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Pairing Up Lamps and Shades   by KurtZier1

Lamps and shades go hand in hand and are made to accent any room in
your house. Shades are placed on top of lamps to disperse the bright
light cast by light bulbs and to create a pleasing piece of furniture
to add to your home. Choosing which lamps fit with which shades can be
tricky, but if you follow a few tricks and tips, you will have your
selections narrowed down in no time. Lamps and shades come in a wide
variety of styles, shapes, colors and designs, and you can use them to
create more visual space to work with in a room. Changing or adding
lamps and shades to a room can reinvent the area and freshen up the
theme and style. Most lamps and shades are interchangeable and can be
switched out whenever, offering versatility to their owners and
allowing easy options for decorating for parties, seasons or events.
Choosing the right pair of lamps and shades is crucial and mismatched
pieces can ruin the overall design of a room. In order to make sure
your lamps and shades fit well together, you will need to take a few
measurements. With a tape measure in hand, measure the height and
diameter of your lamp from base to the top. Next, make sure the lamp
shade you have chosen measures at the bottom within the top two inches
of the base of the lamp. Tall and thick lamp bases look best when
topped off with wide lamp shades and short and skinny bases need
proportionally matched shades as well. You do not want your lamps and
shades to look out of place or mismatched, so pay attention to
proportion and stand back and look at them from different angles.
Study the shape of the base of the lamp and pair it up with a shade
that will compliment it. Novelty lamps look best when paired with
plain, simple square or cylindrical shaped shades. This keeps the
focus on the uniquely shaped base instead of overwhelming the area
with too much to look at. Regular and ordinarily shaped bases can be
topped off with odd shaped shades with bright colors or designed
fabrics. This gives depth and dimension to an otherwise boring piece.
Color is also important to be aware of and the color of the lamps and
shades you choose should match each other and the room around them.
Pay attention to the shapes and colors of your lamps and shades and be
sure that they do not look to busy or overworked. Next you should
decide if the lamps and shades you are focusing on are meant to be
used as a primary light source for the room. If they are, you should
keep the shade simple and clean looking to be sure

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