Recently on a cold winter day, I was visited by a wonderful videographer from House Beautiful. He spent the day following me around my studio. Here is the result of this glorious day. How grateful I am, that I can share my magic with you. Bring your lamp in for...
Welcome to Shandell’s new site!! I will be adding more and more products in the coming weeks. Fabulous news to share, Veranda & House Beautiful Dec 2019 have featured Shandell’s Pencil cups!!!! How grateful I am to have my products featured. This is...
Happy New Year!! Lots of things happening at Shandell’s. House Beautiful named our Petite matchboxes “The Best”February 2017. So honored to be included in their magazine. Shandell’s has a new fabulous studio. We are located at 15 Main Street,...
My new obsession, marble paper night lights. I have been making night lights for many years, out of vintage wallpaper and images. Recently I have been working more with hand painted and marble papers. The combination of paper and light brings endless joy. Night...
Happy New Year!!! It has been a while since I have sat down to write a post. So much has been going on, lots of new things to share. Shandells.com has gotten a new facelift, out with the old and in with the new. Take some time to search around, new items will...
Lots of fall colors on my current One Kings Lane Sale. Fall is a time for change, add a splash of color in an unexpected place with a lamp, pair of shades, a new chandelier, all to make you smile. Enjoy browsing what I have up for sale, click here....
I came across a box of vintage army surplus enamel pendants. The outside green is a beautiful olive. Unfortunately the underneath enamel was in bad shape on most of them. What to do? I secretly have an obsession with all kinds of metal leaf, as well as copper in...
A couple of years ago, my friend Pam at Retro Renovation did a post on mid century modern pendants. As I was reading about them, I was so surprised to see that I owned a a pair of pendants that were in the catalog she was showing. They were in a box in my studio and...
Spring time always has me opening up draws in my studio that have not been opened for a long time. The past couple of weeks have been so warm, the door has been open and so have all of my studio draws. I came across a box of 19th century tin horns I had purchased a...
Spring time = treasure hunting!!!! with the winter (hopefully behind us) I went treasure hunting this weekend and found this bunch of farming hooks, they are about 6 inches tall. Not really sure of what their original purpose was, the person who I got them from said...
The elves at Shandell’s have been busy making lots of new matchboxes themes for you to enjoy this Holiday Season. Naughty or Nice, Peace & Joy, wonderful vintage pin-up girls for your guys to smile at. “WTF” to make gift giving fun.Vintage state...
How honored, Shandell’s has been put on the Made in America map at ABC Word News. I want to shout this from every roof top. Glad to join all of the other businesses who are working to strengthen America. I will be adding lots of new matchboxes for the...
Murphy’s Law “Everything takes longer than it takes.” Shandell’s arrived in it’s new home in July. The unpacking of 100’s of lamps, parts, papers, setting up and painting is finally done (still have some more to do). In my mind I...
Shandell’s is moving at the end of the month to new larger studio in Pine Plains, NY the next town over. If you have been in lately, you have probably noticed that I have grown out of my space. Everything in stock will be on sale until July 16th,...
When my friend Pam from retrorenovation.com got together to make a video a couple of months ago, we came up with so many ideas. Here is the result, we had another day of making videos, these lamps were the outcome of a fabulous day together. Make an Upcycled...
I just recently launched a new product “the original Cloth Cord Swag & Pendant Light Kits” Well, my own creativity has been unleashed. I have boxes and boxes of old architectural findings and such, they are now being turned into beautiful lighting....
Bring your own one-of-a-kind creations — to light Express your creativity — create your own, one-of-a-kind light fixture — and enjoy it every day — with The Original Cloth Cord Swag and Pendant Light Kits from shandells.com. For my Cloth...
I have been to 3 farm markets in the last week. Cannot get enough of fresh greens and produce. Living upstate New York in the Hudson Valley, there are so many wonderful farms around. With all that said, what do you do with all that you bring home?? Can all...
Got an email from a friend saying “Your matchboxes are on the home page of MSN.com” How fabulous is this, Shandell’s vintage chicken matchboxes front and center. 50 Things Under $50.00 That’ll Make You Smile. ...
After the winter we have had here in the Hudson Valley, spring cleaning is on everyone’s mind. A customer come in last week with a car full of lamps. As she hauled them all in from her car, she said “Spring Cleaning, new shades and repairs.”...
I started making lampshade over 15 years ago and making them with vintage wallpaper. Recently as I have been going through my paper draws, kind of a spring cleaning, all of these vintage wallpapers were screaming at me. It has been a long winter and I needed some...
Thank you to Hudson Valley Magazine for the current mentions. Shandell’s is thrilled that you picked our Honeysuckle vintage image wastebasket for your “the hot hue of the home”. I have fallen head over heals in love with pink this year, I have...
