I believe that just about everybody on the EHD crew will agree that I’m the world’s WORST dispenser of recommendation. It’s not for lack of caring (or lack of listening. Or lack of attempting!) – it’s simply that I’ve one inventory piece of knowledge: “what does your intestine say?” I KNOW IT’S NOT HELPFUL, FRIENDS. However I’m a lifelong proponent of simply trusting your intestine – we’re constructed to note patterns! Our instincts choose up on issues that don’t all the time bounce out at us! – and on the finish of the day, it’s by no means steered me (tremendous) mistaken.
So when my intestine sees a photograph of a Murano chandelier and begins SCREAMING, I do what any regular particular person does – I run to the closest pc, hop on the weblog, after which I spend about 10 hours by chance penning a dissertation the place I dissect all my ideas and emotions about chandeliers and artisans and scale and zoning and who is aware of what else in real-time. JUST LIKE A COOL, NORMAL LADY. Buckle up cuties – right now, I wish to stroll you thru what I’m fairly satisfied is the subsequent huge factor in lighting. (My credentials: in August, I swore that vegetable-shaped dinnerware was the subsequent huge factor. You already know what popped up at Anthro this week? CABBAGEWARE. There’s a technique to the insanity!)
However earlier than we get tremendous within the weeds on the inspo, I wished to point out you the 2, uh, “livable” photographs – you realize, those that stopped me in my tracks and made me suppose, “oh, perhaps these Murano chandeliers aren’t only for heiresses in centuries-old palazzos or trend-forward Kelly Wearstler shoppers in excessive rise buildings.” Stick to me for a second right here, yeah?
Is there something goofier than me being like, “right here’s a livable area” after which SHOWING YOU A PICTURE OF A TWO-STORY HOTEL LOBBY? The brass desk is what bought my gears turning, although – remind you of something? – and I used to be fairly instantly enamored with how balanced and enjoyable the steel seems when paired with this MASSIVE glass chandelier. It’s a reasonably historically “female” palette (pinks, metallics, and graphic stripes, oh my!) however it doesn’t really feel like I’m being hit over the pinnacle with glam, you realize?
This area on the precise is a bit extra livable, although. This chandelier seems prefer it’s from the 70s (are you able to inform I’ve saved, uh, 1,000,000 of those on Etsy not too long ago?), however look how recent it feels on this area! There are another superior classic components right here – the vintage ceiling medallion! The Fifties Flag Halyard chair! – however it simply feels new and vibrant and blissful and clear in right here. LOVE. That’s what I’m going for, too!!! Now, with all this in thoughts, LET ME SHOW YOU THE ~DRAMA~ INSPO…
HUGE. STUNNING. CHANDELIER. I’m in love with how restrained this shade palette is – y’all know I’m a lover of a tightly-edited pink and blue room! – however I’m most impressed by HOW FREAKIN’ GREAT this huge fixture seems hanging in a seemingly-average top room. Like, did you even discover that there’s a gap within the ceiling? I DIDN’T! A lot patina. A lot character. There’s this outdated Dorothy Draper quote about design that I like – “If it seems proper, it’s proper” – so let this be a lesson to all of us to throw away the principles on traditionally-appropriate lighting scale. We’re simply GOING FOR IT in 2022 and filling our properties with issues we love, associates!!!
AHH. (Yeah, I’m like, screaming at my pc whereas penning this – hope that stage of enthusiasm is coming throughout.) I can’t let you know how a lot I love this out-of-the-box utilization of two *huge* Murano chandeliers. We’d usually see an extended, vertical lighting fixture over that eating desk on the left (you’ll be able to seize the inside design school-approved conventional dimensions right here), however how particular do these two petal chandeliers really feel? It’s sudden and exquisite and the symmetry framing the artwork is simply, like, AHHH! (The screaming is again!!!)
