Susan Schneider of Shandell’s
Shandell’s is the creative home of me, Susan Schneider, a longtime collector of things vintage with a passion for recycling them into things that make you smile. I …
View ArticleAn army of night lights.
As the elves at Shandell’s (me) have been getting ready for the Holiday Season, night lights are always top of the list. Recently I have found some amazing …
View ArticleEddie Ross + Elle Decor = EE
A little over a week ago, I received a phone call from my friend Eddie Ross. He needed some lampshades and lamps for Bloomingdale’s Big Window Challenge. He …
View ArticleSpring flowers from the 1920′s to the 1950′s
When I started making lampshades in the 90′s, vintage wallpaper was the main material that I used. I have a huge collection of papers that spans from the …
View ArticleWorkshops
Since the launch of my new website I have been increasingly getting emails and walk-in visitors asking about how to pick the right size lampshade for a lamp, …
View ArticleHorses and Shopping, doesn’t get any better.
Shandell’s will be joining The Market at Fitch’s Corner Horse Trials this year,July 24 & 25. The horse trials are a yearly event, beside the glorious horses that …
View ArticleA wonderful call from Hudson Magazine.
I came into the studio on Monday morning and had a message from Lynn Hazelwood from the Hudson Magazine blog. Her message said that she was so thrilled …
View ArticleSpring flowers, Daffodils, Violets, Snowdrops, Pussy Willows and more…
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 …
View ArticleUpcycled lamps using vintage coffee pots from the 1940s and 1950s.
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 …
View ArticleMoving Sale!!!!! Christmas in July
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 …
View ArticleAn army of night lights.
As the elves at Shandell’s (me) have been getting ready for the Holiday Season, night lights are always top of the list. Recently I have found some amazing new papers, just calling to be made into a...
View ArticleEddie Ross + Elle Decor = EE
A little over a week ago, I received a phone call from my friend Eddie Ross. He needed some lampshades and lamps for Bloomingdale’s Big Window Challenge. He brought in a pair of wonderful peacock...
View ArticleSpring flowers from the 1920’s to the 1950’s
When I started making lampshades in the 90’s, vintage wallpaper was the main material that I used. I have a huge collection of papers that spans from the 1800’s to the 1950’s. Wallpaper from that...
View ArticleWorkshops
Since the launch of my new website I have been increasingly getting emails and walk-in visitors asking about how to pick the right size lampshade for a lamp, and how long does it take to make a shade,...
View ArticleHorses and Shopping, doesn’t get any better.
Shandell’s will be joining The Market at Fitch’s Corner Horse Trials this year,July 24 & 25. The horse trials are a yearly event, beside the glorious horses that come from all over, there is a...
View ArticleA wonderful call from Hudson Magazine.
I came into the studio on Monday morning and had a message from Lynn Hazelwood from the Hudson Magazine blog. Her message said that she was so thrilled to find me can I give her a call. So I did and...
View ArticleSpring flowers, Daffodils, Violets, Snowdrops, Pussy Willows and more…
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...
View ArticleUpcycled lamps using vintage coffee pots from the 1940s and 1950s.
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...
View ArticleMoving Sale!!!!! Christmas in July
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....
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