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Sep 6, 20225 min read
Back to Lampshade Making School - Tips & Techniques to Create Amazing Lampshades
Whether you need a quick refresher course or are completely new to lampshade making, today we’re taking you 'Back to Lampshade School'...
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Aug 30, 20223 min read
Lampshade Style Guide - Paper Lampshades
While fabric is an excellent covering for making lampshades, the possibilities of using paper are endless, whether you're starting with a...
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Aug 24, 20225 min read
Introducing Dannells Europe
As we launch our new dedicated European website, Dannells.eu, we get to know the people behind our European operation, Malgosia and her...
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Aug 11, 20224 min read
New Lampshade Shape - How to make a Y-Frame Lampshade
New, novel and completely unique, our Y-Frame Lampshade ring set will certainly add a point of difference to your room! A shade like no...
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Jun 23, 20223 min read
WIN a Mango Wood Floor Lamp Worth £99
Our improved wooden table and floor lamp bases are back in stock and to celebrate you can WIN a June Floor Lamp worth £99! For 2022,...
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Jun 2, 20224 min read
Lampshade Hack #8 - Jubillee Ribbon Pinch Pleat Shade
We couldn't let the Platinum Jubilee slip by without celebrating the occasion, so we've taken inspiration from a vintage lampshade style...
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May 12, 20223 min read
How to Use a Rolled Edge Creasing Knife to Cut Lampshade Panels
If you’re wanting to explore bespoke sizes or shapes of shade, or simply enjoy cutting your own lampshade panels, then you need to know...
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Apr 26, 20227 min read
Tips and tricks to achieve a professionally tucked in lampshade edge
Tucking in your fabric seam allowance is the final stage of making your Lampshade Making Kit, which gives your shade a wonderful and...
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Mar 31, 20222 min read
Calling all Curtain and Blind Makers – April Interiors Trade Fair
The Dannells’ trade fair tour bus is still on the move! We’re excited to be attending The April Interiors Show, a curtain and blind...
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Mar 2, 20224 min read
DIY Tutorial - Parchment Fluted Lampshade
Making your own lampshades means the sky is your limit in terms of the materials, design and shape you opt for and today's Parchment...
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Feb 22, 20224 min read
BEAM - Pricing your lampshades to sell
Loving lampshade making shade is one thing, but making enough money to run a sustainable business is quite another. In this BEAM blog...
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Feb 17, 20222 min read
CHSI Stitches - Come and say 'Hello'!
Trade show season is upon us and it’s great to be back meeting customers and sharing our inspiring lampshade making and craft kit...
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Jan 27, 20223 min read
DIY Tutorial - Macrame Lampshade Fringe
As we're now stocking a fabulous range of Macrame cords we couldn't resist, combining this on-trend craft with our Lampshade Making Kits,...
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Jan 25, 202211 min read
BEAM Meet the Entrepreneur - Light Owl
Discovering a niche gap in the interiors market, that happily coincided with his passion for creativity, Rab Moghal of Light Owl made it...
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Jan 20, 20222 min read
Visit us at the Spring Fair 2022
Packed with wholesale homewares and gifts the Spring Fair trade show is a must for any craft or homeware retailer and we’ll be there,...
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Jan 5, 20224 min read
BEAM – 5 ways to grow your lampshade making business
Happy 2022! With a new year ahead and after a couple of weeks of essential rest and relaxation, now is a great time to reassess where...
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Dec 23, 20213 min read
Blog highlights and Top Posts of 2021
It’s been a busy year on the Dannells blog and with many people trying their hand at lampshade making in the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021,...
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Dec 14, 20213 min read
Lampshade Inspiration - Different Shade Shapes
As fond as we are of the super versatile drum lampshades, that are seen everywhere from our homes to hotels to the high street,...
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Dec 8, 20212 min read
Lampshade Inspiration – Stick It Metallic Lampshade Making PVC
Make your next lampshade a metallic one! Easier than you think to achieve, try making a glowing, sumptuous and expensive shade inner...
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Nov 23, 20213 min read
Christmas Gift Guide - Support a lampshade maker
Christmas shopping is officially underway and as many of our own Dannells makers and crafters have fabulous Christmas gift ideas to...
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