MESHarchitectures

Check out these cool light fixtures from MESHarchitectures on etsy.  They are nifty combinations of plumbing and electricity that I think would be so neat in a loft space, or as a conversation piece in an eclectic room.  Two of these would be pretty unusual flanking a fireplace, don't you think?  Or in a bathroom?  I love them, and of course, they could come in any finish of pipe - copper, stainless, you name it!

What do you think?  Have I had too much wine?  I may have had too much wine...

The Brick House

I just love Morgan at The Brick House.  She has incredible style, and more importantly for a blog, a wicked way with words, and a dry and sarcastic sense of humour.  Her post about the chicken is one of my favourites.  Plus she thrifts like a superhero and has amazing DIYs.  All in all, it is a must read.  Recently she highlighted the home of a friend of hers and I was completely taken with their custom-made light fixture.

So cool.  The rest of the house is pretty cool (love the chesterfield) but that light fixture is the bomb.

Jeff Jones Lighting

Now these stick chandeliers, designed by Jeff Jones, look so simple, but make such an impact!  The sticks are old (sorry, vintage) tobacco sticks that were used to hang dry tobacco.  The cord are wrapped in brightly-colour fabric and treaded through the wood, with a simple light bulb at the end.  They are incredibly striking!

Here they are in place in a restaurant called Hudson in Oakland California.  It takes a pretty traditional-looking restaurant and definitely spices it up.  Most of the lights in the restaurant seem to be done by the same designer, and the effect is pretty cool.  He also makes some pretty neat lights out of organ pipes, but I couldn't find a good picture of them!  If I can dig one up I will have to share.

Thanks to Remodelista (where else?) for the awesome find.

Lighting Love

I saw these lights and gasped - aren't they just perfect?  SO beautiful.  The site they are on, www.within4walls.co.uk, has some gorgeous lighting eye candy.  I thought I would post some of it here for your viewing pleasure, but there is much more on the site.

Floor lamp version are also cool (although they don't have the same lunar effect - and would be disastrous with a toddler in the house!)

I love love love starfish - I once considered getting a starfish tattoo on the top of my foot before someone mentioned how painful that would be... these lights look much less painful.

The ones above are hand-painted canvas - so pretty.

Can you tell I love the ones with a marine inspiration?