Tagged: lighting

Light Up x

 

I often wonder, do people like Champagne because of the taste, or the associations?  It raises that question of how much of life do we see through filters of branding and subliminal messages? Step away from what you’re supposed to want and a whole other world can open up.  For instance, this lighting is from Homeof, a relatively new brand formed by Helen White and Michael Jones, ex-BHS lighting designers who decided to go it alone.  Remember BHS lighting? How brilliant it was? A high street wonder…the ethos here is very similar, but oh so much slicker…

(All pics Homeof and Pinterest)

 

This is designer looks, because they’re designed by exceptional designers, with the experience to know what the high street wants, and the eye to push boundaries for the perfect product, at a price point that’s genuinely affordable.

 

I, for one, am sold.

Laters, Kate x

Light it up x

Planning out the study has become my default setting with the spotlight of attention now focused on lighting, which at present is an issue in the room:  Unlike the other ceilings in the house which are Victorian high, the ceiling in the study, mainly because of its position on a mezzanine level in the back overlooking the garden, is lower. So sadly a large, feature light is out of the head-hitting-question.

Which is a shame, because oversized standout lights are rather delicious.

But then the symmetrical scales fell away from my eyes: Who says a main light has to be in the middle of a room? And why, like we do in kitchens over tables, can’t a light be strategically placed over a desk? And even if the central symmetry does add something (love a bit of symmetry), why can’t a cunning hook in the ceiling direct a beautiful fabric cable to just over the desired spot? Allelujah!

(A sort of reverse of this really (Note the carefully positioned photo to disguise his bruising on the left side from continual light bashing))

And so the magical world of lighting has opened up again…

(All pics Pinterest)

(Except if I’m totally honest, whilst I love this mental breakthrough enough to share it, the desk is going to be opposite the central  window…and it riases the question, would a light block out the light? Would it actually be an oxymoron in physical form?)

 

I fear More thought is needed..

 

Laters, Kate x

Light up x

Northern Lighting, an international company based in Oslo, describe themselves as a creative force led by original ideas, in a place where traditional design seems like a thing of the past. Interesting.

Certainly each light is different and beguiling..

(All pics Northern Lighting)

This has to be the perfect corridor light.  It just wants to sit on a long, thin piece of foxed glass.  Heaven.

 

Laters, Kate x