If you have a period house what light, shade/fitting/ fixture do you have in your front room?

[starsandstripes]

Because I think it's really hard choosing good lighting.

We have tall ceilings we're putting a plaster rose back on the ceiling and I just need to find some lovely lighting.

Inspiration running dry. In interior magazine shots they seem to quite often cut the lighting out of the shot

So just wondering what others have really. So I can steal your ideas as my own

In the living room I have a huge cream linen drum shade.very plain but lovely against the white plaster.in the main open plan living area I have spots in the kitchen and a big habitat paper shade in the dining/tv room bit.I think it depends on the rest of the decor.

Well the walls are grey off white colour, (skimming stone) and the ceiling is a creamish off white colour (pointing). we have a cast iron fireplace with a carved oak surround (natural oak not dark stained oak) sitting on a granite hearth. Large slate tiled floor in browns, golds grey, copper, slate. One wall baking on the stairs is panelling, painted in a buff/grey colour (elephants breath)and we have shutters in the same colour.

So I was thinking a maybe a large drum shade would be nice as there's allot going on. Or maybe teying to find vintage crystal chandelier... from ebay I'm torn between nice and simple. And really ott.

We've got a (mock) tiffany-style shade. Not quite the right period, I guess, as it is a victorian house, but I like it

Hadn't thaought about a tiffany-style shade.

What's that deco, 20's 30's style? The vintage chandelier in our bedroom is quite deco instyling.

I think with lots going on simple is good.A chandlier might be a step too far and make it look contrived.i think they look great in a very simple setting.

we have a big drum shade that has opaque glass underneath so you can't see the bulbs and it gives a sofer light - i hate the glare from exposed bulbs.

it looks nice and i think fits any scheme really as it is so simple.

I like this, its quite understated for a chandelier but large enough to look in scale with a high ceiling
www.grahamandgreen.co.uk/product.aspx/chandeliers+ceiling+lights/italian+glass+chandelier/lighting/lighting_chandeliers/-/zjb.htm

I have an Edwardian house and in the living room there is no central ceiling light! Just have table lamps. They all plug into a circuit so can be turned on with just one wall switch. No ceiling light is lovely (though none of the other rooms are like this).

Victorian house.

Small chandelier style shade - too chicken to wire in a proper one.

High ceilings, ornate ceiling rose featuring grapes and sunflowers I think.

We have this Tiffany-style one, but tis a 30s house (well 1929 actually i think)

This is also very smart.
www.thewhitecompany.com/productdetails.aspx?Id=1000772&ItemNo=TLHCC&SelectedItem=TLHCC

We have a VIctorian house with very high ceilings and no light proper light fittings yet as we are renovating, but I will probably choose simple glass chandeliers for the main downstairs rooms.

Two modern chandeliers but they dont look as nice as proper glass ones.

It not our house so we cant change them though.

LOVE the glass chandelier from g&g and the white company light fitting.
But have now decided that I will need something with a down/pendant/shade light as our ceilings aren't fantastic. We've filled the worst bits before painting but we didn't plaster as weren't sure if the ceilings would take extra the weight of being completley re-plastered.

Thank you all for your help!

*the extra weight