So, we have bedside lights, which we like the shape of, and the shades work really well, they are long and narrow and sligthly tapered. But when we redecorated, the shades no longer match, now the room is pale grey, and the old ones are cream/beige.
I found some silver grey lampshades that were also narrow and straight up and down. As soon as I put them on the room looked 100% better.
dh hates them mainly because they don"t cover the light bulbs enough, so he says the bulbs glare our of the top at him and the room is too bright.
I have searched high and low for silver grey lampshades that are the right size, and they don"t exist. I haven"t actually found any, let alone ones within my price range. The pair I got was from ebay, so can"t take them back.
So.... Can I use the old lampshades and just make some myself? Has anyone done it, and how do you do it. I am quite crafty, (not in the fox sense of the word ) but no idea how you do it, looking at the old ones, the tops and bottom circles aren"t actually attached to each other, only to the paper. Does it matter which paper, how do I find safe paper (although it is led light, so shouldn"t be hot)
I can"t cover the current ones as the pale silver grey is lighter than the cream beige of the old ones
Anyone who has done it, any tips???
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steppemum · 26/03/2019 14:46
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