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Q: Please provide me with the name and location of a store outside of the perimeter that sells lampshades. — Vern Thompson, email
A: I have two places for you to check out that are OTP. Lux Lighting, 3850 Venture Drive, Duluth, 770-476-4028, stocks 5,000 lampshades. Along with selling and repairing lighting fixtures, Lux also offers lampshade, furniture, stained glass and art and frame repair and restoration services. You might also consider Royal Lampshades, 515 Commerce Park Drive, Marietta, 877-819-8271, a warehouse filled with myriad lampshades of all sizes, shapes and colors. Although Royal Lampshades doesn’t have a showroom, it’s mainly an online business, you can either make an appointment or visit the website, royallampshades.com, pick out some shades you’d like to see and come take a look at them in person. Simply call and let a customer service representative know what you’re interested in seeing. Another option is to email a photo of your lamp and one of the designers can pull out some shades for you to look at.
Q: The string has broken in the head rail of a 20-year-old, double-cell cellular shade, which is no longer available to order. There are seven other shades in this room, and it would be so nice to have this shade restrung instead of having one odd shade or having to buy eight new shades that match. Do you know of anyone who could repair this shade? Thank you so much. — Claudia Williams, Gainesville
A: Contact Blind and Shade Repair of Atlanta, 2730 Mountain Industrial Blvd., Tucker, 770-270-0849. Owner Rick Pleva works on various brands of blinds, shutters and shades, from repairing motors on electronic window treatments to restringing manual blinds. Check out bsratl.com for more information.
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Readers Joan and Robert Dokson have enjoyed Stouffer’s Harvest Apples, originally called Escalloped Apple, for years until they noticed that the cinnamon-spiked frozen side dish was missing from their local markets and online. Much to the dismay of ardent fans, Stouffer’s discontinued the item about two years ago.
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Sabine Morrow is a freelance writer who has been digging up hard-to-find items and services for readers since 2004.
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