I do love that original frame shape, but replacing its shade would presumably be some crazy custom thing.

Barring that, maybe something with a square footprint (tapered or not) to mirror the shape of the block he's sitting on (and then turn the shade so that it matches the block's 45˚angle).

It would be nice to find a slightly dulled hue that sort of matches the patina'd off-red, or -yellow, or -blue of the base (or even just a very pale grey or off-white in a coordinating tone).  Linen could be nice, but I wouldn't go too crazy with texture — and definitely no pattern or print; let the base be the star.

It's the last Monday of March!  
I spent the day at work doing odds and ends.  I don't have much scheduled for this week.  We have the first session of a Leadership Conference tomorrow so I helped set up the rooms.  I'll help out with the conference a bit tomorrow.  Not sure what I'm doing Wednesday and Thursday and Friday I will be learning more about our Cargo operations.  What an exciting week!  

It really doesn't matter what I have scheduled for this week.  It will all pale in comparison with my VACATION next week.  My friend, Dori, and I will be making our annual trek to Orlando to visit Universal Studios.  Normally, we go in January but the timing was bad this year.  We splurged and bought annual passes this year.  The extra cost will be offset by a hotel discount and not having to buy tickets next January.  Also, it might give us better access to the new park, Epic Universe, which looks amazing.  I thought I might be able to wait to visit it for a couple of years to let the crowds thin out but I am not sure I'll be able to do that.  I bet we go in January 2026.  

I am not sure what kind of shade.  I can't remember what it originally had.  Maybe a blue barrel shaped shade would look good.  Or a wide, cone shaped one.  I am open to suggestions. 

Cool lamp. What kind of shade were you thinking of for it?

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The first photo shows the original frame for the shade. 

Quote from: KathyB on Mar 29, 2025, 11:51 AMNow that you're home, you can post a picture of your lamp. 

I forgot about that.  Thank you for the reminder.  

Now that you're home, you can post a picture of your lamp. 

I was out of town all week for work.  I spent a very pleasant time in Charlotte, NC.  The weather was cooler than in Texas.  In fact, the days were beautiful.  If the hotel had not had a busy street nearby I would have sleep with the window open.  I'm sad to leave (I tried and failed to finagle another week there next week.) but am glad to be home.  The weekend should be nice and I am hoping to be motivated enough to consider cleaning my apartment a little bit.  

Thst is a very cool looking lamp!  What a story to go with it.  I also have a lamp I wish to some day get rewired and find a replacement shade.  It is not nearly as fun as your lamp.   When I get home I will post a photo of it.  (I am in Charolette, NC fir work this week.)

I'm trying to get excited about having jury duty at 7:45 am on the day before my birthday. The excitement hasn't happened yet.


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This is a lamp that I was given in 1988 because the owner was moving out of state and he wanted it to have a good home. I haven't used it in 15 years or so because it takes light bulbs with a mogul base that are difficult to find, and that burn quite hot. The lamp also has a scary plug with exposed wires. This week I located a source for mogul-base LED bulbs.   I wanted to find out more about the lamp, so I did a reverse image search on Google, and the same lamp came up on 1stDibs.com for $1900. (Which makes it the most expensive piece of furniture I own.) This is a lamp that I got for free and almost donated to Goodwill a couple of times because the mogul-base bulbs were so much of a pain. So if it's worth anything close to that much, I figured it was worth getting it fixed up so that I can actually use it without worrying about burning the house down. It is really heavy.

That's it for Wednesday.




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