Shady business

As winter comes crawling towards us and we are heading for the darker side of the year the business of shades light up my mind. I could perhaps ponder the bigger issues in life and the world, like riots, economic madness and the uneven distribution of means. But as my gaze wonders upwards towards that special gazing place I feel gives me a certain air of deep contemplation, I can’t help but fix my stare on a naked light bulb swinging in all its nakedness from the ceiling. Oh dear, saving the world just has to wait a day or two while I address the more urgent matters at hand, give that bulb a shade!

An easy way to perk up any kind of space is with a lampshade mit personality.
You can get away with a lot of ‘beyond ordinary’ if there is a shade in the space that steals all the attention. But I’m not talking about the dreary hand-me-downers your might get conned into receiving just because you find it hard to say to your spouse’s aunt that the shade in question shouldn’t have made it into this side of 1960’s. I’m not talking about the kind of shady shades that remind you of a bamboo forest with nicotine stains. I’m talking about the kind of shades where you decide the size, design and fabric. The shade that oozes style and je ne sais quoi. I’m talking about the wagu beef fillet of lampshades.

You might think, ‘Hold your horses O’ shade blaster! Such a shade costs a fortune, it can’t be within the reach of mere mortals!’ Well, yes. That is the most wonderful, under explored little ‘unsecret’ of the shade world. It doesn’t cost an arm or a leg; you don’t have to sell the kids to the white slave trade or shave your head in a fundraiser at the local school. The cost of your lampshade is perfectly affordable. You just have to decide what you want, because there is a smörgåsbord (I know, crazy, but that is the correct spelling!) of options. And as my ‘Scandi’ genes leads the way of style and class, I head to Miljö or funkis for some shady advice on my perfectly perfect lampshades. And I might just solve the world’s problems once my shade shines that special light on me.