I love the look of milk glass lamps. I usually surf in ebay and always find ones that are in good condition. Those that come without their milk glass lampshades could be really cheap. I started buying them about a year ago and now I have a good amount of them at home waiting to find suitable shades. I recycle the lamps, change their cords if they are in bad condition and design shades for them. It is very important to find the right size for the lamps, because it is the shade which gives character to the lamps. While I was doing some research about the shades and lamp shade making, I came across with the lampshade lady. Have you heard of her? Her name is Judy Lake and she is a lampshade designer. I bought her book and immediately fell in love with her lampshades. For those of you who are interested, she has a blog.
My lampshades are not like Judy's. I buy plain, standard lampshades (you can find them in Michaels, Bed Bath and Beyond, Walmart etc.) with uno fitters and paint them or stencil them and design my own. Here are the pictures of some of my milk glass lamp collection and also there is one with the lampshade.
here is the upcycled one with the shade
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