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Do recycled lampshades (um, mood lighting) really flip your switch? They might if you plug in one of Beeline Mid-Century's Recycalite beauts. These colorful hanging lamps are fringed with hand-stained, mobile-esque discs, repurposed from scrap lampshade materials that would otherwise end up in landfills. Each lamp is handcrafted (made within a week of ordering), so you just choose from blue-green, neutral, or fiery color schemes, and let BMC do the rest. They're also LED- and CFL-compatible, turning their appeal up and the heat down compared to incandescents, which waste 90% of their energy creating heat. You can take care of that part yourself.

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Beeline Mid-Century, 3505 17th St. at Guerrero St. (415-241-8623). Alma Recycalite, $475.

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