A lighting store down the street (remember, I live in the contractor-retail section of town) had a big advertising sign drawing me in, thanks to the mattress store being nearby and me needing a new mattress. I also need new lighting because mine's godawful and always has been, but it's pretty much the last thing to do in the design so I hadn't thought much about it yet. But I do watch design shows on HGTV and I know what Candace Olsen can do with a sconce. Really, though, their ad mentioned fans and I thought maybe I could fix mine, so I stopped in. While at the lighting store I saw a sparkly light.
This was not just any sparkly light, but a glittery, shiny, beautiful bouncy light. And it would not work at all as my dining table light. Gloom! Despair! But I have seen the HGTV folks putting chandeliers in other rooms, and I couldn't walk away from this light. So I bought it for my bedroom. My friend from Phoenix has an even more elaborate one in her bedroom (more inspiration) but she also has vaulted ceilings and an opera theme. This is the perfect scale for my place! Since I have yet to pick a theme, I'll make sure it works. Even with the clearance + floor model discount though, it's still two orders of magnitude more expensive than my previous bedroom light. But oh, so worth it. I picked it up 2 hours ago, and it's already up, lit, and I'm telling you about it. See for yourself.
More pictures after the jump.
Here's the haul from the lighting store. The bottom box is my precious. The middle box is my new dining room drum shade, and the top two boxes are pendants.
Opening the box, we get the first glimpse.
While the paper lantern from IKEA on a Target lamp kit worked well enough, it was always supposed to be temporary and only cost $6 or $8.
This is the room with new lighting! The bulbs are a little strong and throw a lot of heat, but they'll do for now.
Without the flash, you can better see the pattern it throws on the ceiling.
Up close, the crystal details are prosaic enough. It's just having a thousand of them on bent, bouncy wires that makes them awesome. Plus they make rainbows.
And that's My Precious. I kept the long cord so I can shut it off from bed, and take it with me when I move. Once more, with feeling:
8 comments:
Obviously, you are just moments away from your time on the red carpet.
That does indeed make a really cool pattern on the ceiling. Is it prone to swiveling/moving and making even more funky patterns as air moves through the room, or is it heavy enough to be pretty fixed?
I was going to make some sort of pithy comment, but my brain is too dazzled by all the shiny.
I love it. The candelabra bulbs I had laying about the house were too bright though. I had 6 60W bulbs in there and it was blinding. I took out 3 and it's more tolerable, but I think I'll go get some dimmer bulbs.
But it's rainbowy and sparkly all over the place. Extra Shiny. The strands move a little but not much meaning I can see them waft about when the AC kicks on, but the ceiling pattern stays mostly fixed.
The dining room fixture is still in a box on the table. Sunday was consumed by sleep & BBQ, monday by the shoe shelf, and tuesday by Transformers and working out. Maybe I can get that up today... or do laundry.
Love it!!! Shiny, sparkly...wonderful!!!!
My good it's you! Now you have to go in search of a worthy window treatment to pair with your precious light.
Yeah, I really liked the bamboo blackout shades when I moved in, but they're too heavy for the space. And don't go with the new lighting...
Only problem is that lighting and window treatments are the two areas of design where I feel most at sea. My windows in Boston were all fun (bamboo patterned) shower curtains. Maybe IKEA will know what I need.
I LOVE it! Here's my 2 cents worth. Get a dimmer switch. The rainbows are even prettier when you dim it and it can keep it cooler too. I'm thrilled I could corrupt, I mean influence, you.
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