Post #796333 by leevigraham on Sat, Jul 20, 2019 12:59 AM

A quick update,

Searching through Facebook Marketplace I saw a local garage sale which had this photo:

I saw the tapa and asked how much… the lady said I should see it first which was a good call becuase it had heaps of holes from bugs eating it. Clearly it had been stored in the garage for over 50 years. Regardless I offered $20 (probably $10 too much) and it was mine.

Last week I bought 6x cane lamp shades for $50 bargain*. The plan was always to give them a tiki upgrade. Here's what they looked like:

I pulled out the internal cylinder, trimmed up the tapa and stuck it on.

Here's the final result all lit up:

The holes can be clearly seen and the pattern isn't super strong but for $70 all up for 6x lights I'm still happy.