So there was a hideous hanging lamp in the dining room- it was all gold and lots of glass, a pseudo chandelier thing, which also hung down way too low over the dining room table. I decided I wanted a wood lamp, so the first time I made a shade out of mahogany veneer, and slipped it over the whole lamp that was already there, WAY out of proportion in the room, so I found an Ikea table lamp at the thrift store, used the lampshade frame as a form, turned it upside down and hard-wired it in to the ceiling and voila!
