Finding really beautiful lighting isn’t actually all that difficult, right? There are plenty of incredible options available, sure… if you’re loaded. However, if you aren’t (no, me neither), then trying to find really beautiful affordable lighting can be incredibly frustrating. I have managed little by little to find some great pieces at decent prices over the years for my home and during times when I had a slightly healthier budget, I’ve been able to replace the really cheap stuff for the sort of mid-ranged stuff. I still haven’t managed to splurge on a £3000 light fixture but well, ya gotta start somewhere right?
Designed by David Klass / Lighting by Jonathan Adler – the kind of lighting I like but at £1600, I can’t afford.
The truth is, sometimes you gotta get creative. You might recall that I ended up DIYing the pendants in my kitchen a couple of years ago because I just couldn’t justify spending so much money on 3 identical lights. I saved myself around £1000 making ones up myself with a lighting kit and a pretty non-electrical pendant and I’m quite happy with the result (although I do find myself cleaning them ALL. THE. TIME.).
I got lucky with regard to my favourite light fitting – the amazing Dar Atticus fixture in my bedroom. A fabulous reader sent me the tip-off that there was a listing for a new one on eBay that was simply not in its original packaging. I scored what was a nearly £600 fixture for £135. RESULT. Does that kind of thing happen all the time, though? Nope, not by a long shot. But if you are willing to wait and see if something you love comes up on eBay, Gumtree, etc, it might be worth the endless search.
Another one of my favourites is the light in my dining room. This baby is huge (50cm in diameter) and makes quite an impact. For a mere £160 from Habitat, it’s incredibly reasonable in price for what is such a large fixture. Affordable lighting at it’s very best right there.
Now, if you follow me on Instagram Stories (and yes, of course, you should – click here to sort that asap), then you’ll know on Saturday, I had Wayne hanging a new light fixture in my dressing room. I wanted to shoot the room on Sunday but of course, Manchester being Manchester, it was absolutely bucketing down with rain and so my pictures were coming out rather grainy and I gave up trying to get decent pictures. Ho hum. So I’m going to try to shoot on Monday when it’s supposedly going to be brighter – fingers crossed.
It’s gorgeous though and super reasonably priced! Just £130 from Next which I only found out about due to my bloggie mate Karen from Making Spaces sharing some of her favourite items that they are currently carrying. And the truth is, I wouldn’t have even considered looking at Next for affordable lighting that actually looks great but well, sometimes these high street chains will surprise you!
Get the Look!
As I can’t really share what it looks like in the whole room just yet (more soon I promise), I thought I’d do a little search around and see if I couldn’t find some great affordable lighting in a bit of a round-up.
ONE. / TWO. / THREE. / FOUR. / FIVE. / SIX. / SEVEN. / EIGHT. / NINE. / TEN.
I’m rather enamoured by that beauty at number four – it’s from Wayfair and really looks so much more expensive than it’s £199 price tag! I might have to get it for the hallway once we start work on that one! What about you? Which one is your favourite? Do you struggle to find affordable lighting in the UK as well?
OMG I wanted to buy the exact same ceiling light from Next a few weeks ago but I was still not too sure!!!
I guess great minds think alike ;)
I already bought lighting from Next in the past for my daughter’s bedroom and also a table lamp for mine. The only thing is that their “beautiful” lighting (which for me means BRASS obviously!!!) are mostly exclusively available online.
Anyway, love all your beautiful ceiling lights! And I think we’re now going to have the same Next brass fixture :) It’s gorgeous!
Debenhams have put their price up on number six since your post – wonder if they read it :-)….Five would be lush if it was bigger but the design is great…Number three – you can never get fed up of a pineapple :-)
its great to see the high street catching up with the trend for gold coloured lighting. I was sooooo fed up of chrome (which I then ended up spraying). I’m thinking of replacing my super huge red Habitat lampshades in my hall/landing so great inspiration here.
Yes! I’m also from the US, also updating a period home and have had a real struggle finding nice, high quality furniture and lighting that I love for a reasonable price. Still in the painting phase of my remodel so I can’t get ceiling lights yet but thank you for this list – I’ll be ready once I can!!
I really miss BHS for their lighting range, they used to have some gorgeous stuff which was well priced. Debenhams, M&S and Next have all really upped their game recently!
Bhs still have lighting on-line. Hope that helps :-D
I’ve also seen this in Next- and i was surprised too!! Can’t wait to see the full reveal. Xxx
You’ve chosen some lovely lights in the roundup hun. That pineapple chandelier is amazing. And so is your bedroom light!
I also spotted that next one on Karen’s blog post. It’s definitely the one for the living room. Great post. It shows you can find good stuff at good prices. Thanks x
Oh wow, #4 is amazing, just the kind of thing I’d be looking for when we fiiiinally do our kitchen/dining reno. Can’t believe the price!
Had to click on that one by wayfair. My best friend would love it for her living room.
That light is going to look stunning in your dressing Kimberly. I’ve already got one very similar to number 2, but I’ve had it for that long that I can’t remember where I got it from, but I know I didn’t pay a lot for it. xxx
You’re right it is hard to find decent lighting on an affordable budget, I love number 4 with those vintage style pendant lights! x
The struggle is real when it comes to finding quality affordable brass lighting so this is such a great post! Really good to see high street brands slowly catching up with things like this, hopefully there’ll be lots more choice by the time I come around to doing my renovation :-) xxx
Where’s number six from?
All the links are listed under the image by number x