A double-sided lampshade brings twice the style and creativity to your space, giving you the chance to combine not one, but two beautiful fabrics or papers in a single lampshade. Even more exciting, you can create a striking ‘silhouette’ effect - a hidden design that magically reveals itself when the lamp is switched on. In today’s blog post, we’ll guide you step by step through everything you need to know to achieve this eye-catching lampshade look, from choosing the perfect

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Transform your living space with a beautiful, custom-made traditional soft lampshade using our extensive range of professional supplies....

Design your own lampshade panels, for your lampshade making kit with our 5 easy steps!

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...

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

Just the creative finishing touches are ahead of us as we come to complete the soft lampshade, featured in our Soft Shade making Series...

Getting to grips with the professional finishing touches is what really makes a handmade soft lampshade sing! Falling straight into this...

Next up in our Soft Shade Making Series is how to make and fit a lining to your soft lampshade. With several styles of lining and...

Hand sewing is an essential part of making soft lampshades and in today’s post, we're sharing how to sew lampshade stitch or streetly...

Stumbling across a second-hand lampshade that has potential, whether vintage or relatively new, opens up a Pandora’s box of creative...

Making a well-fitting outer cover for your soft shade is critical to achieving an eye-catching and considered lampshade and today, we...

Rated highly by our professional lampshade makers, ‘Lampshades’ by Katrin Cargill at first glance might look like a very average and...

With the preparations for making a traditional soft shade covered in our Soft Shade Making Series, it’s time to talk patterns! Making an...

Want to make a shade that stands out from the crowd? How about using colourful vinyl on the inside of your shade? Easy to apply and economical to boot, our opaque gloss vinyl gives your shade an interesting pop of colour and with 19 colours in our range, you won't be short on choice! Read on to find out why you should give this creative hack a try and importantly, how to apply the vinyl to your Lampshade Making Kit. What is Vinyl covering? Originally used in our banner making

Our third post in our Soft Shade Making Series is about laying the foundations for the lampshade ahead, namely binding your lampshade...

In our second post of our new Soft Shade Making Series, today we're talking about binding tapes and how they are an essential part of...

Lampshade making comes in many forms and although making ‘hard shades’ is a popular and easy way to achieve a stunning new lampshade, our...

As well as being specialists in all things lampshades, did you know at Dannells we are print specialists too? By combining our knowledge...