SWMBO would like a red standard lamp.
It's easy to find a standard lamp with a white or buff shade. Could that be painted? With fireproof paint? Or covered with fireproof paper? Or cloth? Or Solarfilm heat-shrink covering?
What's a good way of doing it?
Buy her a red bulb for it
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Cic.
You can buy lampshade frames and use your choice of material for the shade.
Provided the shade is adequately sized and ventilated and you use a CFL there should be no fire risk.
Owain
Ebay item number 230275011781 if you'd rather not have to mess about.
Or a handyman booked to fit mirrors...
yes, if you dont mind it looking like crap
both yes, but low light transmission so it wont be good
lining it with the cheaper type off plastic lighting gel would work, but best to just buy a red lampshade. If you can find what you want, strip the cloth/paper off the old one and redo it using some very thin high light transmission cloth, the sort of thing used for linings etc. Paper works too but has poor light transmission, giving a poor lighting pattern. Nylon has highest light transmission and diffusion.
NT
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