Finding good home services is no easy feat. Our search began with mothers, friends, teachers – even the patients and staff at our dentists’ offices. Once we managed to compile a list, we researched ...

Old lamp shade plus new pretty fabric equals an economical solution! Recovering an old, ugly, stained or an “i am bored with this shade design” is really simple to do; and in today’s post, I’ll reveal ...

If you have broken or old, faded lamp shades, it’s time to look for a replacement or upgrade. Lamps set the ambiance of the room, and a dusty shade might not be providing you with the best possible ...

As a child, Brian Allen idolized Caractacus Potts, Dick Van Dyke’s eccentric inventor in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. “The fact that he had all this stuff in his house and he would just take ...

If you find yourself wishing your tired lamps and chandeliers could stay a bit more in the shadows, perhaps it’s time to replace them. The shades, that is. Lamps are often described as the jewelry of ...

Jay Thisted is always ready, willing and able to take on just about any lamp repair project that comes his way. “I don’t say no a lot,” said Thisted, the owner of TJ’s Lamps & Shades on SE 47th ...

Thirty-three years ago Dorothy Gillis saw an advertisement in a newspaper for a new craft that was coming into vogue. It was lamp shade making, an art that had been around for dozens of years but had ...