Beelden Bouwers is a Dutch design company that makes these lamp covers out of repurposed, surplus industry wool. I have zero idea how to order from them (and, I don’t speak Dutch) but I don’t think they’d be too hard to replicate with an old sweater and an IKEA lampshade. When I was seventeen working at movie theater, someone found a large man’s sweater and put it in the back room. I asked whose it was, and was told it was being held as a “lost and found” item. “If no one claims it,” I said, “I want it.” (When I showed Jen my new threads she said, “Of course you wanted it.” I was pretty well known for my fondness of odd clothing choices. Hey, I was frugal!)
I still have that sweater, although I don’t wear it, and I think it would make a cozy lampshade for my house. Time to dig it up.
ps – I want to go to Europe. I think I’d like it there. Goals for 2010: save up enough to visit Holland.
oddly enough…after 3 months in amsterdam i may have the answer to your question! lekker is a favorite dutch word, much like awesome/sweet/stellar/fantastic/radical. some examples of how it may be used…1. i was on a train and a dad pulled a chocolate bar out of his bag. his 3 children under 8 shrieked, lekker!!!2. at lunch, the waitress asks how was everything? yeah, it was lekker3. i accidentally mow down a pedestrian while riding my pink bike around the city….oh shit! are you ok?! i'm so sorry!! yeah, it's all lekker. i cannot emphasize enough how lekker your trip to holland would be, good good times.
melissa schwartz
6 Feb 09 at 9:32 am
Lekker!
amber
6 Feb 09 at 11:04 am
I'm sorry, do you not remember our very brief time in Holland? We stood around and tried to read things in Dutch. Awesome.
Jen
6 Feb 09 at 12:21 pm
I remember so little! I remember the Sesame Street book “Ike Ban Bert” or something like that. I remember the cozy coffee shop, and I remember that I had a really horrible black eye. Oh, I also came across a clown speaking in Dutch. That still gives me nightmares.
theambershow
6 Feb 09 at 12:46 pm
Nice idea, making a lamp shade out of a sweater xD
But translating awesome to Dutch (for me) would be “vet”.
And “lekker” means delicious
I hope you can make the trip to the Netherlands this year, hf & gl!
PS: @theambershow, you probably read “Ik ben Bert” if you want the correct spelling.
And you went to a coffee shop? You do know we have two kinds of coffee shops right? A coffee shop is the kinda place you get weed or things like that, they aren’t like a regular Star Bucks. ;D
Veel succes en ik hoop dat jullie nog een fijne dag hebben! Groetjes uit Limburg (the southern part of the Netherlands (and not Holland!))
A Dutch Guy
26 May 10 at 2:03 pm
Awesome translated to dutch would be: Gaaf!
frumingelo
26 Oct 10 at 3:32 pm
geweldig
kieke
8 Jul 11 at 7:15 am