Attaching a table shade to a pendant lamp: what options do I have?
I bought a pendant lamp online and installed it, but finding a compatible shade is proving difficult. We would like to buy a cone shaped one like this. The lamp has a threaded collar to fasten a shade with, but it seems like the shade above (as with most such shades designed for table lamps) has the base at the bottom of the shade, so a pendant bulb would protrude out of the bottom. With a cylindrical drum shade, we could simply turn the shade upside down, but that doesn't work as well with a cone shade. I also considered a spider-type shade. Though the socket housing does have a quick-release, the cord does not detach from the socket itself, so I don't think it's possible to thread the cable through the top of such a shade. It seems like I might be able to use a ring frame to change the positioning of the shade, but then I would probably need to remove the metal frame from an existing shade. Is that feasible, or are there any better options? (Maybe pendant shades like the one I linked exist and I haven't been using the right search keywords?) submitted by /u/ubiqu1ty [link] [comments]
I bought a pendant lamp online and installed it, but finding a compatible shade is proving difficult. We would like to buy a cone shaped one like this.
The lamp has a threaded collar to fasten a shade with, but it seems like the shade above (as with most such shades designed for table lamps) has the base at the bottom of the shade, so a pendant bulb would protrude out of the bottom. With a cylindrical drum shade, we could simply turn the shade upside down, but that doesn't work as well with a cone shade.
I also considered a spider-type shade. Though the socket housing does have a quick-release, the cord does not detach from the socket itself, so I don't think it's possible to thread the cable through the top of such a shade.
It seems like I might be able to use a ring frame to change the positioning of the shade, but then I would probably need to remove the metal frame from an existing shade. Is that feasible, or are there any better options? (Maybe pendant shades like the one I linked exist and I haven't been using the right search keywords?)
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