If you have broken or old, faded lamp shades, it’s time to look for a replacement or upgrade. Lamps set the ambiance of the room, and a dusty shade might not be providing you with the best possible ...

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Sam was helping me spruce my house a bit for a project when she honed in on an ancient shade topping a lamp in the corner of my master bedroom and declared it “sad“.

Q: One of our grandchildren knocked over a floor lamp recently, breaking the top part of the lampshade. We are trying to find a replacement. The broken piece was a three-inch-high glass ring that ...