Lazy Saturday with Stephen Drucker

So, it's a lazy Saturday here at the shop. Onur is working on updating the website, I'm taking pictures of what I've been up to lately shade wise, the dog is laying on the $$$velvet sofa as if he owns it. A gentleman walks in, he seems like someone I have seen before...then he introduces himself as Stephen Drucker.
Stephen Drucker. The editor in chief of House Beautiful. That Stephen Drucker.

For the next brief, heart fluttering moments I tried to describe what I do here at LiT. The shades, the design, the process. He started taking pictures of me and the dog, shades in process, the shop in general. All the while telling me what a lovely shop it is, that I am doing something truly original. One of a kind.

Well, darlings, that's what I'm all about. Couture, cultivated, custom. Moments like this, when I go from "downtime" to "Showtime!", make me realize in an instant, I LOVE what I do. And guess what, Stephen does too. :)

The 5 senses

The soft feel of fine french linen. The sultry soft glow of silk. Prints, patterns, plaster panels... touch and sight are so easy to enjoy here at LiT. Now that we have a little chocolate with our coffee thanks to Charbonnel et Walker chocolatiers, taste is definitely on the menu. The sounds of LiT are the whir of the sewing machine, the clip of the scissors-the overture played alongside either Tchaikovsky or Jay-Z, depending on the day.

But smell...?

Do you want a lamp shade shop to smell like anything? Um...lets think this through...

Yes! LiT now offers intoxicatingly fresh and balanced scent of Capri Blue Volcano candles! Made in America with soy wax and enviro-friendly wicks, these candles have amazingly long burn times and come in either cobalt blue mercury glass pagodas, glass apothecary jars, or vintage pressed glass votives.

And believe me, these candles aren't some mango-pine-rosewood atrocity you find in your aunt's spare powder room, it's sensible smell chic, not sensory overload.

A love letter...

A silky champagne chocolate ganache, surrounded by pink butter cream, perfectly dusted with fine powdered sugar...placed, by hand, in delicate paper cups inside a pink and white striped miniature hat box, finished with a hand tied golden bow... that, is a Charbonnel et Walker Pink Marc de Champagne Truffle.

That, is poetry.

For those of you who don't know, pink champagne and chocolate are the only two things I love as much as lamp shades. And I couldn't waste another moment keeping that kind of heaven to myself. Now, at LiT, you can get a pink box of loveliness for yourself. Just arrived from the Chocolatier in the UK, I allow myself one per week. Unless I'm having down day, then, it's only medicinal to have another. I hope you will do as I do, and slowly unwrap the ribbon, place one lovingly on a pink glass plate, pour a glass of Veuve Clicquot Rose, turn down all the lights-except the oh-so-cute table lamp you had done up with a LiTshade, and delve into one of the best eperiences life has to offer-chocolate et champagne.

with love,

LiT

the latest shades made at LiT

hey out there in the wide web world, just wanted to show and tell some of my favorite shades I have made lately for customers of LiT! These little LiT lovelies were shot just before they were whisked out the door by their oh-so-happy owners. I hope these light up your day like they did mine. I looooove the pretty things!

Pre-Holiday Sale!

LiT is happily helping you get ready for the holidays with brightening up the lamps in your home! Come into LiT now-Nov.25th for 30% off ALL shades in the shop! Piano Nobile home decor and gifts are also on sale now and we are just in love with their hand-felted and silk screened scarves, as well as their printed notebooks and wallets.
We hope you will have a very happy Thanksgiving and we look forward to seeing you at the sale!
LiT

Re-LIT!!!! the re-model is done!

After weeks of hard work by Tina Randolph and Dawn Bassett, LiT is a whole lot of lovely! Tina Randolph is a plaster/milestone/finish specialist and a true artist with paintings that have sold to the family of Johny Cash, among others. Her work is now part of the true heart and soul of LiT, plaster panels built of many layers with intricate designs and whimsical tributes, all gold leafed by hand...need I say more?
While working on the panels for the shop, Tina also created signage with plaster and gold leaf on a mirror which sits behind the desk, like a luminous headboard it is crowned, literally with the decorative borders of the plaster panels and a regal headpiece fit for LiT.
My favorite re-model moment is the night we decided to plaster the back wall-at 9pm! We finished around 11 and though we needed some serious sleep after, it was well worth it.
Come on in to the new LiT and see all we have done, with panels by Tina Randolph, wallpaper by Osbourne and Little, new home decor by Piano Nobile and some seriously seductive LiTshades!

Fall into Color!

Phase one of Fall into Color is completed! Thanks to all of you who ventured out into the rain, left Revival Home and Garden's party early, and took a "rain check" on 1st Thursday to join us as we spent a little colorful time inside with paint, fabric, and soooooo much more!

The Benjamin Moore 2010 color launch was a blast and we loved the voting booth for favorite wall paint-we decided to re-paint our back room in the winning color(you will have to come in to find out what it was). The raffle winner will enjoy a new LiTshade, Kaarskokers, a gallon of paint of their choice, design time with Designer Faith Sheridan, and a couple great books on wall paper projects and window coverings. All in all, it was a prize to be won! Not to mention all the money we raised for the local Food Bank, thank you all so much for your contributions!

Enjoy these pics, and if you couldn't make this one, the next Color event will be Oct. 29th in Bellevue so feel free to email us for all the good info! litshades@gmail.com