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.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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