Let there be light!

This week in the foggy weather it seemed like a good idea to think about lighting.  More of those decisions I mentioned in an earlier blog post!!

We are going over to LED lighting in the house, and all the new lighting we put in will also be LED, because of their low energy consumption.  There are many different bulb options available now and many ranges of lighting including bathroom fittings so I have been able to find LED options for all the lighting for the bathrooms.  The house has some great existing fittings which I intend to keep and renovate - including these beauties - already fitted with their LED bulbs. 

This one just needs respraying with copper paint and will hang over the kitchen table

There are 4 of these in the lounge

...but we need to add to this and keep the 60s feel.  

As copper seems to be in fashion at the moment, as it was in the 1960s, and that brilliant kitchen light is copper I am going to have 3 of these lights (below) over the island in the kitchen as task lighting - with LED bulbs of course. They are from pooky.com

I am also looking at this copper and glass shade for the three light fittings on the upstairs landing

 and I have found gorgeous copper ceiling roses from enamelshades.co.uk 

Finally I there is a shop in Greenwich that we visited on a recent trip to London that has the most fabulous and unusual lamp shades - this one will be on its way for a lamp in the new garden room courtesy of Lush Designs .

   

I should add that there are lots of wonderfully creative people selling lampshades through websites like Not on the High Street,  Etsy and social media - checkout http://www.facebook.com/laluzlampshades  

   

So plenty of brilliant light to cheer up the damp and foggy autumn weather!