Picture from Remodelista
I’ve just discovered fab blog Remodelista, which is full of funky ideas for remodeling various corners of your home. Through them I came across San Francisco light shade shop Meteor Lights which makes these gorgeous tiered retro-modern lampshades using the same materials and techniques as would have been used in the 40s and 50s.
Each one is hand-stained so you can customize your own from a gorgeous range of colours and patterns. I will definitely be buying one when I’ve decided the colour scheme for the main room.
I think their single drum shades (perhaps in one of those beautiful greens?) would be a great way to jazz up these Trio lamps from Target (also found through Remodelista) which are, of course, a total knock off of the classic and rather more expensive Tripode lamps from Santa & Cole.
It really goes against the grain for me to buy knock off anything – I don’t like to be inauthentic and hate repro stuff, but really those Target lamps are just too tempting at $49.99 for the floor lamp and $39.99 for the table lamp. After all noone except me (and you guys) is going to know until the Minx takes it along to the Antiques Roadshow in fifty years time and realises what a cheapskate her mother was.
So what would you do?
Wouldn’t let me vote on the poll.
Seems to me a fair portion of the price of the Santa&Cole lamps will be for the special fabric shade. If you’re going to change that anyway, and so long as the basic tripod of the Target lamp is sufficiently sturdy and balanced (you’ve got a careering Minx around, carefully avoiding her mum’s expensive rug as she’ll have been told as well!)aand not rickety/cheap looking, then I’d certainly go for the Tripod lamps. Love them.
Hey, have I just given interior design advice in the readership of all you experts?
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P.S. We need a follow up post – roof terrace? minx’s bedroom with her storage boxes and funky colourscheme ( agree about Roundabouts rug suggestion for her room – fabby)? colour of the fireplace surround? any further with main room rug? messenger bag?
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I love this display just for the color elements. Great find – oh, and check out Julie at Another Shade of Gray’s art shades as well.