I want some new lamp shades for several of my lamps. It seems like the best thing to do is load them into the truck and take them to town so I can try on what's available to get the best look.

On my summer list of things to get done there are items related to moving lamps around between the houses. Maybe I'll do that before I start thinking about the new lampshades. There might be some opportunities to retire out some of the lamps I don't like in favor of others that fit in better in a new spot.

One of my main goals for lamps in the guest cabins is to make sure that people have a good reading light next to the bed. The lamp shouldn't be so tall that the bare bulb shines right into their eyes when they are lying down. We rearranged one of the bedrooms, and now only one side of the bed has a bedside table because the room's not wide enough, so I'm thinking of finding what is called a pin-up lamp for the side of the bed with no table.