Lighting
Decoration
Interior designer Philip Hooper on the art of choosing lampshades
Lampshades are the perfect way to inject personality – and an element of surprise – into a room
By Philip Hooper
Decoration
Tips for lighting every room in your house
From minimising glare in living rooms to zoning your kitchen, we asked lighting designers for their best pieces of advice for each room in the house
By Jennifer Goulding
Decoration
Why do designers hate spotlights and what are some stylish alternatives?
Spotlights, or downlights, are a divisive lighting solution. Designers often opt for more interesting options which offer the opportunity to be decorative. Here’s our guide to the best alternatives…
By Christabel Chubb
Lighting
How to light a garden like an expert
Sally Storey, Creative Director at John Cullen Lighting, offers practical advice for how to light your garden, plus tips on the best products to achieve the look
By Sally Storey
Decoration
21 design ideas for bathroom lighting
No matter how good the grout work or how shiny the antique brass fixtures, without good lighting, a bathroom won't work. To help you put your bathroom in its best light, we've gathered the best design ideas and designers' tips from the House & Garden archive
By Antonia Bentel
Decoration
Ginori 1735 launches its first range of furniture, designed by Luca Nichetto
Expanding its offering from porcelain tableware to a capsule lifestyle collection, Ginori 1735 has worked with some of the best creatives Italy has to offer to create sophisticated and joyful pieces for the home.
By Christabel Chubb
Shopping
A comprehensive guide to wall lights for every room in the house
Let there be light! Discover how and where to install wall lights – and shop our favourite selection from modern and chrome to decorative and vintage designs
By Virginia Clark, Arabella Bowes and Antonia Bentel
Decoration
All of your beeswax: waxing lyrical about the world's buzziest wax
There's a buzz about candles… specifically, those made from beeswax. Discover why these apiarian tapers are all the rage - and how to make your own
By Antonia Bentel
Decoration
Our executive editor's picks for illustrious lighting
Each month Laura Normanton will turn her attention to a new shopping theme - this month it's lighting
By Laura Normanton
Lighting
Lighting ideas for every room of your house
An illuminating guide to the best lighting ideas for your home - everything from statement lamps to stylish pendants, put together by our favourite interior designers.
By Sienna Rodgers
Decoration
The interior design world's go-to lighting specialist on how to light your house
For more than 40 years John Cullen Lighting has been at the forefront of lighting design, devising elegant and intelligent schemes. Here, the brand’s creative director Sally Storey explains to Elizabeth Metcalfe how she has introduced a few bright ideas in her own house in London
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
Decoration
Sophie Dahl on the magic of good lighting
Our columnist Sophie Dahl reflects on 'rooms drawn with light' and how a well-designed lighting scheme can bring a room to life
By Sophie Dahl
Decoration
Throwing shade: our decoration editor's rules for choosing a lampshade
Ruth Sleightholme's advice on scale, pattern and proportion
By Ruth Sleightholme
Decoration
How to prettify your plugs, sockets and switches
Let your plugs, sockets and switches light up the room in more ways than one
By Antonia Bentel
Decoration
Antique of the week: why the Anglepoise lamp has never gone out of style
Dating from the 1930s, the original Anglepoise lamp was a feat of engineering. Jane Audas details how to spot a real one–and why we should care
By Jane Audas
Decoration
How to maximise natural light in your home, and benefit from it
Natural light is a beautiful and important resource in any home – and how you use, shape and maximise it can make or break an interior
By Fiona McKenzie Johnston
Garden shopping
Stylish, useful garden lights for summer evenings
Garden lights are a wonderful thing to have, whether you want to wire in permanent lights around a seating area, pathway or drive, or pick up something portable for a bit of extra glow
By Virginia Clark and Bradley Palmer
Lighting
Ceiling lights for every type of interior
Ceiling lights and pendant lights for that all important overhead lighting, from rattan lampshades to flush lights suitable for bathrooms
By Virginia Clark and Arabella Bowes
Lighting
13 modern ways to do a chandelier
We've rounded up 13 examples of modern chandeliers, designed to suit the contemporary home
By Arabella Bowes
Decoration
Antique of the week: the fanciful delights of toleware lights
In our latest weekly antiques column, Jane Audas discusses the light-hearted pleasure of painted toleware lights
By Jane Audas