#creativeshades

Oct 4
3 min

5 DIY Highstreet Lampshade Styles to Make on a Budget

Make your own DIY lampshades to replicate the autumn highstreet trends!

Aug 30
4 min

15 Dannells Customer Reviews that will get you Lampshade Making!

We never tire of letting you know what we think of our lampshade making products, but who better to ask for a second opinion? Our...

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Aug 15
3 min

Dannells Library, Resources and Lampshade Courses

Whether you’re making your first or your fiftieth lampshade, our new Dannells Library is packed with learning resources to support your...

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Aug 10
5 min

DIY Tutorial – Parchment Lampshade with Leather Thong Trim

To celebrate our the latest addition to our Lampshade Making Parchment Range - our Cumulus Laminated Parchment - we’ve brought back a...

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Jul 26
4 min

3 Pleated Lampshade Styles to Make Yourself

Soft or rigid, pleated lampshades are the interior design order of the day! Rather than spending money on this must-have home accessory,...

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Jun 14
5 min

DIY Tutorial - How to Make a Bespoke Freestanding Table Lamp

Supporting you to make bespoke lampshades is our business and today we want to shout loud about an often overlooked style of DIY lighting...

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Apr 26
4 min

DIY Tutorial – How to Make a Professional Rattan Lampshade

Adding texture, natural tones and old school simplicity to interiors everywhere, rattan is the hot trend in homewares right now. And we...

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Apr 12
4 min

Seeing Double - Double-Sided Lampshade Making

Make your handmade lampshade work twice as hard by ensuring it's not only beautiful on the outside, but on the inside too! Our Double...

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Mar 16
3 min

Play with DIY Paper Lampshades

Making lampshades from paper is the equivalent of opening a Pandora’s box of creative opportunities! Paper's versatility and durability...

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Mar 7
4 min

Dannells Lampshade Services - Build a Bespoke Lampshade

Crave the creative license to create the exact size and shape of lampshade you need to fit your space? In today’s blog post, we’ll take...

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Jan 26
3 min

NEW Fabrics - Design and Print your own Lampshade Fabric

New for 2023 we’ve extended our lampshade fabric printing range, adding two new high-quality fabrics selected specially to make your...

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Jan 10
4 min

How to Choose the Perfect Sized Lampshade

If you’ve discovered our Lampshade Making Kits but are struggling to work out what size of lampshade you need, this post has ALL the...

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Jan 5
3 min

2022 Blog Review - A Year of Lampshade Making

Another year of fabulously creative lampshade making is nearly over and it’s time to look back on how the Dannells Lampshade Making blog...

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Dec 13, 2022
4 min

Christmas Lampshade - Star Shaped Frames

We’ll be wishing on a star this Christmas, a star-shaped lampshade that is! Completely unique, our star-shaped frames, together with our...

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Sep 23, 2022
3 min

Lampshade Kit Hack #10 - Natural Table Lamp Kit

With natural materials and tones firmly rooted in today’s interior trends, we thought we’d give a natural make-over to one of our...

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Aug 30, 2022
3 min

Lampshade Style Guide - Paper Lampshades

While fabric is an excellent covering for making lampshades, the possibilities of using paper are endless, whether you're starting with a...

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Aug 11, 2022
4 min

New Lampshade Shape - How to make a Y-Frame Lampshade

New, novel and completely unique, our Y-Frame Lampshade ring set will certainly add a point of difference to your room! A shade like no...

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Aug 3, 2022
4 min

Lampshade Style Guide - Loose Cover Lampshades

Following the trend for whimsical, country cottage interior design, the loose lampshade cover has made a comeback in the last couple of...

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Jul 14, 2022
3 min

Lampshade Kit Hack #9 – Retro Flower Silhouette Lampshade

Using the silhouette lampshade concept as the basis for our latest Lampshade Making Kit #hack, we've transformed a drum lampshade, by...

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Jul 6, 2022
3 min

Lampshade Style Guide - Silhouette Lampshades

Unique and striking, Silhouette lampshades have a fabulous element of surprise that springs to life when the light turns on! Increasingly...

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