Bamboo Table Lamp Bases: Handmade In The UK By Tom Scott Since the fifties Tiki decor, Bamboo is a stable, sustainable choice for our interiors. But the simple simplicity of Bamboo as David Bergman, a New York architect specialising in sustainable design projects ingeniously describes, "Bamboo’s popularity has been helped by this disguising effect; meaning design that’s ecologically sound but doesn’t show off that fact — avoiding the granola look,” as he has put it. We like that idea. Sustainable materials in harmony with sympathetic design. For a while now we have been exploring how we might find our own sympathetic design for our own collection of lamp bases. Let's introduce you to Tom Scott, a national treasure in the world of antiques with a serious eye for design built on the foundations of C19th British and French antiques. Immersed in his Uppingham Studio he has emerged with an stunning collection of table lamp bases exclusive to That Rebel House. We have been great friends with Tom for many years, and know he implicitly understands That Rebel House and the Rebel rule book. Tom's Bamboo Lighting Solution Tom immediately turned to bamboo for his material of choice. Bamboo is strong. which is why people for centuries from across the world have been using bamboo to build their homes to protect their families. It has a peculiar flexibility as a material that it can serve as the key ingredient of a hard floor or a soft bed sheet, it really does sound like some industrial wonder stuff. Hardwood can take a hundred years to reach maturity, bamboo does not mess around, growing to its full height in one season, regenerating after harvesting for up to fifty years. As Tom affirms, "It's long established reputation as a sustainable design material is richly deserved." Bamboo does need some nurturing to bring out her best qualities, lovingly sanded by hand at least twice before being stained, at least three times, and sanded again between each stain to prevent the grain from "fluffing". Two coats of varnish to bring out her true beauty. As with anything simple striping it back to its bare beauty is often a painstaking process. The Result: Exclusive Designer Bamboo Lamp Bases Aesthetically Pleasing And Stunning In Their Simplicity All Shapes and Sizes Catered For This collection is completely driven by the shape, width, length and form of each hand selected piece of bamboo. The tone of each piece is completely individual with a personality of its own. Fat, thin, elegant or gnarly. Everyone is welcome. Nature's Own Recipe With this simplicity of form front and centre, Tom has designed our stunning collection of table lamp bases, that stand strong in form, the ideal root to ground our vibrant slightly off-kilter lampshades, allowing them to own the space. Direct The Style The structured strength of these table lampshades lies in their complete simply form. Their natural colourings draw the eye, there is uniformity but it is of natures making. Add the colour - courtesy of our wonderful paint partners Edward Bulmer Natural Paint and another level of design is immediately achieved. Just add a filament light bulb for an awesome warehouse paired back design. Release The Design Adding texture, pattern, more colour, stone, generous greenery and you can see the root of the design in the bamboo lamp base grounding our celebration of pattern and colour, and all things Artisan. Here we have a Vintage Suzani from the 1950;s hanging to create a background founded on a uniform pattern from the centre, add simple designed fabrics block printed in vibrant colours made into delightful 30cm Empire Lampshades. Following a simple rule of executing a strong centre piece and building around it with tones and textures that are always interchangeable and independent in their own right. The super human ivory holding the ebony, this heavenly combination with the really fat, sturdy, unctuous lamp base. Pulled together with the black base and of course we cannot ignore the contradiction against the rich Edward Bulmer Trumpington Natural Paint. Context And Contrast Can there be a dominate personality in the room? Absolutely, how do you know there is a dominant personality in the room without context and contrast. The turmeric yellow lamp shade against the Trumpington yellow wall would bleed into each other left alone, however, the contrast of the Ruby and the Ebony relieves the dominant yellow, now we have a statement of intent rather than a trying matching scheme of yellows. We hope you are as thrilled as we are with Tom Scott's Bamboo Lamp Base Collection exclusive to That Rebel House,.

