Tiki lighting fixtures - Collecting Tiki

TM Tipsy McStagger Tiki Socialite HELL Joined: Nov 21, 2004 Posts: 3685	TM Tipsy McStagger Posted posted on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 7:04 AM ..being a guy that has an affinity for lamps and has designed quite a few this topic hits close to home and i gotta say that hanging lamp is god awful.....it took alot of guts on your part to even post pics of it to say nothing of the courage it took you to actually admitting you owned it to us.....and then to ask for help on what to do!!!! LOL ..okay, i was just having fun with you.....i had an old fan in my kitchen that i used those same wicker shades for....below is a picture. My advice on the lamp is..return the wicker shades if you can and get your money back...than get rid of the lamp....it will cost you more time and aggravation to try to salvage it. As with anything else, the secret is knowing when to stop......pier 1 imports has had some great rattan style hanging lamps and i'll bet that now that summer is over they are all on sale.....you can pick them up for less than $49.....if you need more light, why settle on just one lamp?? i would swag three nice hanging basket lamps over that table at various heights....and when the card playingis over, you can put three different colored bulbs in them and let the party begin!!...... there is a way to gang up all the lamps so that you only have to turn on one switch...it's a lamp part designed as an inline junction box made for swag lamps.....simply run all three chainsto the loop on one end and only one chain to the other end...this end is where you will run the chain down the wall and have an inline switch for on/off....in the juction box, all your wires will be connected and hidden.....and then you are set.....if you like, i can even scan a pic of it for you and tell you where to order one if you are having a hard time finding one....they are not sold in any ol store....you have to go to a store that deals specifically in lamp parts.....don't let them soak you on price...if it sounds expensive get back to me....i order my parts from a lamp wholesale place here and they charge less than stores do....i can hook you up with them if you want to go that route....

..being a guy that has an affinity for lamps and has designed quite a few this topic hits close to home and i gotta say that hanging lamp is god awful.....it took alot of guts on your part to even post pics of it to say nothing of the courage it took you to actually admitting you owned it to us.....and then to ask for help on what to do!!!! LOL

..okay, i was just having fun with you.....i had an old fan in my kitchen that i used those same wicker shades for....below is a picture. My advice on the lamp is..return the wicker shades if you can and get your money back...than get rid of the lamp....it will cost you more time and aggravation to try to salvage it. As with anything else, the secret is knowing when to stop......pier 1 imports has had some great rattan style hanging lamps and i'll bet that now that summer is over they are all on sale.....you can pick them up for less than $49.....if you need more light, why settle on just one lamp?? i would swag three nice hanging basket lamps over that table at various heights....and when the card playingis over, you can put three different colored bulbs in them and let the party begin!!......

there is a way to gang up all the lamps so that you only have to turn on one switch...it's a lamp part designed as an inline junction box made for swag lamps.....simply run all three chainsto the loop on one end and only one chain to the other end...this end is where you will run the chain down the wall and have an inline switch for on/off....in the juction box, all your wires will be connected and hidden.....and then you are set.....if you like, i can even scan a pic of it for you and tell you where to order one if you are having a hard time finding one....they are not sold in any ol store....you have to go to a store that deals specifically in lamp parts.....don't let them soak you on price...if it sounds expensive get back to me....i order my parts from a lamp wholesale place here and they charge less than stores do....i can hook you up with them if you want to go that route....

Post #421455 by Tipsy McStagger on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 7:04 AM