Lamp Shades

Beaded Lamp Shades

Beaded lamp shades have been popular for many years which means that you can buy brand new, or, if you love things with a sense of age about them, look around antique stores for old or Victorian beaded lamp shades. Just be careful, if you go for an antique, that it is genuine and only buy from reputable sellers. You may like the lamp shade and be prepared to pay for it but you are paying too much if you are buying at antique prices and getting a reproduction.

It’s no wonder that we love beaded light shades. There is the attractive nature of the beads themselves. They make a lamp shade beautiful just like any other item in your home enhanced with beading. There is also an extra attraction when it comes to lamps, as beads sparkle when they catch the light. You can see this effect pushed to its limits with those huge ballroom chandeliers made entirely of crystal droplets. If you like chandeliers but don’t have a ballroom to decorate, you can get a more subtle yet beautiful effect with beaded chandelier shades where each mini shade is edged with beaded fringing.

Beautiful Beaded Swag Pendant (Click Image for Details and Discount)

Beautiful Beaded Swag Pendant (Click Image for Details and Discount)

Beaded lampshades are a little more expensive than other shades because of the extra work that goes into them and the cost of materials but beading is quite easy to add to a lamp. You can create your own beaded lamp shade by gluing a layer of beading around the shade using a glue gun or by stitching or gluing single beads in place. This can result in a big saving especially if you need a number of beaded chandelier lamp shades for a light fitting.

When buying beaded fringing, measure around the base of the lamp shade and add a little extra. You do not need to overlap the edging but you want to make sure that the beading goes all the way around without a gap. If you are using individual beads, be sure to work out your pattern in advance and mark it onto the lamp shade lightly in pencil before you begin. If you have a plastic or canvas shade you will be better to glue on the beads and if you have a silk shade you are better to stitch. If you are stitching on your beads make sure that they are the kind that have a hole for the needle to go through!

The only beaded lamps which are not easy to tackle yourself are the glass beaded lamp shades which are composed mainly of beads strung or wired together. Unless you have experience in making these kinds of objects, you are better to buy shades like this from e-commerce stores online or local stores. You will often find these beaded lamp shades for sale in furniture stores and high end interior design boutiques along with ready made simple beaded shades.

Whatever your requirements, if you would like to browse or buy beaded lamp shades online you will find them on sale HERE many at a discount

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The Best Red Lamp Shades

There are all kinds of red lamp shades from the fun, funky kind, best suited to kids and teenagers rooms to sophisticated silk beaded chandelier lamp shades which would look wonderful in a formal living room. You can use them in a traditional setting where something like a Chinese lamp base and red shade would look good to the most contemporary of rooms where a plain ceramic lamp base with red drum shade would look just right.

Of course, a red lamp shade is not right for every room as it is a color full of drama and traditionally signals danger as well as excitement so it is generally not the color for a relaxed neutral living room or soft romantic bedroom (unless mixed with a lot of white) but if you have a room where red adds just the right accent color then you might like to take a look at this collection of red lampshades for inspiration.

From the examples here, you will see that lamps add to much more than lighting to your room. A red lamp can often stand alone as an object to be admired and will act as a focal point in your room. Just be sure to balance the red with other similarly colored objects so that it does not stand too much alone and feels integrated into the overall color scheme.

Also, if you have an exquisite lamp base, a plain red lamp shade may be all you need to show it at its best as you will see from some of these examples. If you don’t see what you are looking for here, there are many more red lamp shades to be found here.

Red Silk Chandelier Shade

Red Silk Chandelier Shade

 

This Red Silk Chandelier Shade is 4.5 inches in diameter and has a gold tone inner frame. Attaches easily to a chandelier light fitting for an instant change in ambiance to your room. For more more details CLICK HERE.

 
Marlene Contemporary Table Lamp

Marlene Contemporary Table Lamp

 

30″ Contemporary black and red table lamp with black ceramic lamp base and tall plain red drum shade 10″ in diameter. Click Here for more details.

 

 

This unusual black floor lamp with three shelves of painted wood and red silk shade would look wonderful in a contemporary living room. 63″ high. You can get more details of this floor lamp here where you’ll also find that there is a matching table lamp – a perfect set.

 
Red and black floor lamp with shelves

Red and black floor lamp with shelves
Red Ladybug lamp shade

Red Ladybug lamp shade

 

This fun red ladybug lamp shade is part of a matching collction of items for a child’s room. You can get details of the lamp shade and other items HERE.

 

 

This beautiful red and silver billiard light fitting with red glass lamp shades would look wonderful over a special dining table. Also available in other finishes. For details CLICK HERE.

 
Red and Silver billiard lamp

Red and Silver billiard lamp
Red and White Toile Lamp Shade

Red and White Toile Lamp Shade

 

If you are looking for something different from the standard red table lamp shades you find then this striking red and white French toile design by JoJo designs may be just what you are looking for. There are a number of matching items available too to help complete your room decoration (although don’t go overboard and buy everything!) You can get by details here.

 

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Huge Selection of Table Lamp Shades

There is a huge selection of table lamp shades available to purchase on the web and the aim here is to help you select the right one to purchase and save money and time. If you have a lamp base without a light shade or you are desperately in need of a new one then you have a few things to consider.

Which Table Lamp Shade?

You can buy lamp shades for table lamps in many different shapes, colors, sizes, materials and patterns. The sheer variety will astonish you once you start to look, but you will also quickly find that many of the shades available will not work well with your base. To choose a shade

1. Make Sure it is the Right Size

Your lamp shade needs to be the right size for the base and it needs to cover the bulb and electrical fittings so that they are not seen in normal use. In general the shade should be no more than one third the height of the whole lamp. As for diameter this should be in proportion to the size of the table the lamp is sitting on – a tiny lamp would look lost on a big coffee table and a huge lamp would look ridiculous precariously perched on top of a tiny table.

2. Make Sure it is the Right Style

If you have a formal living room then choose a formal lamp base and shade. If you have a romantic bedroom then a table lamp with a silk beaded lamp shade would look good. And if you have a contemporary loft apartment go for one of the new lamps with chrome and glass table lamp shades which will give the right impression.

Parchment table lamp shade in Burgundy (Click image for details)

Parchment table lamp shade in Burgundy (Click image for details)

3. Make Sure it is the Right Color

The color of the shade needs to go well with the color of the table lamp base and together they need to make a pleasing object in your room. They can either blend in with the color scheme or provide an accent piece by standing out from other objects but in any case, they need to look like they go well with your scheme.

How to Get the Best Price

If you need both a base and a shade, and especially if you need a pair of lamps it is generally cheaper to buy a table lamp set. It is usually only if you have a base you love and the shade has been damaged or no longer suits your interior that you are better shopping for shades alone. (Shades and bases may be sold separately in a lighting store but it makes for an easier purchase, even then, if you buy them at the same time from the same store. If nothing else you will be able to see that your table lamp base and shade work well together before you leave the store).

Getting back to achieving the best price for table lamp shades, it is simply a question of shopping around and waiting for your favorite department stores and lighting outlets to put their goods on sale. You will often find some great reductions especially in January and July although sales can happen at any time of year these days.

Alternatively buy lamp shades online and you will get discounts and low prices simply because many online retailers are competing with each other for your business on the web whereas locally stores know you have just a few options. Amazon offer a huge number of table lamp shades at a discount – see some of the best HERE.

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