Fiber lampshades add a little nature to your room

2022-05-20 23:11:18 By : Ms. Macy S Lee

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Maison Maison has a new line of rattan, seagrass and water hyacinth lampshades ranging from $50-$200.

Designer Suzanne Duin describes the shades as fitting an English country manner, a coastal style home or one aiming for Boho chic.

Designer Suzanne Duin describes the shades as fitting an English country manner, a coastal style home or one aiming for Boho chic.

Maison Maison has a new line of rattan and seagrass lampshades.

Suzanne Duin, interior designer and owner of Maison Maison home goods store in River Oaks.

Suzanne Duin, interior designer and owner of Maison Maison home goods store in River Oaks.

The classic Empire-style lampshade comes in two sizes, $100 and $160.

The scalloped edge seagrass lampshade comes in small ($125), medium ($175) and large ($200).

Suzanne Duin’s Maison Maison boutique has always been a place to browse for unusual home goods and personal items such as jewelry or small handbags. Duin also is known for her one-of-a-kind lampshades, and her latest collection features natural materials — think seagrass, water hyacinth and rattan.

The new lampshades are shaped as a modified drum in a scalloped or classic Empire style and range from 5 inches to 16 inches across the bottom. Prices span $50 for a petit bell to $200 for a large shade with a scalloped edge.

Made by members of a women’s cooperative in Vietnam, Duin’s new shipment includes shades dyed to look darker and others with a whitewashed appearance. Inspired by Benjamin Moore’s “Aegean Teal” color of the year, she’ll also offer some in blue-green.

Expect her natural-fiber collection to grow. Duin already designed a bathroom tissue box that holds a box of facial tissues and two rolls of toilet paper and hopes to create a Louis Phillipe-style woven frame that can be used for a mirror.

Available at Maison Maison, Matt Camron Cottages, 3014 Earl; or Courtney Barton , 603 N. Washington in Round Top.

Diane Cowen has worked at the Houston Chronicle since 2000 and currently its architecture and home design writer. Prior to working for the Chronicle, she worked at the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune and at the Shelbyville (Ind.) News. She is a graduate of Purdue University and is the author of a cookbook, "Sunday Dinners: Food, Family and Faith from our Favorite Pastors."