FLOWER POWER
Do you struggle to keep your indoor plants alive or do you buy flowers with your weekly supermarket shop? If so, we may well have some good news for you, as we have just introduced a new range of fantastic faux plants and flowers that simply thrive on neglect – they are very long lasting, low maintenance and certainly do not need watering.
90 Glorious Years (Part 2) – Long To Reign Over Us
In less than a week’s time the final part of Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday celebrations will come to an end.On 10th June other members of the Royal Family will join the Queen in a National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral and on the 11th June the spectacular Queen’s Birthday Parade otherwise known as Trooping the Colour takes place.
90 Glorious Years
Join with us at Bespoke Lights in celebrating the Queen’s 90 birthday. Although the Queen celebrated her 90 birthday on 21 April she also has an official birthday in June each year. The Queen’s Official Birthday Parade, otherwise known as the Trooping the Colour, will take place this year on June 11th in central London.The Queen has dedicated her long reign to serving our country and the Commonwealth with great dignity and has recently entered the record books as the longest reigning British monarch, surpassing the reign of her great- great grandmother, Queen Victoria.
CLEANING CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS
Decorative crystal chandeliers make spectacular feature lights and creative home owners and designers are using them nowadays in many rooms around the home. A few years ago it would have been unheard of to have a chandelier in your bathroom or kitchen! The beauty of crystal lighting relies on the prismatic refraction of light passing through the crystals creating the sparkle we all associate with lead crystal chandeliers. When the gradual build-up of dust and grime reduces this effect and your chandelier will begin to lose its sparkle.
Cleaning Your Light Fittings
KEEPING YOUR LIGHT FITTINGS LOOKING AS GOOD AS NEWMost light fittings come with instructions on how to fit them but not many have any information on how to keep them looking as good as new. Dirty light fittings not only look nasty but will reduce your light levels and waste energy. The slow build-up of dust and dirt on light bulbs can reduce their light output by up to 30% and if you add greasy, bug ridden shades you have a built in dimmer switch whether you want it or not.
LIGHTING AND DECORATING IN THE ART NOUVEAU STYLE
The Art Nouveau movement was a relatively short lived decorative and architectural style that was popular during the later years of Queen Victoria’s reign and it is regarded by many as the first modern 20th century style. Art Nouveau evolved from the Arts and Crafts style and still concentrated on the same quality and craftsmanship but with more emphasis on modern materials and technology. Materials such as glass and iron were now being mass produced allowing the Art Nouveau style to be more accessible to the middle class homeowners of the time.
LIGHTING IDEAS – HOW TO MAKE SMALL ROOMS APPEAR LARGER
Nearly everyone has at least one small room in their home, but the good news is that Bespoke Lights have plenty or lighting tips and tricks that can help make the smallest of rooms look larger and more spacious. Dark badly lit rooms appear smaller than they really are but with the clever use of lighting you can eliminate all the dark corners and make the room seem bigger.
Tiffany Lighting
Tiffany lights are one of the most iconic and easily recognisable styles of lighting because of the use of stained and art glass pieces. All the Tiffany lighting we offer here at Bespoke Lights are handmade and lovingly created from pieces of stained glass in much the same way as the original Tiffany lamps made way back in the late 19th century.
How to Light a Victorian Home in an Authentic Style.
At the start of Queen Victoria’s 63 year reign in 1837, houses were lit by candles and oil lamps and from the light provided by coal fires. Gas lighting was introduced in the mid to late Victorian period and at Victoria’s death in 1901 electric lighting was only in its infancy. Many of us still live in homes built during the Victorian period and although we tend to think of the typical Victorian terraced houses there were, in fact, many styles of houses built during this time, ranging from Gothic and Italianate to Queen Ann Revival and Arts and Crafts style homes. In this blog we will show you how to inject some Victorian style into your home.