Parchment lampshades are back! Offering a delicate, soft glow and holding plenty of possibilities for creativity, their natural feel fits...

We often ask our lampshade makers ‘what’s your favourite part of making a lampshade?’ and more often than not it’s when the lampshade...

Spanning both fashion and interiors, Cottagecore started to gain traction in early 2019, evolving as an internet and social media trend,...

As well as being specialists in all things lampshades, did you know at Dannells we are print specialists too? By combining our knowledge...

Our Make and Paint Lampshade Making Kits are for exactly what it says on the box, making and painting, but in our quest to try new,...

As well as being the creative vehicle for making your bespoke lampshade, our Lampshade Making Kits can be added to with easy #hacks...

Customers who regularly make our lampshade making kits or create their own bespoke lampshade will be very familiar with our Stick It...

Yey! You've found us and now you know you can make your own lampshades with our Lampshade Making Kits, you might be asking yourself why...

‘Give us the tools, and we will finish the job’ the proverb says, but what if those tools were made the job twice as quick and offered...

Via our #memadeshade Instagram competition we’ve seen our lampshade makers use a variety of art and craft skills, as the basis for making...

For today’s modern lampshade makers, there are plenty of sources of inspiration, but looking back at the styles, techniques, methods and...

It’s been top of the shops for a couple of years and the trend for natural materials in interiors is definitely here to stay for 2021....

If you’ve been making lampshades, using our Lampshade Making Kits, you’ll be aware that there are two different methods to attach your...

On opening the book, Sewing Lampshades by Joanna Heptinstall, our hearts skipped a little beat. Hit with an array of colourful lampshade...

There is nothing nicer and more satisfying than hand making a gift for someone else - especially if that's your Mum or someone you hold...

Highlighting our professional cutting service in our last blog post got us thinking that it would be fun to explore a DIY version of the...

Pimping your lampshade is easier than you think. There’s the DIY route, that we all know and love, using one of our lampshade making kits...

Hands up who’s dreaming of a holiday escape? 🙌🏻 We Britons love our holidays - a day by on the beach, playing in the sand and sea...

50 Thrifty DIY Shades is book based around you guessed it.…decorative shades that can be made up of scraps of fabrics, bits and bobs and...

Happy New Year! We’re finally in 2021 and we’re hoping it’s a better and brighter year for everyone. To celebrate our craft and your...