The sky's the limit, ceiling the place
Shades by Dominic Green crafts bespoke oversized ceiling furniture designed to compliment and softly embellish your chosen space with elegance and presence.
Over two years working on design, concept and refinement using new components and techniques have allowed me to create very large statement piece drum shades covered in a huge range of fabrics.
I have also re-designed the diffuser from the bottom up. Our delicate and unobtrusive 'Floating' diffusers are suspended on a uniquely innovational adjustable wire and magnet system. Each one is delicately made with a stretched medium weight linen or a choice of hand made Japanese Washi paper to give a warm diffused glow underneath. The diffusers are generally set to hang around 4 to 5cm or so above the baseline of the shade. This allows the inside wall of the shade to show itself off too and provide a carefully balanced contrast to the outer wall and edge colour. All three suspension wires are adjustable from the top centre area of the frame to allow customer height preference flexibility.
Satin Deep Gold Drum
This is a 70cm shade using a 1950's vintage gold satin with cleanly embroidered with a black linier motif. The inner wall is lined with a brocade fabric in delicate pale turquoise.
Italian Velvet Retro Swirl
This is one of a large range that I shall be working on over the next few months. This particular piece is a 70cm x 30cm prototype. The Italian velvet is super soft and gives a gorgeous glow when on and a sumptuous velvety sheen in daylight.
Inner Glow Deep Flock
With a strong inner deep pink accent, this 70cm showpiece is clad with Designers Guild heavy chenille flock fabric and a vibrant Designers Guild flock wallpaper. A real statement piece with a twist.
Designers Guild Fitzrovia Velvet Flock
A stunningly vibrant centrepiece with a very sought after velvet flock framed in turquoise. This one is 70cm x 27cm.
Shades Above
A cost effective stylish solution to the chandelier problem
Lighting is everything. Chandeliers, stunning and elegant as they can be, are costly, heavy and require time-consuming routine care. They have been the go-to lighting centrepieces for centuries, and for good reason. With so many stunning fabrics available in the global marketplace the sky's the limit in design and can add a bit of extra zing to your interior at a fraction of the cost of a proper chandelier.
The Italian Velvet Range
Luxuriously Smooth & Silky with a Stunning Glow
Here is a selection of some of the Italian velvets that are currently in stock.
Up close and personal
It's all in the detail
Uncompromising attention to detail and quality is at the very heart of every shade I make. There are no exceptions.
The Nuts & Bolts of creative illusion
The Floating Diffuser
Suspended with finesse, our unique diffusers are attached by magnets via an invisible trio of adjustable wires to the top of the frame. This is a completely unique system and makes quite a difference.
Pricing & Orders
Pricing and online purchasing to be set up very soon. In the meantime, please use enquiry form at the bottom of this page should any of the shades pictured take your fancy. These are bespoke one-off hand crafted shades and require fabrics and dimensions to be discussed before it is possible to establish a price in line with your budget and requirements. The pre-assembly design consultancy stage is essential in ensuring the very best possible balance with the balance and colour palette of your chosen space.
For most of my 60cm and 70cm shades the price range is between £295.00 and £495.00. It all 'hangs' on value of materials and specification. I can fulfill any size in diameter between 10 and 100 cm and can work in fractions of centimeters with the height/depth dimension. Typically, the large 60cm and 70 cm ones are between 26cm and 32 cm in depth/height.
All shades come with the magnetic 'Floating' diffuser system unless otherwise specified.
Please allow 14 days for all orders that involve fabrics that I have in stock and up to 21 days for any orders that require materials that need to be brought in.
Shipping & delivery
I will deliver and fit personally within a 25 mile radius of base in Cambridge until I get too busy to do so! For larger orders I will extend this to 60 miles and further depending on size and value of order.
Tracked delivery within the UK is at a flat rate of £5.99. This is to cover the high cost of insurance necessary in the unlikely event of damage.
All shades are carefully packaged in bespoke made reinforced boxes with polystyrene inserts to keep contents secure from any movement.
Returns and Guarantee
Returns and exchanges are accepted up to 14 days from delivery in only exceptional circumstances. These shades are bespoke made to order which makes it impossible to undo what is done. In cases where the item has been damaged in transit or for a valid reason hasn't met customer satisfaction then we offer a no quibble return or replacement at no cost.
We guarantee all of our products for 1 year. This covers everything except accidental damage and/or any evidence of poor care.
All shades and diffusers are coated to protect the fabric fibres from absorbing the build up of dirt or moisture and helps with the safe removal of dust with a clean soft damp cloth.
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Have a listen to a brief talk about how the business started and why
A snapshot of life including how I have arrived at such a huge opportunity designing & making drum shades through 2 years of turmoil