Our tapered drum lampshades are covered in either a gather block printed cotton or a pleated silk ikat gives each shade its individual personality as no pleat is the same, adds a luxurious element by using silk ikat fabric and makes for an adaptable lampshade for vintage or more modern lamp bases. This larger 45cm silk ikat tapered drum is fitted with a Duplex frame that allows you to hang the shade Our empire shade shades again or covered in block printed gathered cotton fabrics, and silk pleated ikat

Ceiling lights have had their time centre stage in recent years with an enormous growth in sputnik style, creative designs accessible at all levels of the market. Lighting Lovers aross the land, with small and large rooms have been able to enjoy funky light fittings in various materials with plenty of space for cool light bulb filaments. The joy of a colourful pendant lampshade. The humble pendant lampshade has been pushed to the back, so move over sputnik, we are delighted to bring her back in a blissful colour range of cotton block printed prints in two perfect sizes. Block Printing Designs We have much experience in block printing, and That Rebel House employs the best artisans and block printers of Sanganer to print our designs to be crafted into the most beautiful and vibrant gathered cotton lampshades. The ancient block printing skills from hand carving the blocks to hand printing the cotton, have been passed down through many generations. Lucky you if you come across any signs of the handmade process, it will help you imagine the skill and care that has gone into your special block printed piece of art. A Soft Interior Cotton lampshades are wonderful at capturing a soft glow, the nature of how the cotton reflects light in such a calming and atmospheric manner that will bring immense pleasure. Green on Green Here we have paired pour fabulous 40cm Olive strip pendant lampshades against the Edward Bulmer Natural Paint in Drab Green; and then, yes, we have added more green through our galloping Wild Horses bedding. Can one have too much green.... Small and Perfectly Formed Our following images are our 30cm block printed pendant lampshades. Ideal for a bedroom or even creating a cluster of lighting. They are utterly sweet, generous in their gift and light and add a terrific pop of colour and a unique playful spirit. We have all had our heads turned by a shiny architectural light fitting extraordinaire, but just take a minute to admire the simplicity of a cotton lampshade in all its Rebel House glory. xxxxx Have a great week love from That Rebel Gang xxxx @thatrebelhouse www.thatrebelhouse.co.uk

Charlotte's head piece may be a little extreme, but, dressing our rooms with fabulous gathered fabrics, silk Add beautiful silk pleated ikat lampshades in greens, pinks and blues honouring the Regency colour chart

Welcome to an untamed and rebellious year ahead - where there is no beginning or end, no theme that must be matched, no rules we must adhere to, sometimes it goes well and other times not so. But it's fun all the same. As our Rebel hero Matthew McConaughey quotes in his reflective, Greenlights "“I believe everything we do in life is part of a plan. Sometimes the plan goes as intended, and sometimes it doesn’t. That’s part of the plan.” Genius tips and tricks for displaying treasures. With that in mind, here are some genius tips and tricks we have learnt along the way. We're not suggesting what colour you should match with what, what the latest trends are for 2023. Just helpful tricks when the mood takes you to freshen up your homes, reflect your confidence, grow with your family, adapt to your state of mind. Tips to encourage and embolden. The simplest way to update any space, is a revamp of what's on the walls. Artwork, mirrors, photos, wall hangings and objects d'art, our walls are where we showcase our taste, our style, our loved ones and our memories. No 1: The Picture Rail Sometimes you just want to execute a rebellious action there and then, but more often than not we do not have the fundamental tools in place to enable rebel behaviour instantly. So, this very simple trick is worth the effort to install and will empower you to mix and match, update, refresh, add kids artworks, new school photos, remove new school photos, certificates and just generally have a moving wall of your creativity.... install a picture rail. It's not only for the decorative feature, a picture rail gives a wall a defining point and enables the relocation of art and wall hangings in both height and position. It could be argued as the most useful Victorian concept ever. Coloured panelling can create a powerful backdrop. For us rebels, the freedom to move things around is essential; the dream of a picture rail is that it removes all the dread of permanency drilling a hole in the wall entails. Brass Rails If a picture rail isn't an option then you may find beautiful brass rails with hooks just what you're looking for. Here we've used the rail to showcase our awesome collection of Suzani's in a uniform manner but this rail can quite easily hang artwork, mirrors and plants to create and interesting, complex and layered look against a painted wall, an exposed wall outside or involve even more feast for the eyes against powerful patterned wallpaper designs, Ledge Shelves Ledge shelfing is another very useful tool in the display box. Create for artwork, mirrors, treasures new and old, books, more plants. A no brainer for the kids bedrooms but let's not let them have all the fun displaying their collections. We have collections too and shouldn't shy away from putting them out on display to give you a wink and stir a memory from time to time, celebrating the layers of our lives, communicating our experiences and where we come from. In Build Shelving Units Inbuilt Shelving Units, don't they sound dire, IBSU..... but actually they are a gift from heaven - straight, functional, useful, problem solving, un-offensive, fall into the background and even keep your secrets hidden away and reveal to no-one. We all need these stabilising qualities in our lives and there is no need for the IBSU to be nothing less than the star of the show, the head turner, does everything it says it should whislt looking superbly sexy. Rather than decorating a whole room, once you start you have to finish, the IBSU is actually very manageable, and satisfying. Not expensive, high on impact. We have changed this room three times by simply playing around with the cupboard doors, firstly, so easy - just remove them! If you have a built in cupboard this works really well, remove the hinges and hey presto you have a set of shelves to create vignettes and shelfies to your hearts content. Even better, use one of those many sample paint pots you already have (we know you do!) and paint the shelves a contrasting colour. If you are feeling even braver than that/or don't want to reveal the mess stacked in the cupboards (we hear you) then you can completely revamp the cupboard and doors but cutting out the middle panel and using a staple gun to attach a vibrant patterned material. The fabric can be changed multiple times to suit new room schemes and creative bursts!! The point being the size and shape of the art or object displayed can be changed as the mood takes you. Put the time in to get set up to reap the rewards. As our hero Matthew McConaughy says - Earn Your Saturday! Enjoy a weekend reviewing, editing, bit of dusting and curate a display that reveals the essence of you, and your family of the love that deserves. Next time: Adding pops of colour

