1.   Guest rooms contain pale wood furniture, Irish fabrics in subtle Georgian shades of sage, cream and turquoise, and ceramic lamp bases that look like Delftware.

2.   His apartment opens onto a garden ruin where an almost life-size plaster lamp base reigns as resident muse.

3.   I can see the pads on the lamp base where they stick to the top.

4.   Lamp bases of unstained wood and curtain finials and chests of drawers wrapped in hemp have an earthy, undecorated stylishness.

5.   Replace the harp so that the gap between the lamp base and the shade is minimal.

6.   These surfaces, generally speaking, are flat, such things as trays, boxes, planters, lamp bases and shades, or small furniture.

7.   When asked if the glossy white ceramic lamp bases at a nearby table are suitably Shabby Chic, she shakes her head.