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It’s safe to say that we love a challenge. Over the years, we have restored and re-covered lampshades for some of the UK’s most historic properties. But recently, we were faced with our biggest challe..

Welcome to Premier Lampshades' guide on the different types of lampshade fittings and fixtures. Some Lampshades come with unusual types of Lampshade fittings to attach to your base or ceiling. Other a..

Premier Lampshades understands that throughout life, there are moments that come but once. Adventures never to be repeated, loves to be forgotten, and memories that live on with fondness in reminiscen..

 If you are the type of person who constantly seeks change, a clip-on lamp shade may be the perfect option. Clip-on lamp shades are a wonderful, inexpensive way to update a room. As you do your sp..

 Since replacing traditional incandescent bulbs, energy-saving bulbs now come in a choice of compact fluorescent light (CFL – the standard energy-saving type), LED and halogen. In this post, we’ll..

In the dark when it comes to choosing new lamps for your home? It’s a common problem, and one we’re happy to help you with! In this post, we’ll share some great lighting tips to help you decide whic..

The lamp shade carrier (also known as a lamp shade cradle, support or gimble) is designed for the purpose of holding the lamp shade in place when the lamp shade in question has the large duplex 11 cm ..

Premier Lampshades has just completed another victorian Lampshade Recovering and restoration project, and would like to share our experience of how we achieved it with you.  We had a very old antique ..

Electric light bulbs have become a thing of the past. Their energy inefficiency has led to them being prohibited in Britain. You can no longer pop out and buy an old fashioned electric lightbulb. That..

Hello everybody we thought you might find this interesting. We have just completed another restoration project for two very large antique lampshades for a lovely lady called Ann from Edinburgh in Scot..

 The history of how we light our homes and lives can be traced back several hundred years. It not only provides a fascinating insight into the ways in which we have lived, but also how our views o..

 If you’re buying a lampshade, it’s important you know what all of the terminology is referring to. Whether it’s the fringe to the fitter, there are quite a few different terms used to describe la..