What Are Your Favorite Stores for Lighting Fixtures?
We haven't had a discussion about home decor in a long while — let's discuss lighting! Which are your favorite stores for lighting fixtures? What was your first lighting fixture purchase that struck you as adulting (versus, say, buying a $10 lamp at Ikea or Bed Bath & Beyond because, hey)? Which are the best budget picks for lighting fixtures — and which splurges are worth it? Do you feel like there are any lighting choices that are best left in your youth?
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For my $.02, I always drool over the Rejuvenation catalog, and we recently bought some sconces there that may be the most I've ever paid for lighting. We also have some nice, very simple hanging pendant lamps from Tala, and a nice floor lamp from BluDot that I like a lot. (We must have gotten a crazy sale, or maybe they raised the price… I don't remember paying $500 for it!) On the budget side of things, I've had a lot of good luck with JCPenney lighting, to be honest. In the past, I've had bad experiences with Ikea lighting — so long ago I don't entirely remember what the issue was; nothing burst into flames but I think lamps stopped working somewhat randomly.
Pictured below: floor lamp / pendant lamp / sconce
In terms of lighting choices, I always love the look of fairy lights and string lights, but feel like they quickly remind me of the chili pepper string lights my husband had up when I met him (he was 28 at the time). I have some of these “glimmer strings” from Pier One and have been happy with them, particularly for holiday decor. (Almost all of them have a way to set them to go on at the same time every day and run for six hours, then shut off.) They're not a lighting source on their own but they can definitely add to the vibe.
How about you guys — which are some of your favorite stores for lighting fixtures? Where would you look first if you needed something major, like a dining room chandelier? Have any of you added your own lamp at the office?
Stock photo via Stencil.
For hardwired fixtures, Circa Lighting is my go-to, followed by Shades of Light.
Table lamps and the like are generally Pottery Barn or similar, sometimes Target if I can find lamps that aren’t made of resin.
I like Simon Pearce table lamps and pendant lamps. They are made here in the USA and are really well made.
Anybody who is in or near the San Gabriel Valley in L.A., Modern Lighting in Temple City is amazing and well worth a trip. Great family-owned brick and mortar store.
I have found great ceiling fixtures from CB2 as well as a palm tree floor lamp I love. I have a fantastic table lamp from West Elm. And I recently picked up schoolhouse globes for our kitchen lights from Sazerac Stitches. Currently saving up for some sconces I found on Lamps Plus. I think updating light fixtures makes a huge difference in a room. We’re slowly doing room by room in our house, which had boring Home Depot “boob lights” (those hideous flush fixtures).
I’m a nut for Hudson Valley Lighting (and its brands, like Troy and Mitzi). I went wild a the lighting store when we bought our new house. I’d buy more from the brand, from any store that sells them, they add great style to my home.