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    Let There be Light - A Guide to Making and Decorating Lamp Shades in the Home
    Let There be Light - A Guide to Making and Decorating Lamp Shades in the Home
    Let There be Light - A Guide to Making and Decorating Lamp Shades in the Home
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    Let There be Light - A Guide to Making and Decorating Lamp Shades in the Home

    By Kay Hardy

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    “Let There be Light” is a vintage guide to designing, making, and decorating lampshades. An often neglected opportunity for money-saving and self-expression, the lampshade can be a practical centrepiece of any room. This step-by-step guide walks the reader through every step of the process, making it suitable for DIY novices and hand-crafting veterans alike. Contents include: “Fabric or Paper”, “Color Hints”, “Simple Shapes Best”, “Paste-on Trims”, “Sew-on Trims”, “Cutting the Round Shade”, “Cutting the Square or Oblong Shade”, “Cutting Fluted Shades”, “Attaching to the Frame”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on making lampshades.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateJan 4, 2013
    ISBN9781447481942
    Let There be Light - A Guide to Making and Decorating Lamp Shades in the Home

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      Let There be Light - A Guide to Making and Decorating Lamp Shades in the Home - Kay Hardy

      HOW TO MAKE LAMP SHADES

      ONCE you discover the ease with which you can make a new lamp shade, you will never again put up with one that is less than a real beauty spot, or one out of harmony with either your room or your lamp base. For the time involved, there is no other type of home beauty treatment so rewarding—especially when evening comes and the lighted lamp glorifies your handiwork.

      Fabric or Paper—Lamp shades can be made from all sorts of materials: canvas or burlap; chintz or cretonne; gingham or homespun; embroidered or upholstery fabrics; drapery stuffs; plaited organdie or chiffon; satin or crepe; taffeta; moire or ribbed silk; shantung; china silk or natural silk; slub woven fabrics; fringe or open weaves.

      Among the papers: Wrapping paper—treated or plain; butcher’s paper; parchment or vellum; wallpaper; metallic paper or foil; novelty book paper—particularly snowflake paper; printed gift wrapping paper for seasonal shades—all are good.

      Your room itself will help you in your choice. Informal fabrics and treatments go with informal rooms—game rooms, country house rooms, etc. Frilly, feminine fabrics belong in bedrooms. Rich, formal fabrics and treatments are usually confined to living rooms and dining rooms.

      Color Hints—Because you can do all kinds of tricks with lamp shades, you must choose your color wisely. To point up accents and other decorations in the room, make gay matching shades. To increase the restful atmosphere of a room, make shades that blend right into the background: wallpaper shades against a wall covered in the same paper, or fabric or paper shades identical in tone with a plain or painted wall.

      But whatever your color and fabric choice, make sure your lamp sheds a warm glow—both for the sake of its becomingness to you, and for the increased sense of rest it will give your room. White shades are hard on the eyes unless lined with a warm tint. Shades of yellow or rose are easier on the eyes than those of green or blue. If

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