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Have Nothing in your House that you do not Know to be Useful, or Believe to be Beautiful*

20 September, 2026 2 Comments
Posted in: Princess

I have been in lampshade hell recently (I will spare you the details, I am merciful). The upshot of it is that I have a newly acquired (not particularly cheap) 30cm diameter barrel lampshade with a William Morris print on it and no particular location for it. I said hopefully to Herself “Do you think you would like a William Morris lampshade in your newly decorated room at home?” “I would not,” said she, “William Morris is the ‘live, laugh, love’ of Victorian decor.” Sharper than a serpent’s tooth and all that for as the words left her mouth, I knew she was right.

*My mother was particularly fond of this William Morris quote and it seems apt here somehow.

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  1. theQueen says

    20 September, 2026 at 14:05

    That looks lovely based on what my AI generated when I asked for an image of a barrel lampshade with a William Morris print (because you have provided no photo, cruel).

  2. belgianwaffle says

    20 September, 2026 at 17:08

    That’s what we like to hear.

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