Vintage Lighting

Why Vintage Lighting?

People often choose vintage light fixtures because they are attracted to a certain vintage or antique aesthetic. These older light fixtures may be chosen to compliment or contrast you’re your home furnishings. If your furniture is antique, you may feel that modern lighting clashes with your interior design. People also choose vintage lighting because they want unique items in their home. When you select older pieces, you can be sure that your friends and neighbors don’t have the same light fixtures.

Types Of Vintage Lighting

The most popular types of vintage light fixtures are: ceiling lights, wall lights, and lamps. Ceiling lights, also known as chandeliers, can be the centerpiece of a room. Wall lights, also known as sconces, allow you to add as many light fixtures as you desire, without cluttering up the space. Lamps come in many styles, generally referred to as either floor lamps or table lamps. By positioning and layering light fixtures around each room, you can control both the light sources and the aesthetics in your home.

Styles Of Vintage Lighting

Vintage light fixtures come in many styles. The most popular styles include: art decor, craftsman, American vintage, early electric, Victorian, gas, and gas-electric hybrids.
You may wish to use only lighting that matches the era of your home, especially if all of your home furnishings match that era. Many people, however, prefer to mix-and-match. You should feel free to use anything that you like. Strict historical accuracy is not necessary. You are the most important judge of your interior design, so the right light fixtures to use in your home are the ones that appeal to you.

Vintage Light Fixtures In Your Home

Is vintage lighting safe in your home? Yes, when professionals have upgraded the wiring. Today’s responsible homeowners who favor vintage light fixtures are careful to have all pieces examined by lighting professionals prior to installation. While vintage lights may be beautiful, they are best when matched with contemporary wiring standards. You may also want to have the light fixtures upgraded to use modern, energy-efficient light bulbs. You can get the best of both worlds with vintage ceilings lights, wall lights, and lamps that have safe wiring and energy-efficient light bulbs. 

10 Amazing Lamps from Lighting Front

Looking for an easy way to spruce up your bedroom? Lighting Front sells everything from chandeliers to wall sconces, but it's their floor lamps that really, well, shine. Here are 10 of the best.

1: Wright Tall Floor Lamp

Step into another culture with the Wright Tall Floor Lamp, which hints at Asian ancestry and style but comes with all the adjustability and convenience of an American-made product.

2: Mimosa Torchiere

As classy as their namesakes, Mimosas are sophisticated, super-stylish tablelamps for anyone who'd like to complement a carefully arranged living room or modern-day Don.


3: Gala Arc Lamp

Picture this lamp in front of a red-brick fireplace or situated in an oozy living room over a plump armchair. Perfect, no?


4: Draper Tree Lamp

Like leaves drifting to the forest floor, the Draper Tree Lamp will unfold beautifully in your home, providing three separate incandescent bulbs for picture-perfect vision within your home.


5: Shutter LED Floor Lamp

Twisted but cute, this floor lamp wouldn't be out of place in an engineer's home or even a child's bedroom. It speaks to that kind of creativity and whimsy.

             

6: Bonnet Floor Lamp

If you're looking for something traditional, this is the lamp for you. It perfectly mimics the living room style of the '50s and '60s but with modern technology underneath and an adjustable lamp head for much-needed convenience.


7: Firefly LED Floor Lamp

It's a bird! It's a bug! No, it's a firefly lamp! For the architect who isn't afraid to think outside the box, this lamp would make a great addition to studios, offices and work spaces.


8: Joplin Floor Lamp

Dreaming of Narnia? Joplin lamps are styled like outdoor posts but made to fit in living rooms and dens. You can't beat that price, either.


9: Atlas Floor Lamp

Perfect for the Pixar fan, this lamp will jump right out of the screen and into your home. All you need now is a house made out of balloons and you'll be all set!

10: Gatsby Floorchiere

When one bulb just isn't enough, haul out the Gatsby Floorchiere, a massive yet extremely efficient floor lamp with multiple bulbs and a light that can shine to even the darkest corners.