Architecture and interior design thread

I guess period options for you would be relatively straightforward as they'd have probably been lantern style ones.

Is just whether you like that style or not.

Flos would seem like a good option if you don’t want anything hanging pendant like. A glo ball could work. Or IKEA do a version of the Clara called a Nymane

The problem is I’m not sure what’s genuinely period, the type of terrace I’m in would have been a lot more modest than lots of folks try and make them out as - for instance it wouldn’t have had many ceiling roses.

I'd go for a simple form in frosted glass, you might find a 50s/60s one in local second hand shop.

Robus R60SB is my go-to globe. At a whopping tenner there’s not much of a barrier to giving it a go.

im pro ostana

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Stuck one of those modern multi-pendant things in ours. Looks OK inside, looks better through the glass from the outside. Pain to set up. Obviously completely non period but I couldn't really find anything we liked so this was the least awful option at the time.

very nice but they don't come up on website anymore. Solklint could be nice depending on your tolerance for brass.

We've gone with Solklint for our hallway entrance and up the stairs in Victorian terrace

urban cottage industries do some nice pendants, if that is what you are after? We have a small copper one that looks nice in our neutral hallway.

Heal's had some decent but not too pricey stuff when we were looking. We couldn't settle on anything though so just have had a load of IKEA £2 paper globes for the past eighteen months.

@Tenderloin - cheers for the suggestions. It's hard to get a gauge of whether something like a glo ball would be a bit big and grand in our small hall.

@chrisbmx116 - I'd have thought a small 5 sided hanging lantern in brass.

But yes, I can imagine. It's also easy to forget that irl "periods" actually stretch - i.e. a 1930s house would probably have had some furniture and decor from the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

@hoefla - good shout. Although when we've looked it's all been a bit naff with cheap brass. It's also back to that thing of having something that will give enough light. I'm actually wondering if two lights might be an idea.

@Howard - unfortunately we don't have anything like the height you'd need for something like that.

@dbr - do you have any pics of a Robus R60SB in situ? Google image doesn't bring anything up.

I figure the Noguchi Akari series is cheap enough that you might as well go with the original if the style works for you. Personally I really like them and find them incredibly adaptable to different rooms and eras.

Noguchi Akari series is cheap enough

Isn't it about 50x the own-brand equivalent?

Own brand meaning Ikea?

That actually looks nice I think and not a pastiche. Any chance of a link? I think I’m going to try and keep the front of the house as traditional as possible which means I prob need to redo my bin storage but that’s fine. Will prob “pay homage” to those nation trust sheds on John Lewis.

quite a few places sell simple paper and bamboo shades, I think I got some from John Lewis a few years ago

I know it’s beyond the stated Ikea level pricing, but well under the level of most designer pendants. The 26A that we have cost us about $200 cad.

I realize that they’re widely available, and I’m no golfer, but I still prefer to buy the original if I can afford it.

sure, I really like them too especially the different shapes, and original is always good. I just would hesitate to call a £200 lampshade "cheap enough".

Can anyone really claim to be the 'original' for paper lanterns, though - they've been being made since the 17th C. I'm not sure an unbranded one being sold cheap owes anything to Noguchi - it's not like a knock off Eames chair or something where the 'original' is responsible for design.

Lols at 200 boys for a paper lampshade, even a fancy one!

I’ve been out all day but they do a smaller Glo ball which I’ve seen used well as a wall or ceiling light. A specific TMH example springs to mind which I’ll try and dig out

You could argue that the reproduction eames are more in keeping with the original ethos.
Not that I would, but still…

Our hall

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