All of the lights in here baby

Ok pipe down with the Rihanna and Kanye West song, we are talking lights for your home not the music! The nights are drawing in and the days are getting shorter, come in from work kick off your shoes and reach for the light switch. Is it really a whole year since you even looked at that tatty old light shade? Your boring bulb hanging limp from a white cable with a light shade covered in dust and remnants of party popper from last New Year’s eve party, oh dear things are looking bad. Well lets get some light shining in a more direct, glamorous and mood lifting way shall we?

 

 

 

On a budget? something fun, cheap and glam (maybe even glam rock) is the Innermost Metallic drum shade, a simple round shade in cool flashy metallic colours. The shade is available in 2 sizes and also in gloss or matt finish. It also comes with a cotton diffuser so you don’t have to look at the ugly lightbulb inside!

For ultimate luxury there is only one option, the Flos Sky Garden. A smooth glossy lacquered shell hides the decorative interior at first glance but when your attention is caught the intricately patterned plaster interior of the light, this is a huge

piece guaranteed to draw people together like moths in the proverbial sense.

The glamour puss and the naturalist could unite in their appreciation of a product like the bloom

pendant from Kartell, a delightful light fitting with multi-faceted floral elements that festoon either rounded shapes or a shape reminiscent of a corset or dress.

 

If you want something to bring in some light without the hassle of fitting anything, then a floor lamp is just the job. In a corner, beside a sofa, in the middle of the room as a proper feature, a floor lamp provides a great evening light and is perfect if you are conscious of energy usage as they will often do the job of table lamps and pendant lights put together!

A few great options are shown here, the Foscarini Twiggy lamp is modern classic, perfectly suited to the modern home and is perfect for light over a dining table or a coffee table perhaps. Position over a sofa or chair for the perfect reading light, a dimmer switch ensures you’re not feeling like you’re sat under a football field flood light!

If you are looking for something with a little more pedigree why not take a look at the Gubi Grasshopper lamp designed by Greta Grossman and recently relaunched (not hard to see why!) vintage yet modern styling and a colour palette befitting of a series of Mad Men or even the Hour with the delightful Ben Whishaw… oh I might be wandering with my thoughts here but you can see its very sophisticated style.

 

The Kartell Toobe is perfect for all you colour  junkies! a flash of light and a colourful glow? careful with the orange, its perfectly retro but an orange glow? well you could look perma-tanned! In all seriousness the colour glow is brilliant, and the light output is of good quality, a great talking piece for your home.

 

 

 

 

author: Ashley

Tags: bloom, floor light, gubi, innermost, kartell, lighting