Well Antique Brass, really. The new sconces arrived - after a lot of thought I finally went with the Jonathan Adler Parker Half-round...

The new hardwood floor is in and will soon be sanded and sealed. The electric cables that came up through the platform a foot from the wall ...

Just to confirm the wondrous conundrum of coincidence, The Guy and I were speculating whether top hats would make a comeback - especially af...

I did manage to get a couple of things done last week - like finding the perfect pleated shade for the bargain lamp I scored a couple of wee...

A couple of accessories made their way into The Cool House recently. Firstly, thanks to kind Patricia who keeps her eye out for Georges Bri...

You know how it is when you are renovating, you visit a house and notice all sorts of things you want to incorporate in your own home. That...

We had a very inspiring trip to the Met Museum the other day. Another small exhibition we wandered into was Classic/Fantastic: Selections f...

Starlight Pendant from Heal's . On sale for 75 GB pounds. I don't have anywhere for it to go but I love it, I may even go visit it w...

Cutting edge technology takes designer Dan Yeffet's fingerprint and turns it into the Detail.MGX lamp. Originally offered in a limited...

If you like modern lighting stroll over to 2modern Design Talk where they are currently running a competition to win this Meridian Table La...

*Today's light-themed playlist at the bottom of the webpage. Bragging rights for the reader who knows the artist who wrote/recorded this...

I'm currently lusting after a couple of items I've seen on auction sites on the internets. First this modelicious 1970s Pucci Rocker...

Of course if you are going to take down the light in the dressing room to use in the powder room you have to put something in its place. Luc...

Ever since we moved in I've had difficulty getting dressed. No, not with the buttons or zippers, it's colours that have been the pro...

We changed the fitting on the lamp I got on ebay so it could take the spider fitting on the Mibo Lulworth shade but I think it's not qu...

Cute? Not cute?

The answer to the question in yesterday's post is "by leaving 5cm exposed". It took three attempts to fix the new pendant li...

Rule #1 when keeping a houseblog should be BLOG EVERYTHING, every little detail, no matter how insignificant, irrelevant or just plain borin...

Ever since I put the Mibo pendant light in Verity's room I've felt it was too small for the space. You can't really tell from t...

Super quick shipping from the seller, my ebay lamps arrived today. I was so excited. I love the teak top that reminds me of deer antlers wi...