Master bedroom ceiling lights

[Kantha]

What kind of light do you have in your bedroom?

We always struggle with ceiling lights especially in bedrooms. We are about to decorate our new master bedroom. It's a generous room 15 foot square probably, and the ceiling height is 230cm, in a modern house. The overall style will be modern, we don't like fussy stuff and really don't like shabby chic! Probably a dark blue and white colour scheme.

Wandering round John Lewis I liked a biggish pendant but then realised it was £250 (it was nice but not that nice). We also had a look round IKEA, but we always end up arguing in their lighting department

I have a plain white paper one from Ikea (Vate). Is never on though, we use the bedside lamps, glass leg and transparent/silver plexiglass shades.

Thanks Kiaora a suspect we will end up with something similar.

How about a big, shallow drum shade? You could put a diffuser in to cover the bulb but I guess that if you're in bed you'd have bedside lights on. I make lampshades but there are loads of gorgeous ones on www.notonthehighstreet.com and I imagine most sellers will make to specific dimensions if you need something that's not listed.

I agree with Georgiesgirl, we have a 60cm diameter drum shade in our bedroom which I made myself and I bought a diffuser from needcraft which is essentially a round piece of white PVC that sits in the bottom of it and means you don't have a bright light in your face when lying in bed!

We'll be getting a ceiling fan, they aren't cheap or particularly attractive but for the few weeks you use them every year they are worth it.