Where to go for nice, modern ligh fittings?

[Nancy66]

I'm in London. Today I've been to: Selfridges, John Lewis and BHS and thought everything was horrible.

It all looks like something Ivana Trump would have - really ugly, OTT chandeliers - I just want something clean, simple and stylish.

ikea. ikea for everything. honestly, don't bother going anywhere else.

oh god no...i've banned myself from Ikea for the sake of my sanity

problem is, you know you want to go there. You will run around looking at a million different places. And a quick look in ikea and some yummy meatballs and pasta will get you just what you want.

no no no....never again. i'd rather make my own out of an egg box.

It is really hard to find light fittings with clean lines and a modern/simple style - we found this recently. Ended up getting something from Habitat - not exactly what I had in mind but the best we saw.

no, really, it has to be ikea.

sorry

Not sure what sort of lighting you are after, but there are some beautiful light fittings here
www.hannahnunn.co.uk/index.html

I rate Homebase very highly for lighting - amongst the chandeliers they have some excellent things.

BHS always had a good reputation for lighting but in recent years I find their stuff has been dire. A world of frilly, fancy, frothy flummery. With extra gold bits on.

some nive ones here

Was randomly in B and Q recently and walked past their lighting section. We'd been looking at buying something for the sitting room and the bedroom for a while so I had a quick gander.

There were probably 50 odd items to choose from and I liked 2 or 3, so we've got one up in our sitting room right now.

To be honest, in many product lines, I think most places are pretty much of a muchness these days. B and Q, Ikea, Habitat, Harrods, it's all the same(!)

Not too pricey either...and if anyone asks, I'll say it's from a French antiques shop.

Ha ha.

I'm a big fan of Le Klint - this site is currently offering 33% discount (although I got my ones on lovely ebay).

some good suggestions there - thanks a lot. Like the Le Klint ones and the Nive ones too.

TK Maxx can have some nice light fittings too.

litecraft www.litecraft.co.uk/

Oh now this I do know.

Panik Design has fabulous lights as you describe. We have some - not as many as I'd like though

I'd suggest looking here - luxrange.co.uk/

Heal's?

Dar Lighting for me.

Heals heals heals. On the high street, anyway.

Jim Lawrence link is really really good if you want something more period-y.

Or look at internet shops like Ocean Lighting which have loaads but you have to sift through a lot of crap to get to the good stuff.

We got nice, simple ones from twentytwentyone

Holloways of Ludlow

www.luminaire.com/product-category/lighting/