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Welcome to the Lampshade Workroom !

I’m Kate - I run The Lampshade Workroom— a studio tucked under the edge of the Illawarra escarpment in Jamberoo on the south coast of NSW Australia.

What started as an upholstery business —fuelled by a love of natural textiles, colour and design - morphed into a lampshade production and teaching business during the Covid years.

In addition to teaching and custom-making lampshades, lately I've been developing my own unique style of lampology...

Working in collaboration with local photographers, pattern designers, and a specialist printer I'm making lamps and shades which aim to bring the spirit of the Aussie bush indoors, in the form of ambient lamps (cordless, rechargeable, glow-anywhere) and pendant shades which redefine the whole image of ceiling-hung shades - they're called LAMPSCAPES - and are not listed on this site yet, but are available at the HANDMADE CANBERRA MARKET.

Please check the dropdown menus above or contact me direct for more info about anything on this site.

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What's on offer

Classes

Workshops are held regularly in the Jamberoo workroom, as well as a number of other locations around NSW

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Ready-made Lampshades, lamps, shade-making kits, fabric and

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Services

Custom shades made to order, and lampshade makeovers & repairs

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Upcoming Events

Sun, Nov 23
Introduction to Modern Lampshade Making - Jamberoo
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Nov 23, 2025, 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Jamberoo, Curramore Rd, Jamberoo NSW 2533, Australia
In this workshop you have the option of making a new shade from scratch, in a choice of styles and sizes, OR how to makeover your own vintage shade. Located in our professional workroom in the beautiful Jamberoo Valley, just 2 hours south of Sydney on south coast NSW.
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Sun, Dec 14
Introduction to Modern Lampshade Making Canberra
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Dec 14, 2025, 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Ainslie Arts Centre ACT, 30 Elouera St, Braddon ACT 2612, Australia
Learn how to make a modern lampshade in this workshop located in the historic Ainslie Arts Centre. Everything is included (except fabric).
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Private Lesson Lampshade Making JAMBEROO
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Jamberoo, Curramore Rd, Jamberoo NSW 2533, Australia
Work one-on-one with professional shade-maker (me - Kate!) in my fully equipped workroom in Jamberoo, South Coast NSW. Date by arrangement.
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LAMPSHADE PARTY! Your Place or Mine
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Location is TBD
There's nothing more fun than creating stuff with friends - line up a few of your besties or team-mates for a few hours of fun with fabric, have a yummy morning or afternoon tea (or lunch), and head home with some stunning professional-standard lampshades.
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Meet The Team

We are the Genies behind the Lampshade Workroom

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Kate Malfroy

After years of working as a professional upholsterer I started running upholstery and lampshade workshops due to demand, and quickly discovered I really loved teaching.

The demand for classes has continued ever since and during Covid - when I was overwhelmed with upholstery work - to save my sanity I decided to redirect the business away from upholstery to focus on lampshades - and The Lampshade Workroom was born.

The workroom is located in an idyllic location, in a small valley within the Jamberoo Valley on south coast NSW. Our property is nestled on the edge of rainforest, with a creek running from the Illawarra escarpment just a few metres from the workroom.

Because I love travelling, I also run workshops in other places around NSW - including scheduled events at other business locations, as well as private groups in homes.

I look forward to hearing from you if you'd like to make a booking or an enquiry!

Kate

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Customer Relations Officer

Pipsqueak

No-one enters or leaves the Lampshade Workroom without the approval of Pipsqueak, who takes her job very seriously.

Being an Australian Border Collie, she has a number of traits which make her well suited for this role - extreme friendliness combined with strong herding instincts and attention to detail (obsessiveness) means she's usually got a better idea of everything that's happening on the place than Kate.