Switching you on to these simple lighting ideas. Wash your home in these appealing illuminations
Lighting is often the last thing you consider when switching up a look at home. Done right, it is transformative and can make a room feel welcoming and warm.
There are statement centrepieces to portable lamps that you can bring with you as you walk through the house.
Here are suggestions for every room in the house.
Chandelier with sci-fi vibes
The central pendant is back.
Melt by Tom Dixon, seen in the lead image, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a new burnished bronze polished carbonate version.
Available in two sizes: the pendant, 50cm, is €1,295, and the mini version, 28cm wide is €870.
The mini chandelier pictured, 63.4 cm by 54.5 cm, costs €3,470, ex delivery.
It is available in three sci-fi colours: smoke, gold and copper.
New to the collection is the portable lamp version, seen to the left. With its high-gloss base, it stands about 28 cm tall, comes in five different colours, and costs €240.
Get down low in the living room
Luceplan’s Illan is a light and playful pendant made of birch that creates shadowplay when set low in a lounge over a coffee table.
It comes in three sizes, 60cm, €1,173; 80cm, €1,493; and 100cm, €1,760 from Bray-based Wink Lighting. These prices are ex VAT.
Chic sconces
UK-based David Hunt Lighting’s new Athena wall light has the kind of form, colour, and character that will bring texture and sophistication to living rooms and entrance halls.
The sculptural stack of high-gloss lacquered spheres and a luxurious sheen to any space.
It comes with a half-barrel shade and costs about €427, ex delivery.
Simple yet effective kitchen task lighting
Based in Co Monaghan, Mullan Lighting makes and sells a wide range of lighting options for the home and the hospitality sector.
London-based Pluck Kitchens has made great use of its Nahla glass and brass pendant in this design belonging to photographer Rachel Smith.
It comes in clear or opal reeded glass options and at 20cm in diameter, is a simple and effective way to add task lighting to an island. It costs about €179, ex delivery.
Add portable warmth
Dwell by Eilish Rickard is a collection by the classic yet contemporary London designer.
This slender, aged brass portable lamp comes in two sizes; the tall, 45cm high, costs €475, while the small, 37cm high, costs €444.
Add to bookshelves and nooks to create visual interest and pools of light.
Bathe bathrooms in flattering light
Lighting in a bathroom needs to illuminate and also be kind enough to make you look half-decent first thing in the morning.
Armera’s Scene is a frameless backlit mirror with integrated demister available in three dimmable white light settings: warm, mid-white and cool options.
The round option comes in 60cm, €298 and 80cm, €363, diameter options.
The wall-hung, two-drawer, concrete grey Opa vanity unit costs €789.
Bedroom bliss
In collaboration with Heatherwick Studio, Wake is a bedside light that is inspired by nature's rhythms.
Begin each day with a gentle symphony of light and sound, and unwind each evening with a calming, warm glow.
The lamp features a rotatable ceramic base for effortless dimming and controls.
You can choose from four wake-up sounds and seven sleep sounds, which can be integrated with Google Home and Amazon Alexa. It costs €305, ex delivery, from Tala Lighting.
Interior illumination
Supercurve is a neon LED mirror from Italian brand Seletti that will illuminate dark internal halls or corridors or add oomph and a touch of sex appeal to a bedroom setting.
The Perspex-framed surround comes in two sizes.
The large stands 185cm tall and is 90cm wide and costs €830, while the small is 102.55cm tall and almost 60cm wide and costs €530.
This piece must be pre-ordered from April and the Bear. Delivery will take four to six weeks.
