{"id":2448,"date":"2009-02-12T07:14:14","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T11:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2009-02-11T12:55:41","modified_gmt":"2009-02-11T16:55:41","slug":"top-hat-lampshades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=2448","title":{"rendered":"Top Hat Lampshades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/hatshades-144x150.jpg\" alt=\"Hat Lampshades\" title=\"Hat Lampshades\" width=\"144\" height=\"150\" class=\"contentimg\" \/>Every so often I&#8217;ll see a product whose price indicates that the retailer isn&#8217;t aware the DIY community exists.  These cute <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiddenartshop.com\/product.php?xProd=1915&#038;s=1\">&#8220;Jeeves and Wooster&#8221; lampshades<\/a> fall into that category.  The materials listed on the site are: &#8220;Black wool felt exterior.  VO fire-rated polycarbonate diffuser.  Fire-rated brass electrical fittings and cord with standard ceiling fitting.&#8221;  So they&#8217;re real hats with a plastic insert to keep them from being singed by the light bulb (although they&#8217;re only rated for 40-watt bulbs, so even singeing is unlikely).<\/p>\n<p>The price?  A mere \u00a3415 ($600).<\/p>\n<p>Huh.<\/p>\n<p>Or you could get a hanging lamp kit* somewhere like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lampshop.com\/\">Lampshop<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalartcraft.com\/group1.htm\">National Artcraft<\/a>, a nice top hat from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nethats.com\/\">Nethats<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-hats.com\/\">Tophats.com<\/a> (or any of a zillion other places), and make your own lamp for a small fraction of the price.<\/p>\n<p>These would be a unique addition to a Victorian-themed room, either as overhead lights or grouped as small table lamps.  You could change the hat style to reflect your room&#8217;s theme, as well as decorating the hats with ribbons or silk flowers.  You could also get a little darker and embellish the top hat with voodoo-themed elements like beads and (thoroughly cleaned) chicken bones for a Baron Samedi-style lamp.  All kinds of possibilities for personalization!  All cheaper than $600!  Yay!<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\n*Obviously, make sure whichever lamp base you choose keeps the bulb well away from the fabric of the hat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every so often I&#8217;ll see a product whose price indicates that the retailer isn&#8217;t aware the DIY community exists. These cute &#8220;Jeeves and Wooster&#8221; lampshades fall into that category. The materials listed on the site are: &#8220;Black wool felt exterior. VO fire-rated polycarbonate diffuser. Fire-rated brass electrical fittings and cord with standard ceiling fitting.&#8221; So [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paint-it-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2448"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions\/2552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}