opinion on light shade for ceiling

73trix

Looking for 2 ceiling shades for next week hopefully. We rent so not looking at light fixtures but just shades. Am bored by the limited choice of shade only (and envious of the fab selection of light fittings!) I found this on IKEA and would welcome opinions? We have a very plain hallway - white walls and off white tiles with oak hall table. It looks lovely over dinner table. Would it work (twice) in the hall? Would 2 be too much? We have an L shaped hall with the 2 lights.

Big thanks.


http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/products/lighting/shades-bases/%C3%B6verud-lamp-shade-white-copper-colour-art-10297920/

GingerLily

Have you seen them in person? You need to tug them fairly hard to get them to expand - I'd be worried about using them in a rental.

Two is definitely too much IMO, one would be nice though

73trix

GingerLily wrote: »

Have you seen them in person? You need to tug them fairly hard to get them to expand - I'd be worried about using them in a rental

What do you mean , sorry? No, browsing online.

GingerLily

Oh sorry my bad - I thought it was one of these -

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/products/lighting/ceiling-lights/ikea-ps-2014-pendant-lamp-white-copper-colour-art-10311488/

Which open and close, my comment doesn't apply to the lamp shade you posted!

Oops

73trix

GingerLily wrote: »

Oh sorry my bad - I thought it was one of these -

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/products/lighting/ceiling-lights/ikea-ps-2014-pendant-lamp-white-copper-colour-art-10311488/

Which open and close, my comment doesn't apply to the lamp shade you posted!

Oops

No prob. What about my one? On second thoughts, is it not quite heavy? Hmmmmm

73trix

How about this one times two? I think they will snazz up the hall nicely! I've been thro 5 websites now so very few have excited me ( as much as lamp shades excite anyone )

https://www.littlewoodsireland.ie/darlington-easy-fit-shade/1600175989.prd

Candlemania

I have the same type of hallway - I was contemplating for a long time on what kind of lamp shade to buy... but I doesn't matter which one I bought, because I came to a conclusion that fancy lamp shades aren't a good solution for a hallway - they will always look overpowering and out of place. My two lamp fittings aren't even in the same line, so having the lamp shades on them only makes it look worse...

So next job on my "to do" list at home is to install recessed spot lights.

If I was renting though, I would go for something like this:

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/products/lighting/ceiling-lights/basisk-ceiling-track-3-spots-nickel-plated-white-art-80262583/

I know that you weren't looking for fixtures, but for example this one is €20 cheaper than the white&copper one you were looking at, so 2 of those spot light ones would cost you almost the same money as one white&copper one.

I think in a hallway it's not the lamp shades that make the warm welcoming atmosphere, but the light itself, so if you had 6 spot lights (with spot lights, the light has to be directed on the wall, not the floor), that would have made a much better effect. But that's just my opinion. It's up to you what you're gonna go for :-)

celiam

both seem quite expensive just for a lamp shade. How did lamp shades get so expensive?

Ghekko

73trix wrote: »

How about this one times two? I think they will snazz up the hall nicely! I've been thro 5 websites now so very few have excited me ( as much as lamp shades excite anyone )

https://www.littlewoodsireland.ie/darlington-easy-fit-shade/1600175989.prd

Yes to this - it will really brighten the space.
Harry Corry have similar - more rounded and a bit cheaper if I recall.

73trix

i bought them. thanks all.
yes they were dear. Bit of a rushed buy, however, I did look up lots of websites and didn't see anything better.

Of course, nobody noticed them.... But them's the breaks!