How To Measure Lamp Shades For Replacement

Lampshades are an easy and inexpensive way to update your decor.

How to measure lamp shades for replacement.

Browse all of our table lamps lamp shades and lighting options. For example a busy lamp should have a plain shade. Sizing a lamp shade. This will ensure that the lamp hardware is covered and that everything looks proportional.

Measure along the slant side of the lamp shade these are the 3 dimensions you will see listed with most lamp shades top x bottom x slant. Lamp shades come in different sizes and shapes. The distance in inches across the top across the bottom on the slant if applicable and the height. How do you know what.

Flip the lamp shade upside down and measure from one edge to the opposite edge across the bottom diameter just as you did when measuring the top. If you have a square lamp shade it obviously won t have slope. Measure the shade s sloping side. A fourth dimension that can also be helpful is measuring the height straight from top to bottom.

Flip the lamp shade right side up. How to measure shade heights for replacement. You should also consider the style of the lamp when you select a shade. Shades on older torchiere lamps have a longish neck that measures 2 3 4 which fits around an oversize mogul light bulb socket.

If you have a square lamp shade measure along its width from corner to corner to get the top measurement. When shopping for new and replacement lamp shades on our site or in our stores you ll see shades listed with a set of different measurements. Top and bottom diameters depth and drop. Write down this measurement.

It is important to be able to know how to measure such. Look under the torchieres for older lamps category for this style. The width of your shade should run about twice the width of the lamp base and the height of the shade should be a third shorter than the height of the lamp base. Set the shade down on the table once more.

When people shops for a new or replacement lamp shade they always consider measurements. But before you buy a new one do you know how to measure a lampshade. The following diagrams illustrate the necessary measurements. Sometimes a shade s slope is referred to as its height.

How to pick a lamp shade size. Browse lamp shades online to find the appropriate size. These measurements are always listed the same way.