*Image above via Kendall Rabun Interiors, featuring this classic swing arm sconce. Sources for all else tagged in her picture.
I am always startled by how many of you are shopping for lighting and rugs for your homes when I solicit your shopping inquiries, but it makes sense — I was totally overwhelmed hunting for a desk lamp two years ago. It took me weeks to settle on one! Since then, I’ve been saving good lighting as I find it so that I have a cache of good picks whenever I’m next in the market, which will be…soon! We have not yet bought a house but we will have been down to D.C. for two day trips in a week to consider a range of houses that are well in the ballpark of what we are looking for. Below, some of my favorite lamps…
Table Lamps.
ORNATE AND ELEGANT (FOR A FORMAL LIVING ROOM)
UNASSUMINGLY CHIC ROUND STYLE (LOOK FOR LESS WITH THIS)
LONGTIME MAGPIE FAVORITE LAMP — ALWAYS POPULAR! GREAT FOR A BOY’S ROOM (LOOK FOR LESS WITH THIS)
WARM WOOD (UNDER $200 BUT LOOKS MUCH PRICIER)
Pendants.
STATELY AND HANDSOME (SIMILAR VIBE FOR LESS WITH THIS)
LANTERN STYLE – LOVE THAT IT COMES IN COLORS
Flush/Semi-Flush Mounts.
HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THIS QUATREFOIL — OR THIS SIMILAR SHAPE IN A FABRIC VARIATION
WHIMSICAL, BOLD FLOWERS (CHECK OUT THEIR INSTAGRAM FOR BOLD INSPO — WOW! FOR THOSE UNAFRAID OF COLOR AND PATTERN)
LOVE THIS TEXTURED STYLE FOR JUST OVER $100
DRUM STYLE — MORE ARCHITECTURAL
Chandeliers.
ADORE THIS AERIN SCULPTURAL WHITE DREAM
LOVE THIS LUCITE AND GOLD WONDER
THESE ARE SWEET (AND VERY POPULAR) IN NURSERIES (LOOK FOR LESS)
Sconces.
THESE MODERN ONES PLUG INTO THE WALL (NO WIRING REQUIRED) — GREAT OVER BEDSIDE TABLES — AS DO THESE
HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THESE BOWS FROM KATE SPADE
WE INSTALLED THESE MID-CENTURY SCONCES IN OUR CURRENT LIVING ROOM IN MANHATTAN
$80 BOWS FOR A LITTLE GIRL’S NURSERY
FOR BOLD COLOR — IMAGINE AGAINST A FUN STATEMENT WALLPAPER
Floor Lamps.
THE FLUTED SHADE IS EVERYTHING
BRASS PHARMACY STYLE (GREAT OVER AN ARM CHAIR FOR READING)
THE LINEN AFFORDS INTERESTING TEXTURE
CLEVER STYLE THAT DOUBLES AS A SIDE TABLE — IMAGINE IN A BOY’S ROOM OR LIBRARY
Miscellaneous.
PICTURE LIGHTS — WOULD ALSO LOOK GREAT AT THE TOP OF BUILT-INS
UNIQUE LAMPSHADES — CHECK OUT MATILDA GOAD OR CRUEL MOUNTAIN FOR EVERYTHING FROM SCALLOPED RAFFIA TO LES TOUCHES
P.S. More great home finds and even more here.
P.P.S. Styling a coffee table.
P.P.P.S. Writing, fishing, and the Roaring Fork.