Shortlisted Pendant Lights

In the search for hallway lighting I have at least determined what I do not like among the vaster than vast range available today... Such as stripped-back versions which look as if someone has ripped the fabric off the shade and left the framework exposed like a cage. Hm.. naked bulb: no. Ripped up lampshade: no thanks. Then there is anything with intricate detail which will inevitably gather lots of dust. I am not a cleaning fanatic, but I do have an inner dust-gremlin which hates the idea of adding dust-prone areas.

So I think I'm down to two main groups of pendant lights:

Metal lampshades in either black or copper/brass/bronze on an old-style flex. I like the combination of Bestlite's matt black shade with a little brass detailing around the top.

Bestlite BL9-M Black & Brass. Available from David Village Lighting at £220.15

 

 Dokka black by Northern Lighting available from The Lollipop Shoppe at £176

I also like a 'vintaged', or perhaps I should call it 'slightly abused' brass shade - tarnished rather than shiny (tarnished brass has a beautiful colour).

Brooklyn brass-coloured metal pendant with pewter fixture from Industville at £69

 And then the combination of the two, which would be a matt black shade with a brushed golden inside (Tom Dixon's designs are great, but his lamps are everywhere now).

Oslo pendant light (haha, I didn't know there were so many lamps named after my home town!)

Pitted against the above is the concept of the slightly coloured glass shade (clear glass looks beautiful in photos but the brightness would look cold in our chalky white hallway).

Goal small pendant light in recycled glass by House Doctor. £24 from Idyll Home

Fog pendant light by Front for Zero lighting. Sadly unaffordable. £540 from Viaduct

Amp pendant lights by Normann Copenhagen available from The Lollipop Shoppe at £90.

Ellipse and Circle grey mirror-effect pendant lights by House Doctor (ever so slightly reminiscent of Normann Copenhagen...) £110 each from Idyll Home

Mid-century glass pendant light with copper bulb fitting, spotted in Heal's. Ca £140