a white, square, lightshade?

Jiggers_2

Anyone know where I can buy a square, white lightshade cheaply?
I want to turn it into a minecraft ghast for my grandsons room, so I don't want to pay too much. I found a paper one in B&Q, but it was so flimsy, it was ripped when I took it out of the packet!

theonlywayisup

Ikea perhaps?

Jiggers_2

Thanks - but I can only find rectangular ones in Ikea. I know argos have one, but it has terrible reviews, so I think it may be as flimsy as the B&Q one.

Cisco001

http://direct.asda.com/george/george-home/asda-square-light-shade-cream/001737234,default,pd.html

Jiggers_2

Thanks cisco, but it's cream. :-(

K33N3R

How about this one from Habitat? You could click and collect from Argos if you didn't want to pay postage because they sell it too. It's paper as well, but I reckon a lot of cheap square ones will be.

Tealblue

...or just buy the Habitat shade direct from Argos: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search/searchTerm/square+paper+lampshade.htm

Jiggers_2

Thanks - I have seen the habitat/argos one, and it has bad reviews, saying it is really flimsy. I need to be able to paint grey tears, and put black tape eyes and mouth on it, which is why I don't want to pay £30 or so for one.
It amazes me how helpful people are on this board - so thankyou again everyone. :-D

Lisbon

Why not give the Habitat shade a go and if it tears as easily as you fear, just recover it with new paper? Easy to do with a square shape and you don't need special paper - white printer paper will do it (and if you can get hold of a few A3 sheets rather than A4, that should make the job even simpler).

Jiggers_2

I thought of trying with the B&Q one (I'm not very good at things like that), but would have thought it needed to be fire retardant?

Lisbon

Jiggers wrote: »

I thought of trying with the B&Q one (I'm not very good at things like that), but would have thought it needed to be fire retardant?

No, but you need to use the correct bulb. See http://www.paperlightshades.co.uk/paperlampshadesafety.asp