Choosing a rustic lamp shades is a great way to enhance the look of your room and give it a bit of a style.

If you would then why not think about replacing the shades you have currently with ones made from glass. As you will soon discover there are many different shapes, sizes and colors of glass lamp shades for you to choose from.

So it can prove quite a challenge finding the right one for your home because of the large arrange of styles, colors and sizes that they come in. So below we provide some tips that could help you to choose the right ones when you decide to replace the lamp shades you have currently.

Tip 1 – First off thing carefully about how the lamp is going to be used. For example if you are intending to use it for reading by then make sure that the shade is wide enough to allow ample light to be diffused over the area where you intend to sit and read.

Tip 2 – After deciding on how the lamp is to be used the next thing to take into consideration to choose the right shade is where in a room you are placing it. Then you should choose a shade that either helps to complement the rest of the room’s decor or will make it in to a focal point.

Tip 3 – Another important factor to be taken into consideration when buying any kind of lamp shades is the size of bulbs that will be fitted in them. If you are intending to install high wattage bulbs in the light make sure that the opening at the top is wide. This will help to ensure that heat created when the light is turned on is able to escape.

Tip 4 – When it comes to purchasing glass lamp shades it is important that you match them with the lamps base. For lamps with large bases you will therefore need a large size shade. Whilst if you lamp base is antique looking again choose an antique style shade to complement it. What you want to do is choose a shade that compliments rather than competes with the base as well as the rest of the room’s decor.

Tip 5 – If you want to choose the perfect lamp shade make sure that the lamp shade is not only the right height but also the right width for the lamp base so that the light socket and switch are covered. If this is proving difficult then it may mean having to putting in a different size harp or adding a riser to the socket.

Both of these can help to raise the shade up. Ideally the height of the shade you choose should measure around 3/4 the length of the base. So if the lamp base measures 21 inches in height the shade should measure 14 inches. As for the shade width then this should be exactly the same length as the lamp base from where it stands on the floor or table to the base of the bulb socket.

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