Curved round sloping lamps should incorporate similar shades like bell.
How to know what size lamp shade to buy.
Straight angular or square lamps look best with square or rectangular shades.
So for a 6 inch lamp base the shade should be at least 12 inches wide.
Lamp base measurement and lamp shade measurement.
Don t slim down too much.
Choose a shade with a shape that follows the general contours of the lamp.
The harp will tell you the height from the base of the socket to the top of the shade.
The right lamp shade can make a lamp meld perfectly with your home s style or become a standout piece of decor.
Measure lamp for shade size.
When shade shopping the shade size refers to the width across the bottom of the shade.
You don t want the socket or the switch to be visible.
A too tiny or too large table lamp may function as a lamp but not as part of the design of the room.
The bulb holder and the rod is not included in the measurement.
There are three main rules that you need to know when it comes to measuring your lamp shade.
A shapely lamp can take a shapely shade.
How to choose the correct size table lamp.
Make sure the lamp shade is wider than the widest part of your lamp body.
Lamp base height and lamp shade width.
Be sure of the fitting you need.
You can try using different sized harps while shopping.
Square lamps look best with square shades and round lamps look best with round shades.
It may ruin the vignette of a tabletop and create.
An interesting alternative is to repeat the shape of the vase stand as opposed to the vase shape in the shade.
Since the lamps diameters are smaller than the desk s width they are the correct size.
The shade should be twice as wide as the lamp base and one third of the total height of the lamp.
The bottom edge of the lampshade should fall midway on the neck of the lamp.
We have a 18 lamp base length so the shade s diameter is correct at 16 16 20 range.
Your shade should usually mirror the shape and contour of your lamp design.
The best shade will mimic the base of the lamp and the shape of the table.
Your shade should be about two thirds the height of your lamp base give or take an inch.
And if the total height.
So now that you know your lamp base shape it s time to grab a tape measure.
Generally the height of the shade should be about 3 4 the height of the base.
To achieve this and to ensure your lamps don t stand out for the wrong reasons it is important to know how to measure a lamp shade.
At 16 a little under 90 of the base.
For the height start from the lamp base u to the bottom of the rod.
Here are our guidelines for how to measure a lamp for a shade.