I can’t consider how nice these fixtures look on this kitchen, too. If I got here as much as you and was like, “hey, can I grasp two uber-glam classic Italian chandeliers in your minimalist mid-century kitchen,” your reply would in all probability be “GIRL, PLEASE COOL IT with these insane hypothetical eventualities in each put up.” (That’s the good distance of claiming “no thanks.”) Nevertheless it makes such an enormous distinction right here – the area is far more elevated by the extra shocking mild fixture selection. It’s such an incredible stability, don’t you suppose?
SO effectively collected, designed, and styled. All the pieces right here is an absolute winner – bone inlay chairs! Tile flooring! Stained glass home windows! Frescoed ceilings! Even the curtain rod is particular!!! – however it all sings collectively, proper? It’s maximalism carried out proper. The chandelier right here is so dreamy, too – it’s visually light-weight sufficient to maintain your eye transferring by way of the area, however impactful sufficient to carry its personal in such a daring and vibrant room. It’s concurrently playful AND stylish. GAH. Masterful, guys.
ARE YOU KIDDING? I’m not usually a Louis XVI chair gal, however I’ll completely make an exception for this sitting room. It’s simply so enjoyable – like, I really feel like I’ve an incredible thought of the one that lives right here – and the stability between the traditional flooring, unbelievable ceiling, 80s monitor lighting (look shut, it’s up there), milking stool, and SPECTACULAR chandelier actually has me dropping my thoughts over right here. I sort of love the reminder that if the bones are good, you’ll be able to kiiiinda get away with doing no matter you need. It’s good to not overthink issues, you realize? (Paint your chairs! Go away your tile flooring! Throw a log close to your door! It’ll all work out!)
Traditionalists, rejoice – there’s one thing for you, too. Image one thing extra traditional right here – perhaps one thing in brass with a bunch of arms that every one have these little lampshades on them? You already know those I’m speaking about? – and it falls so, so flat in comparison with all of the character that this inexperienced glass chandelier brings to this area. I might put this fixture in my home in a FREAKIN’ MINUTE. I don’t care that it’s large. I don’t care that it’d be about 4′ off the bottom and that I’d should stroll round it each day. It’s price it.
Y’all, I gotta hit the lotto. (Can we please manifest it? I’ll throw a celebration, like Emily did on the first Portland mission, so we will all ogle the petal fixtures that I might clearly be investing in.) I simply love that they’re concurrently so quiet and so impactful – there’s not a ton of visible litter, such as you typically see with chandeliers which have a ton of arms or a big horizontal presence. These are simply so tender and lightweight and GAH. Are you beginning to see what I’m seeing? Are you selecting up what I’m placing down proper now??? These Murano chandeliers look nice in all places, guys!!!
Working example: AN OFFICE. Who wants a semi-flush mount when you may amp issues up with a classic chandelier? And, like, look how these peach-colored partitions are reflecting off the mint glass. CHEF’S KISS. Additionally price noting is that there’s a full-on Mac desktop on this photograph, which I actually didn’t even register till I stared at this shot for about 5 minutes straight. It’s a reasonably compelling case for going daring on the lighting, yeah? (It’s additionally good to see a totally styled room with some inside soffits – I do know that we bought a number of requests round working round extra “cookie-cutter” or “white field” residence options, and that is simply proof which you could add a ton of character and character with simply decor components.)
Or you’ll be able to add the aforementioned character and character with structure that’s supported by decor components. EITHER WAY. I pulled this shot as a result of I like how these two fixtures work together with one another – I do know that selecting lighting for an open idea ground plan generally is a biiiiit of a nightmare (understatement?), so it’s enjoyable to see examples of two TOTALLY totally different lighting kinds working so effectively collectively.
I do know we’re going exhausting on the colour and sample right here, however I like this room as a result of it swung exhausting in the other way – as a substitute of going large and filling up all of the vertical area, this chandelier is scaled *juuuuuust* proper. It’s slightly on the smaller facet, which is dynamic and attention-grabbing in a WHOLE new method. I sort of love how dimension and scale guidelines don’t essentially apply if you’re working with such distinctive fixtures. Additionally, that is simply such an incredible use of a brilliant slim, design-agony-inducing room. Like it all.
