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In July 2010 I graduated from KLC School of Design in London with a Professional Diploma in Interior Design (please see the tabs below for course details and project portfolios). Since September 2010 I've been working for a local interior design practice just outside Alton in Hampshire. Through this blog, I hope to share with you products which I like and things which inspire me - together with the odd post about my own home which is a working project. A good home is never finished!

Sunday 26 September 2010

Lights ... Lights ... Lights!

Each project introduced a new technical skill and for the Rutland House project we were required to produce lighting plans which inevitably led to researching different types of lighting (bear in mind that there was NO budget specified for this project!)

Here is a selection of my favourite discoveries .......

Eternity table lamp from the Emily Todhunter Collection (I'm a fan of Todhunter Earle and used this table lamp in the Entrance Reception).  Todhunter Earle have recently collaborated with Tim Gosling to produce a range of furniture (source IDFX).
                                                                             



















Still on the subject of table lamps, I also used these lamps from Porta Romana ....

Glass Blob Lamp in Amethyst (used in the Arrivals Reception)





Gourd Lamp in Prune
(also used  in the Arrivals Reception)
 














Perfume Bottle Lamp in Bay 






















Amara are stockists of Porta Romana lighting - and also stock some lovely home accessories including these candles....                                            

The pink one is my favourite!
 

The Entrance Hall needed something which would make an impact and these lamps (standing 850mm tall) did the job!  I chose 2 of these Limos lamps from
Teslamall.  The square lamp base is polished chrome,  the column is silver leaf hand decorated majolica and the small spheres are shown here in black glass. The shade is silvery parchment.




Also on my shortlist were these Oshi lamps (also from Teslamall) but the base was gold and wouldn't have looked right with the rest of the scheme.


Teslamall also provide luxury interior design products for luxury yachts, should you ever need products for your luxury yacht!




The main Entrance Reception and Arrivals Receptions called for something with 'wow factor'.  I chose the Crystal Fame Circle by Swarovski and the Helix Ceiling Lamp, also by Swarovski.  The Crystal Fame Circle retails at approximately £2,300 and the Helix Ceiling Lamp is a bit more at around £6,800!! 

I originally sourced these from the Crystal Lighting Centre, who now seem to have gone out of business. I have discovered a site called Luxury Lighting & Electrical Supplies which supply the Helix but not sure about the Fame Circle.  I think that if I was actually buying either of these, I probably wouldn't spend that much money without checking the company I was buying from!














While researching lighting for the Games / Media Room and Smoking Room, I came across these wall lights, all of which are from Porta Romana.













 
Wall lights used in the
Games/Media Room














For inspirational lighting schemes, please see the following sites:

Light IQ                 

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