Savvy decorators know that unique candelabra shades are a surefire way to add an instant splash of personality to sconces, chandeliers, and even entire rooms. Schumacher’s debut collection for Visual Comfort offers exquisitely made versions in more than two dozen room-reviving fabrics—from quiet geometrics to look-at-me prints—for an enlightened way to rekindle your style.
Sleek brass Square Tube Single Sconces by Chapman & Myers for Visual Comfort ($349, visualcomfort.com) get a whole new look with 5” Empire Shades by Schumacher for Visual Comfort (available at visualcomfort.com). TOP ROW, FROM LEFT: Brick Amero, $119; Blue Aditi, $129; Taupe Abstract Leaf, $119. MIDDLE ROW, FROM LEFT: Natural Sidney Check, $119; Verde La Jolla, $119; Blue Emerson, $119. BOTTOM ROW, FROM LEFT: Red Emerson, $119; Lilac Elton Check, $119; Sky Elin Check, $119. All shown on La Galerie wallpaper by Schumacher, schumacher.com.
Get Inspired
From plainspoken stripes to print-on-print pairings, a patterned shade is an easy upgrade for adding serious decorator style to any space. See how some of FREDERIC’s favorite designers have used custom toppers to level up the sconces in their own projects.
Match Game
Old-fashioned charm is the name of the game in this bathroom designed by Summer Thornton, who dressed a pair of Vaughan sconces in the same Décors Barbares print she used for the café curtains.
Simply Striped
Allegra O. Eifler used a simple ticking stripe shades from Newport Lamp & Shade Company to turn a Thomas O’Brien for Visual Comfort sconce into a coastal-cool accent in the family room of her parents’ Cape Cod home.
Botanical Bouquet
In the guest room of her Chicago home, designer Jenny Holladay used a sconce with a custom shade in a Groves Brothers block-printed fabric to bridge the antique framed botanical artwork and small-scale Brunschwig & Fils pattern on the headboard.
Pattern Play
In the “lady lair” office of a client’s historic Chicago home, Ruthie Sommers topped an antique double-arm sconce with shades made from a botanical-print wallpaper; the pattern complements the chinoiserie backdrop without matching it.
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