I MEAN. Hit me with a giant, clear assertion chandelier over a eating desk ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. (I’ve one in every of these classic lucite ribbons going up in my eating room – the vibe I’m going for in there may be “disco deco” – however in one other world the place I’ve a number of eating rooms for causes I nonetheless can’t think about, I’d completely splurge on a Murano model.) The feel of the chandelier on the precise is simply unbelievable, too. Like, y’all, SOMEONE MADE THAT. In a boiling sizzling concrete room! They turned a billion diploma hunk of sand right into a THAT! We don’t give artisans sufficient credit score. I don’t also have a full set of CUPS in my home and individuals are out right here making huge, one-piece glass fixtures with out breakage. UNBELIEVABLE.
These are my two favourite photographs in the entire put up, I believe!!! Y’all, I simply ADORE these outsized fixtures. They create such a way of place, you realize? Like, the usual design knowledge is to create zones in your house utilizing rugs to floor every totally different area – not right here, although!!! If including a rug doesn’t make sense with the format of your area (like within the shot on the left) or when you’re simply attempting to let your flooring shine (you guessed it – like within the shot on the precise), making a zone by anchoring from the highest of your room feels actually unique and thought of and ~designed~. (And whereas I’ve you, did you see that e-book matched stone on the left? ARE YOU KIDDING?)
I imply, you get it at this level, proper? Try these side-by-side comparisons actual fast, although: one fixture is tremendous excessive and slightly tiny; the opposite is a liiiiittle wider than we’d usually see at a desk of this dimension. Two pink and inexperienced rooms, two totally different kinds of Murano chandelier, two SLAM DUNKS. They all the time look superior, friends. (I can’t consider it both. Like, this put up ought to in all probability simply be renamed “the ceiling mild fashion that appears good in all places,” as a result of it’s true.)
AHH! (Am I screaming concerning the shade palette on the left? The cutest littlest man with the cutest littlest legs I’ve ever seen on the precise? The tremendous artistic use of twine swagging to hold chandeliers in sudden locations? To nobody’s shock, the proper reply is ALL OF THE ABOVE!) Truthfully, although – I do know firsthand that attempting one thing slightly left-field in your house will be intimidating or scary however this looks like SUCH an incredible and accessible entry level. Like, in my case, I don’t suppose I’ll have the ability to afford the 6′ chandelier of my desires (and I additionally don’t actually have area for it, however that’s neither right here nor there) – however this? Swagging a lil’ man someplace? I believe I can swing this.
I’VE BROUGHT YOU FULL CIRCLE. We began this put up out with two pink chandeliers and that’s the place we’re ending it, too! My obsession with Murano lighting began once I was attempting to determine the ceiling fixture for my bed room – I’m actually leaning into the entire “saturated hits of strong shade” factor, y’all – and these have been such nice inspiration photographs alongside the way in which. In a super world, I’ll have the ability to supply a bit that’s an analogous dimension and scale the one on the left (or, you realize, one in every of you’ll magically be promoting one which occurs to be in my value vary, which is presently $very low)…but when not, it’s useful to see {that a} smaller-sized model could be simply as pretty, too.
BUT OKAY. Out of all of the issues I’ve tried to promote you on over the previous couple of years – bizarre shade combos, bizarre colours offered as neutrals, dinnerware formed like greens, gifting closets, the checklist goes on!!! – I’ve a intestine feeling that this one could find yourself being the favourite. It doesn’t really feel significantly connected to anyone decor fashion or structure – there’s one thing for all of us! WHAT SAY YOU??? Are you able to see it? Do you prefer it, too? Let’s chat. PLEASE?! xx
PS. That is my favourite Italian Etsy retailer for Murano lighting. I couldn’t go away you hanging. (I wished to – I don’t want extra competitors for the inexpensive ones!!! – however I assume sharing is caring? That’s what I’ve heard, at the very least. Let me stay vicariously by way of you whereas I save up for my very own chandelier!!)
Opening Picture Credit: Design by Lázaro Rosa-Violán | Photograph by Ludovic Magnoux & Martin Mendez | by way of InteriorDesign.internet
