Many modern properties avoid adding wall lights in favour of larger ceiling or pendant lights, however traditionally homes had wall lights to cast beautiful shadows on the walls and ceiling. Multi arm period style wall lights work particularly well on hallways and small rooms with few or no nearby windows. Here at Tiffany Lighting Direct, we stock a variety of uplights and downlights, depending on how you’d like to illuminate your home.

Many older houses had much larger rooms that could accommodate large floor lights. Many traditional freestanding lamps come with a fabric shade that can be changed to match the colours of the room. Remember, traditional floor lights work best when they don’t interrupt the flow of the room, therefore placing them behind a chair or a desk is ideal.

Whether you’ve got an ornate ceiling with plasterwork or not, as long as you have a high enough ceiling a traditional chandelier can really complete a period aesthetic for your room. Chandeliers often come with fake candles or flame-shaped bulbs to reproduce the pre-electrical period they are inspired by. At Tiffany Lighting Direct we have a range of chandeliers in metal and crystal finishes between 3 and 21 arms.

Brass has been used for a variety of decorative products for over two thousand years. Its popularity has been due to its high malleability for the handler and it’s corrosion resistance. Brass was able to be mass produced and was also able to be turned into a fashionable rose gold colour by the Victorians by adding more copper.

Pewter is a cheaper alternative to silver, due to its silvery smooth finish, however it is mostly made up of tin and some copper. Pewter was widely used for traditional table lights, dinner sets and even religious iconography.

The use of crystal in decor, particularly on a chandelier, has always demonstrated the owner’s wealth and high social status. High quality crystal is much clearer than glass as it's made with a percentage of lead, as opposed to glass which is made up of sand. The addition of lead creates a greater light refraction.

The purpose of ambient lighting is to illuminate a whole room by itself. It allows you to move around the room without using other lighting sources. Our collection of traditional pendant lights are a great option for an ambient light source.

Accent lighting is used to draw attention such as a piece of artwork, a statue or ornate plaster. These act like a spotlight to draw your eye towards a focal point. At Tiffany Lighting Direct we have several traditional picture lights and classic style pendants.

Task lighting is intended to illuminate or darken a particular space for work or for a function. The type of task light will depend on the room and the function. If you are at the bathroom mirror you’d want a bright neutral light, whereas a bedroom reading light would be warmer. We have a range of dimmable classic bathroom lights and traditional table lamps to help brighten your work spaces.