Let there be some light

If you are in the market to shop for more than just functional lighting for your house, I highly recommend the following sites:

http://www.surrounding.com/
http://www.lumens.com/
http://www.ylighting.com/

They all carry modern classic designs with a rather wide price range. I'd have to say that I have been pleasantly surprised by the roles that lights play in the design of a room. Unless you are using recess lighting, they make quite a statement on the wall or on the ceiling. It's practically like hanging paintings in the room except that you can't really change them out as easily, thus I do feel the pressure of picking the right lights. Hopefully I picked the ones that I won't get tired of and also serve the purpose of providing sufficient and pleasant lighting. To add to the complication, I only want to have LED or fluorescent light, absolutely no halogen. Believe me, this makes it way more difficult. Lots of the nice design still make use of halogen and haven't switched over to the more modern green light source.

Another thing to keep in mind is that if the lights are from Europe, which a lot of them are, it may take up to 6 weeks to get the shipment; and if there's any mistakes, you'll also need to deal with the lengthy turn around time. Basically plan ahead and don't schedule the electrician unless you are sure that the lights are not broken and all parts are in place. And yes, I did make that mistake and now the electrician has to come back for the rest of the installations.

In the mean time, I finally have the I-Club light and the Flos L Hide wall lamp installed in the living room. The I-Club light provides warm surrounding light through a layer of veneer. The L Hide Wall light serves as an illuminating shelf of LED lights. You may be surprised that they are installed at different heights, that's kind of classic Jessica, the girl loves asymmetry. There's also a practical element, the L Hide Wall lamp needs to be lower than the opening of the door in the shelf next to it.

Flos L Hide Wall Lamp and I-Club Wall Lamp

For the master bedroom I have the Jielde Signal Arm Wall Sconce by the bed side, and of course there are 2 colors, pastel blue and water green. This light has been around since 1950, made by cast metal and painted. The arm is adjustable in all directions.

Aren't they the cutest?

Water Green

Pastel Blue

I also have 2 different ceiling LED lights. One single light to serve as spot light to the closet. One 2 lamp ones for the hallway. They both are capable of 360 degrees rotation.

Hallway Phillips Ledino 360

Spot light for master closet.

Of course there are the recessed lighting in the kitchen, they are standard pin based fluorescent.