Repurposed scarf + Ikea = Knitted Lampshade

I’ve had this lamp base for years. Originally it had a tiny square lampshade perched on top that both my husband and I detested. It was completely the wrong size, colour and shape for the base, but we liked the base and had yet to find a new lampshade we wanted; so it stayed as it was.

However, this meant that we weren’t overly unhappy when the shade became one of the few casualties of our international relocation. But as I’d still not found a shade I liked, we grabbed a JÄRA shade from Ikea.
Not ideal, but it’d do.

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A luxurious long weekend. Day one; Chambéry.

I kept pinching myself this weekend. It hurts. So it must be real.

The Parents-in-law (from hereon in described as Mil and Fil) have been enjoying their retirement and have used our relocation to Switzerland as an excuse to visit Europe. This time Fil was swimming in the Fina World Masters Championships in Riccione and they’ve tacked a trip through France and Italy onto it.

We decided to go and meet them in the South of France in Aix-en-Provence for a weekend whilst on their travels. They’ll be at our place in a little over 2 weeks but ever since they landed in Europe we’ve been fighting our desire to go and see them. Both of us were really eager to see Mil and Fil as we love their company and I was desperate to get back down to the South of France as I adore it there and Husband, he had an ulterior motive too… Read more