Color Crazy

Recently I've gone a bit crazy in the decorating department. Not crazy as in my tastes have changed from New England Homes to Rococo (I'm not sure my mother would set foot in our place if they had), or I've swapped out my Monet for Picasso, but I have been experimenting with colors much more than I've ever done before. The result? Behold, my writing desk:



I know what you must be thinking. She actually painted a desk that color??!! Actually when I got it at our church's large yard sale it was already that gloriously bold color of green. And I love it!

The desk itself is charming on its own, it used to be a sewing machine desk and it has the neatest antique knobs on the drawers. But then my friend Kathryn gave me that blue lamp, and of course the only place I could justifiably stick such a brightly colored lamp was on my (almost) neon-green desk.

Now, there is one problem with the picture (ha, you say, just one??) which you decorating gurus may have noticed. The lampshade does not go at all with that lamp. I need something retro to match that style, and I have no idea what to pick... round? square? patterned? layered? hexagon bell?

Time to start googling retro lamp shades. Any suggestions are welcome!