Lighting up the dark with lanterns

One of the many things I would like to do to our house is change the security sensor-light by our front door for a proper good looking outdoor light which can stay on all night. I don't like to walk up to a house in complete darkness, it's not very welcoming at all.

As we have many many things to fix, decorate and repair, the light by the front door will have to wait. In the mean time I'm thinking of placing a lantern either side of the door, lit by fake candles which can be set to switch on with a timer.

My search for lanterns has thrown up a plethora of great designs:

Stainless steel lantern in various sizes by Lama

 

'Iris' lantern by Indiska - shipping to the UK available

'Cubix' lantern by House Doctor - available from Royal Design UK

'Design with Light' glass lanterns with full-grain leather handles by Holmegaard. They come in clear or frosted glass, in various sizes. Available from Scandi Interiors, who offer free delivery to mainland UK

'Urbania' lanterns in white porcelain by Kähler - free delivery in the UK until Christmas

Lantern with an image of running reindeer by Lama

Beautiful porcelain votives by the Norwegian artist Ann Kristin Einarsen

 

Lanterns with hand-crocheted covers by Inghild, who sells these in her shop Epla

 

Lanterns by Tine K Home

And finally..

The London Collection votives designed by Lara Bohinc for Skultuna. Free delivery in the UK from LuxDeco