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<p>[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 4595713, member: 8363"]There is even a better story at the shop. So, I take it there in July 2021. After they get over their initial reservations, they take it in to see what they can do. I call in a couple of weeks - they've ordered the parts. I drive there in a couple of months; they drag it out from where they have it stored in their massively overstocked little store. You know the kind - you can't see the ceiling because they have so many hanging fixtures; you can't see the floor except for small aisles because there are so many pole lamps; they have boxes with customer's projects piled haphazardly. There are shelves with table lamps jammed next to each other. The countertop is covered with table lamps, they have walls of small items tucked into tiny cubbyhole. They look at their notes and say the parts haven't come in yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>I go there every few months to show my face. They keep saying the part hasn't come in yet. Finally, after about 15 months, I hear from them a couple of weeks ago. "Bring a base," the part came it. I did some searching on the proper base and didn't like the ceramic bulbous bottoms usually paired with the commercial ones, so I went to the shop looking for inventory. It appears that someone came in a month ago took their only four stained glass lamp type bases to see what one would fit their lamp (he paid for all of and was going to return the unused ones.) No bases.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were three stained glass lamps on the counter with bases, all were in the $500 range supposed discounted from $950 and up. I thought I would see how my shade would look like with the heights and styles and then start looking online. The lovely person who was helping me - a diminutive woman in her 40's - went somewhere and dragged out the base you see that already had a stained glass shade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then she started her magic. Understand there was a large uneven hole where the vent cap was supposed to be or at least an even narrow finished ring to slide over a vent cap. What she did was put a vent cap under the shade and a decorative one on top to make a sandwich to hold the shade in place. She cut a threaded piece to fit this new configuration, sprayed a metal sleave with a metal color to match and covered the elongated threaded rod. She then dug in a bunch of boxes until she found a nice simple finial.</p><p><br /></p><p>I watched her creative mind at work with awe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 4595713, member: 8363"]There is even a better story at the shop. So, I take it there in July 2021. After they get over their initial reservations, they take it in to see what they can do. I call in a couple of weeks - they've ordered the parts. I drive there in a couple of months; they drag it out from where they have it stored in their massively overstocked little store. You know the kind - you can't see the ceiling because they have so many hanging fixtures; you can't see the floor except for small aisles because there are so many pole lamps; they have boxes with customer's projects piled haphazardly. There are shelves with table lamps jammed next to each other. The countertop is covered with table lamps, they have walls of small items tucked into tiny cubbyhole. They look at their notes and say the parts haven't come in yet. I go there every few months to show my face. They keep saying the part hasn't come in yet. Finally, after about 15 months, I hear from them a couple of weeks ago. "Bring a base," the part came it. I did some searching on the proper base and didn't like the ceramic bulbous bottoms usually paired with the commercial ones, so I went to the shop looking for inventory. It appears that someone came in a month ago took their only four stained glass lamp type bases to see what one would fit their lamp (he paid for all of and was going to return the unused ones.) No bases. There were three stained glass lamps on the counter with bases, all were in the $500 range supposed discounted from $950 and up. I thought I would see how my shade would look like with the heights and styles and then start looking online. The lovely person who was helping me - a diminutive woman in her 40's - went somewhere and dragged out the base you see that already had a stained glass shade. Then she started her magic. Understand there was a large uneven hole where the vent cap was supposed to be or at least an even narrow finished ring to slide over a vent cap. What she did was put a vent cap under the shade and a decorative one on top to make a sandwich to hold the shade in place. She cut a threaded piece to fit this new configuration, sprayed a metal sleave with a metal color to match and covered the elongated threaded rod. She then dug in a bunch of boxes until she found a nice simple finial. I watched her creative mind at work with awe.[/QUOTE]
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