What's That On Your Head...Lampshade?

My mother's family suffers from something we refer to as "Furniture Worship". They invest objects with an unusual amount of importance, and have been known to harbor resentments for years over a particular clock or sleigh bed that they believe ended up with the wrong family member. I've tried my best to avoid this curse, but I do have a few family heirlooms. One of them is a pair of lamps:

These lamps, according to one story, were liberated during WWII by my grandfather from somewhere in Europe - they were candlesticks in a church. At some point the candlesticks were turned into a pair of lamps. The lampshades my grandmother had for these lamps were oversized and were still wrapped in the original plastic... After trying to find appropriate lampshades, I gave up and decided to make my own.

I used lampshades.com for supplies and found fabric at my local fabric store. The whole thing was so easy, I made a few more:

Drum shade for a wooden floor lamp - the fabric is textured lace.

This is such an unusual lamp that it needed an oval lampshade.

This is one of a pair of lampshades I got at goodwill for $7.00. I rewired them, replaced the original metal bases with teak ones, and made simple drum shades.

Stuff and Things

I make a lot of 'stuff'. Some of it gets filtered into the trash, some it becomes 'art', but alot of it is just 'stuff'. That doesn't make it bad 'stuff', it just isn't easily classified.

I wanted a place to share some of this 'stuff'. I love making things. I love working with my hands. This is a place to share some of those impulses.

The inspiration for the title of this blog is below.