At Bespoke Lights we bring you the very best in home lighting. Period style lighting and historic lighting made with quality materials. We also offer a bespoke made to order service that can turn your lighting ideas into reality.
Colonial lighting has a refined elegance and touch of formality that is perfect for traditional interiors. In this blog we will be looking back to see how this style evolved and showing you how easy it is to add nostalgic Colonial style light fittings into period homes. The Colonial style can trace its origins back Read More …
Rise and fall ceiling pendants, or pull up and down lights, offer super flexible lighting by putting you directly in charge. These versatile self-adjustable pendants do exactly what they say – simply pull them down for a focused downward light or push them back up for a brighter ambient spread of light. The two Read More …
The latest in our series of blogs looking at our individual lighting collections. We are delighted to have recently added Original BTC lighting to our range and over the next few weeks we will be continuing to upload more products onto our website. Original BTC is proudly British and passionately committed to sourcing Read More …
Using black and white for interior decoration has never really been out of fashion, and with good reason. This striking combination works with both traditional and modern interiors. White has a crisp clean look, whilst black is more dramatic and bold creating a marriage made in heaven. Monochrome was originally used to describe a photograph Read More …
It cannot be denied that the humble light bulb is one of the modern conveniences that has changed the way we live. At the simple flick of a switch we can have instant, trouble-free illumination. I’m sure there are few among us who would care to return to using smelly, dirty animal fat candles, oil Read More …
‘Lights, Camera, Action’ was the traditional warning used to alert film crews at the beginning of a take and, although these actual words are not used anymore, we instantly think of the magic of the movies and the glitz and glamour associated with Hollywood. Hollywood started as a small community in the 1870’s and Read More …
One of our most frequently asked questions is ‘Can I use this light in my bathroom?’ Bathrooms are by definition ‘wet rooms’ and we all know that water and electricity don’t mix, so to ensure our safety there are specific rules and regulations that apply to bathroom lighting. They are applicable not only in commercial Read More …
LIGHTING IN HISTORIC PERIOD HOMES Work is due to start in April this year on a 10 year refurbishment programme at Buckingham Palace. The Palace has served as the London family home of British sovereigns since 1837 and is also the working headquarters of the monarchy. The site where the Palace stands can be traced Read More …
This is the second in our series of blogs focusing on our individual lighting collections. Here we are showcasing our Period Lighting Collection which features reproduction lighting based on designs from the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. Electric lighting was still in its infancy when Queen Victoria died in 1901and throughout the Victorian era Read More …
We are certainly getting into Christmas mode here at Bespoke Lights and as usual struggling to find the right gifts for all our family and friends. This perennial problem haunts many of us every year – just what do you choose for those that are ‘hard to please’, or ‘have everything I need’ or even Read More …
