look of a shade by just adding a trim or self-fold trim, to add character to a shade.  Herewith the new look:

A completely restored lampshade

We received this lampshade to be restored.  It was very dusty and the fabric was torn. 
It takes forever to clean a frame like this, from all the old glue, fabric, trim and old paint.

But after sanding, a few layers of paint, new fabric and trim.... It looks brand new, again!

P.S. Do you want your shades restored?  Contact us!