Candles

Candles give the most flattering and kindest light. The flickering flame creates soft shadows and throws the most attractive light across our faces,  for that reason they are best in the dining room with lots of food and wine.

 

They also are a sign of celebration, weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and this week is a year ago I started this blog.  It has been a journal and a journey, taking me to new places, learned new computer skills and met some lovely new friends. It is a way and a new tool to keep thoughts about work, museums and galleries I visit. It has become a part of the design process as I am able to share ideas about projects, work on color and pattern; it feeds my imagination.

I want to thank everyone, my family, my friends and readers all over the world for coming here. I hope you take away an idea, some inspiration and just enjoy some beauty, there is much out there. A little bit is good for us each day. I am planning over the next few weeks to redesign the blog and combine with my website, so change is coming. Thanks again, I always enjoy each comment.... all the best, Kelly.

10 pendants for Dark Nights

Tonight we have to turn the clocks forward an hour. It will mean the night will come earlier, by 5 pm it will be dark, by the end of next month it will be dark by 4:30 pm, so that by Christmas 3:30 in the afternoon it will be dark. Not my favorite time but we use artificial light so much more in the winter months and it is with our pendants we can fill the space with light.

Make the pendant a piece of sculpture, an illuminating sculpture. Here are 10 of my favorites: classics, minimal, industrial, decorative, opulent:



1. Folded linen from Pinch

2. A drum shade in linen from Crate and Barrel

3. Glass industrial pendents from West Elm

4. A glass globe from West Elm

5. A Copper space ship from Conran Shop 

6. Hand lacquered steel and brass pendent from Conran Shop

7. Plumen lamps, no need for shades.

8. Moon like pendants from Design Within Reach

9. Pillar candle chandelier form Restoration Hardware

10. Mayfair Chandelier from Ralph Lauren

All of these give a beautiful quality of light in the evenings. Any of these will make the dark nights warm and welcoming.

Afternoon Light

Afternoon light has a golden color, warm, relaxing and lets you know it is time to wind down. The late sun streaming through the Venetian blinds creates a dramatic pattern of light and shadow. It is a beautiful quality of light. This is my sisters house in Florida.