Looking for Lights
I don’t know whether this post will get any results, but I have a problem in finding the right lights for my kitchen/living room. I know what I want, but I can only get them in small sizes. And I want a large one to replace a chandelier.
Conical Wire-Wrap Shade
This was the original ones that my late wife bought, when we moved into this house about sixteen years ago, they came from John Lewis.
Note the bulb which is one a Philips Tornado. They start immediately and are rated as the equivalent of a 115 watt conventional bulb. They are better, but still only a stop gap until we get proper LED light bulbs, that look like a conventional bulb, emit light like a conventional bulb, last virtually forever and run cold on about a tenth or less of the electricity.
Three weeks ago, I bought this pumpkin shaped shade from Homebase.
Pumpkin-Shaped Wire-Wrap Shade
This one is a lot smaller, but although made many years after the original, it has the same design, company and/or machines written all over it.
Then I found this one in B & Q.
Globe-Shaped Wire-Wrap Shade
Again it was identical in similar in detail design and certainly method of manufacture.
I’ve put two on the gallery in the kitchen to replace a wall light.
Lights on the Gallery
What I now need is a large fitting, say about 80 cm. in diameter, made to a similar design for the centre of the room. Perhaps though a globe shape would be best, or at least one with a narrow aperture, so the bulb is semi hidden. I’ve seen one in hotel. Or I might have!
Any ideas?
The Anonymous Widower 