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Transform Your Lampshades: The Ultimate Guide to Lampshade Diffusers and DIY Diffuser Hacks

Lampshade diffusers are perfect for softening and evenly spreading light from pendant fixtures, creating a warm and inviting ambiance. And the best part? You don’t have to sacrifice style for functionality.

 

Whether you choose a sleek diffuser from our collection, try a DIY fabric option, or get inspired by our professional lampshade makers' creative hacks, a lampshade diffuser will add a touch of elegance to any handmade lampshade. Read our guide to this clever lighting accessory to find out more.

 

 


Welcome to our Lampshade Diffuser Range 

Elevating the look and feel of your handmade lampshades is easy and cost effective, with our Translucent Polypropylene and Foamex Die Cut diffusers, which spread light more evenly across a room or surface, helping to eliminate “hot spots” that can occur with direct lighting.

 

Easy to fit, all our diffusers simply flex and slot into the base of your lampshade to sit on the lower lampshade ring of your handmade pendant lampshade.



Key Advantages

·      Allows a soft diffused light to shine through, avoiding harsh glare

·      Hides the bulb from direct view in pendant lights

·      Completely covers the opening at the base of the lampshade

 

As our most popular choice of diffuser, we have engineered Translucent Polypropylene Diffusers for the following lampshades and ringsets:




Key Advantages:

·      Full block out of light from bulb apart from the central cut out hole

·      Partially hides bulb

·      Eye catching, modern design

·      A translucent Polypropylene Diffusers can be layered on top

 

Our Foamex Die Cut Diffusers are available for Drum and Square Lampshades, in range of sizes, including this stunning oversized lampshade made by professional lampshade maker @seaponydesign.



Decorative Die Cut Diffusers

Want a daring diffuser? Our Decorative Diffusers are professionally die cut into three styles and comprises of two parts; the decorative die cut diffuser and a thin 300 micron translucent polypropylene diffuser, to layer over the top, which offers both the benefit of reduced glare from the bulb, and an attractive design. Choose from:


Stars - Ideal for a child’s bedroom, our star design provides a fabulous stylish 3D dimensional effect when lit.


Floral - Intricately cut, our Floral Diffuser looks fabulous when lit and creates a unique lighting statement!


Louvred - A timeless design the slatted nature of the pattern emits an ambient, yet pleasing light.


DIY Fabric Covered Diffuser

Experts in all things lampshade making, we have the specialist products and supplies to help you create a custom made fabric covered diffusers, using a Translucent Polypropylene Diffuser, our Textile Self-Adhesive Film, and your favourite fabric to have endless possibilities for style and colour.

Make a bold statement by matching your diffuser to the outer fabric of your lampshade, or use a patterned fabric to enhance the shade’s colours and textures, using our DIY Fabric Covered Diffuser tutorial.


Patterned fabrics also create a striking effect, offering a beautiful contrast in appearance between the lampshade being lit and unlit. We love these stunning fabric covered diffusers made by professional makers; @homeofficecharm's gorgeous floral fabric in deep purples hues to compliment her oversized plain lampshade, and @sundownatpemberley's Insta reel showing the impact and elegance a DIY fabric covered diffuser can make.





Diffuser Hacks

Our creative professional makers have taken diffusers one stope further with their clever hacks, to make them either statement pieces or a seamless part of the lampshade.


Anna Maria Slater of www.lavista.design is a professional lampshade maker and interior designer, who showcased this metallic Hack on our Lampshade Makers Facebook Group. By spray painting our 55cm Floral Diffuser gold, and combining this with our Gold Stick It ® Lampshade PVC, this beautiful silk stunning lampshade has become even more striking.


For a customer commission, Anna also created this matching fabric Die Cut Diffuser, which completely elevates the shade. We love the idea of creating a similar using this diffuser style at the base of a pedant shade, by adapting our DIY Fabric Diffuser Tutorial, to cut out the central circle using a craft knife.


Dominic Green of www.dominic-green.com who specialises in creating breath taking, luxury and oversized lampsahdes, applies his talent for innovation and creativity, to making bespoke diffusers too. In his inspiring Instagram reel below, he showcase how her makes one of his natural linen floating diffusers, which brings additional texture to his lampshades.

 










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