Architecture and interior design thread

Ahhhh it was on insta somewhere... basically these lads claiming they owned curved ceilings in a passive aggressive manner due to this project:

Pfft:
https://hicarquitectura.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/00.jpg

just appreciating this morning how the rear deck has nicely silvered so it matches the colour of our cork flooring - gives a nice transition into the garden...

Oh go on... pics please?

ha you're going to have to wait till the boards nearer the house dry out. was just comparing to those further down the deck (which are in the sun). will try get a decent pic

looking forward to the fence and back door gate weathering similarly.

Yeah, I remember when I saw the comment @chrisbmx116 linked to and I thought it was totally laughable

We got Schneider ultimate screwless flat plate which are really nicely finished. Their dimmers for LED are quite expensive though.

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What a bastard. I've ordered one hopefully similar to above for the shop - almost all the ones I've seen have been changed to battery power, which is fine by me.

almost all the ones I've seen have been changed to battery power

Pretty much the only way to go, unless you get tempted to buy a master clock as well!

Also the Schneider dimmers for LED do not work on a circuit with another switch or dimmer.
Ask me how I know...

Basically you are constrained to a single dimmer in a room and no other switches - which is a pain when you want to be able to dim your LEDs and say switch the lights on/off from your bed or the other side of the room

I had 3 electricians in and all of them have not resolved this problem.

Probably don't need such with a 750 sq ft bungalow...

Do they do a double gang one with usb?

Seems yes. I Would say we went all screwless and now some are behind books etc I’d probably change some to the non Screwless
https://www.edwardes.co.uk/products/schneider-ggbgu34202usbbwpw-2g-13a-swi-skt-2-x-usb-whi-painted-white?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrNrqgtjD7AIVR-vtCh3hRw8GEAQYBCABEgJNJPD_BwE

We didn’t come across that despite our builders saying we should have switches either side of the room, on the kitchen island etc.

We were happy to walk over to one place to dim or turn down.

I have the Schneider black nickel in kitchen and brushed silver with white inserts across the rest of the house.

They require deeper boxes so if you have "classic" 25mm boxes then you will need to install new 40mm ones.

Only went for those as a friend used to work for Schneider and could get trade prices (about 1/4 of the online prices you see)

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Would be possible with smart lights, would be a pain to keep those switches though.

They look pretty generic to me. I suppose that's why I end up relying on a brand name.

Got mine today, really nice, will look great in the shop.

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Very nice

Can anyone ID the suspension light?

Surly that's just something that someone's knocked up with some fluro string. No?

Yes. And charged £500 for it.

Would be interesting to know how the string is connected to the mirror, at least I assumed it's a mirror.

By the look of it the string passes through the black grommets on the reflector and the bulb socket to a weighted base. Here's me hoping it relies on friction alone like the Parentesi or Grcic's OK, would love the adjustability.

It looked to me as if the rubber grommets were attached to the edge of the disk, maybe they're drilled though, if they were drilled with a rubber grommet the friction might be enough and the adjustability would be great.

I would rather have a frame than having it attached to the ceiling but I do appreciate the minimalism. It doesn't even need a stand, looking at the picture I'm thinking that's the transformer dangling underneath it and you could just have a cord to the socket. But the kink in the cable suggests it might have a stand, could just be kinked because the transformer is too light.