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Do I want these lamps?

8 years ago

Bedroom slowly getting done. Love my sloppy linen duvet cover. I have a silk duvet so it's not fluffy and gorgeous but it's so cozy!

I tried a long not tall pic above the bed and it just made the headboard area look so tall. I was thinking the lamps would balance the height?

Do I want these pottery barn Sutton sconces? They are on sale but would still be $100 each as I'm in Canada.

What do you think?

(New bench will come, tv will one day be installed, little tiny brown table will be moved!)

Comments (10)

  • 8 years ago

    Just IMO, but I wouldn't. They seem a tad industrial and trendy, and your room certainly isn't, especially the drapes and the blue cabinet on the wall facing the end of the bed.

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    8 years ago

    That sconce doesn't do it for me. It's proportions are just all wrong.

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  • 8 years ago
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    They may be too big at the bottom for your tables, I am not sure.

    The originals of these are shown mostly as bedside lamps, sometimes over quite small tables, though.

    The originals are from Urban Electric Co. and are highly customizable and beautifully crafted. The Pottery Barn ones are a decent knock off but the shade looks a little lopsided and rickety even in the catalog shot.

    However they are 1/24th the price. The UECo. Gwenwood wall lists at almost $2400 in the standard finishes. But having seen the original, it's the details that the PB one does not have that make the UECo one what it is.

    I don't understand the price of the UECo fixtures generally, it's always very high. But it's hard to get more than the basic shape right when the knock-off costs 4% of the original and they are still making money on it...

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  • 8 years ago

    Thank you all! I've decided against them. My dh will be so happy there won't be more holes drilled in the walls :)

  • 8 years ago

    I have something very similar, though mine are pulleys and the shades are milk glass. I think they are too much for your room; they take up a lot of physical and visual space. My MBR was a barn and so we have ceiling height.

    As far as UE, they have beautiful and unusual designs and there things are beautifully made. Yes, they are very expensive. I have three chandys from UE, including one where they copied a design from an English firms and actually made it for less (while still wildly pricey, LOL).

    TBH I probably would not buy UE again as I realize more that most lighting works just fine, you don't usually touch it or interact with it so it does not need to "wear well", and it is the quickest way to update a room. Therefore in the future I would not spend that much on a chandy.

  • 8 years ago

    Very interesting comparing the UE original to the PB knockoff. The devil's in the details, I guess. The center cord on the PB looks schlumpy compared to UE's center rod. The UE has only three side cables compared to PB's four, which makes more difference that you would think in reducing the visual chatter. And, though probably only a styling issue, but the PB shade looks out of round in their catalog photo, which contributed to my "DIY" first impression.

    The way the cables attach to the shade in UB fixture is a nice detail, but the PB approach wouldn't have been a deal-killer for me without the issues I listed above.

  • 8 years ago

    The UECo. shade will eventually deteriorate just like any shade (unless it's fabric covered bristol board), and I would also worry about the relative obsolescence of that on such an expensive fixture, but maybe if you are paying $2400 for the fixture you won't mind a couple hundred for a custom shade later on. But one of my designer friends who's been in the business about 50 years said people balk at paying what it costs to replace lampshades most of the time. Understandably, because a lot of the time the price is in the shade at the beginning.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    By the time it'll need a custom shade, most people will have changed their tastes I'd bet. My UEs do not have fabric shades. I have a set of lanterns from them, and a chandy with a custom painted metal shade.

  • 8 years ago

    I suppose, although I think if I spend $5000 on two lamps, I'd keep them around.

    It depends what the structure of the shade is, if it's bristol board...well, we have bristol board lampshades for lamps that my parent's bought in 1969. If it's plastic backed fabrid they will dry out and split or yellow eventually. I am going to get a couple metal shades for a pair of lamps I have, and some paperboard ones for the rest, eventually.