what reimagining is, soooo much pattern, no distinct colour way, heavy textures hanging out with soft silks

Hosting at home, in the garden or a special street party, Enjoy a gift from us to transform your celebration table into a royal entertaining space. Incoming Platinum Jubilee celebration discount code just for you. 10% Discount Code off all our Dining products : Add JUBILEE22 at the checkout xx Wild Earth Table Cloth & Napkin Set With her unrivalled love of horses, galloping in first place are our Wild Earth Collection celebrating all things equine. The green wild horses pattern playfully dances alongside mystical creatures, a entertaining talking point for any guests. And its 350cm long! Wild Earth Extra Large Table Cloth 350 x 190cm 12 x Napkins WAS £159 NOW £143.10 Discount Code: JUBILEE22 at checkout Click here Balmy Star Table cloth and Napkin Set Stunning yellow round table cloth with a gorgeous pop of pink to brighten up and English summer garden. Table dressing made easy in one click with our Balmy Star Table Cloth and Napkins Set. Add candles of all colours, freshly picked plants and herbs from the garden, Eh voila! Balmy Star Round Table Cloth 200cm 6 x napkins WAS £99 NOW £89.10 Discount Code: JUBILEE22 at checkout Click here Viridis Star Round Table Cloth & Napkin Set The Viridis Star round table cloth is a feast for the eyes! Our original Star design block printed onto the most delightfully verdant cotton. This beautiful quality cotton table cloth and napkin set that is soft to touch and washes well, while bringing a huge amount of personality to your Platinum Jubilee Celebration party. Viridis Star Round Table Cloth195cm 6 x napkins WAS £99 NOW £89.10 Discount Code: JUBILEE22 at checkout Click here Dusty Pink Rectangle Table Cloth Our signature Dusty Pink design is genius, the sheer sassy joy of the pink animal print edged in hot pink linear cotton sets the scene for a party extravaganza. And its 350cm long! Gorgeous quality 100% cotton, soft to touch, washes well and looks divine. Dusty Pink Rectangle Table Cloth 130 x 350cm WAS £94 NOW £84.60 Discount Code: JUBILEE22 at checkout Click here XXX HAPPY PLATINUM JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS FROM THE REBELS XXX

Each woman in the family would be given a strip to embroider – usually in silk, onto a cotton foundation

Use patterns like animal prints, ikat and botanical on things like cushions and quilts to make your space

Then, let's talk finishes, Matt, Eggshell, Satin, Soft, Silk and Gloss.