Have you tried a dark lamp shade. I think it would anchor it more. Your room is lovely!

Thanks, Caminnc. We use this room almost exclusively and I'm afraid a dark shade wont provide enough light, especially for anyone sitting in the chairs facing the sofa. I just realized how awful the pics I posted are. The color really doesn't look bad but I'm worried the shape and texture are too modern for the space.

9 inch harp, but then the shade needs to be taller. Can you mock up a larger/taller shade using additional paper stock folded around that shade?

Javachik, here it is with a 13" shade. I think it's looking a little too big but that could be because it's so wide at the top. What did you think of the shade style with the room?

I've been looking around for some information on sizing a lamp shade to a lamp and here's what I've found so far.

This is from browns lamp shades:
The shade is normally 40% of the total height of the lamp, from the top of the slant to the bottom of the lamp.

This is from antique lamp supply:
The best way to determine the bottom diameter of the shade for your table lamp is to measure the lamp height from the bottom edge of the table lamp base to the top of the lamp stem, (just below the socket cap).

The shade you choose for your lamp should have a bottom diameter that is within 2", plus or minus, the measured height of your lamp. For example if your lamp height (measured by the method noted above) is 14" tall, the shade you select (depending on your preference for a small, medium, or larger looking shade) should have a bottom diameter of 12", 13", 14", 15" or 16". Our fabric shade descriptions will describe the Bottom diameter of each shade.

How do your shades meet these guidelines?

It's difficult to say from the pictures, but the 13" doesn't look too big to me. You have a gorgeous room!!!

Thanks, Bac717. We've been working on it for over a year and it's almost finished, thank goodness.I read that rule on Brown's as well only it's hard to imagine applying it when your lamp base is 24" tall! Hahahaha.

I found another two shades to try and am leaning toward the square bell.

Gorgeous room! I love the lamp also!

Yes, beautiful room, I love the drapes, actually I need to find drapes like that in that color.
I like the square bell and the first shade pictured; black shades would be pretty too, but not alot of light at night.

Thanks, Enailes. The drapes are actually a coral orange color. It's a wonderful blend of cotton and linen and it drapes beautifully! The store where I bought it was devastated last year when it was discontinued because the owner had intended to stock a bolt in every color (and it came in many) in her new location. It's a Braemore fabric called Mongetto (also distributed by Fabricut but I don't know the pattern name) and is still available at interiormall.com in bittersweet ( a deeper red-orange then I have) for only 16.95 a yard.

I also think black shades would look amazing but we need more light than that. I'm keeping the square bell for now, even took the plastic off hahaha, but may order better quality, slightly darker or golder shades later.

I really appreciate everyone's imput. Thanks again.

Thank you Cheril for the drape information, yes they do drape perfectly! Great choice with the square bell shades too. Enjoy that beautiful room...

Enailes, I also saw that they have this fabric in coral at Schindlers fabrics for $15.95 but they don't say how much they have left. I paid double that, whcih isn't too bad except that I had to dress 7 windows lol.

(I thought I posted this yesterday. I hope i didn't put it on the wrong thread)