The easiest peasiest way of changing the feel of a space is through lighting. You can instantly change the mood creating atmosphere and washing a space in a warm glow. I have spoken before about ambient accent, task and kinetic lighting so what I really want to concentrate on this morn is statement lighting.One statement piece adds instant impact, its unexpected and dramatic. Far too often I see the tiniest tiniest chandeliers hanging down from the centre of a room. You can’t really expect magic to happen unless you think slightly out of the box and think big. It’s all about masterfully mixing the super sized with the normal and infusing your space with things that stimulate the mind. If everything is the same scale then dare I say a bland haze of boringness prevail s– ugg please don’t invite me to supper!
Statement chandeliers can be expensive so more often that not I go down a vintage route – often times they are more enchanting in an oddball sort of way. Also why not consider a super sized table or floor light . Often times at antiques market I might pick up an old wooden lamp stand spray it a zingy colour and top it with a huge shade. It’s a disregard for convention that I am after not purely to be wacky for wacky sake. Its more about creating spaces that are playfully individual and stimulates the mind.
A detail of the chandelier hanging in my pad. Made from porcelain its almost bigger than the whole room.
Beautiful I would have upped the scale a smidge but this lovely chandelier totally takes this interior to another level.
A vintage lamp stand that I sprayed for my book. I ripped off the fabric of the shade and sprayed that too – if doing something similar opt for a super sexy bulb.
Interesting Abigail. Do you have any advice on how low to hang though? Your own chandelier looks amazing and i love the scale of it compared to the rest of the room – real dramatic but the one in the next picture – which i also really like for its regency elegance – looks like its too big to walk below without banging into? and its not over a table or anything which would otherwise prevent such an event. Just trying to get an idea of what the right scale of an oversized light would be so its doesnt end up being odd? i live with clumsy people you see…. does it matter if it hangs at eye level anyway?
It all really depends on ceiling height. I tend to hang my chandeliers rather like I do many of my pictures rather lower than expected . I think impact wise they look far more interesting and listen I’ve hung a supersized chandelier so low over my bath you have to climb in and out at a precarious angle which isn’t too fun when wet -but I don’t care one has to suffer at times for fabulousness. As long as it doesn’t look like its stuck to the ceiling and there is some drop I think you should be fine – but as you can see from above being super practical isn’t one of my strong points.
ha! I salute you A – it is exactly because you dispense advice such as ” I don’t care one has to suffer at times for fabulousness” that i enjoy your work so much. Thankyou.
xx
In the third picture you have a wall sculpture of some girl chilling. Where can I find something similar?
Also, I think you are my deco soul mate. I love every interior you’ve ever posted.
Thank you. We sell the sculptures in our store (£140) but haven’t put them on our website as unfortuantely even though they are made from limestone/concrete they seem to break in transit whenever we send them out.
That is such a shame! I guess I will have to check them out the next time I’m in London…
Sorry hate to disappoint they are just a nightmare to courier.
I thought from the title here that your message was about NATURAL lighting that window is so beautiful! I then spied that shade – gorgeous thing it is! That is a truly divine angle & peek at that room… It’s amazing really how an image can be restful and stimulating at the same time – that’s how I see it. xx
Looks gorgeous and very clever. Love the idea.
Hi Abigail, I really like the lamp stand. That’s such a great idea!