Hmm it’s a tie for me. I really like my foyer fixture and my dining room fixture. We replaced every single light fixture in this house when we moved in, so I like all of them!

OMG, schoolhouse, LOVE!

what a great thread!

I’m thirty years past the pink and blue stage of decorating, but I love this little $15 vintage lamp that I found in a flea market booth. It kind of “goes” in one of my spare bedrooms with my old country style Spiegel bedding and oak furniture that I have clung to for years.

This was an antique gas lamp converted to electric. I have always loved it.

Mojomom, I have always wanted an antler chandelier! That's a beauty!

My Stiffel lamps, bought over 40 years ago, are my favorite lamp.

And my favorite chandelier, also over 40 years ago, is a Frederick Raymond. It’s very pretty lit up, but it's hard to see the etched glass panels. I almost succumbed to changing this to a fancy chandelier, but after much searching, I’ve come to appreciate the simple lines of this one.

And lit..

I'm not sure I have a favorite lamp but this is one that came from my mom and dad. I love the color and luckily that color is in the shams in our guest room. I have two other vintage floor lamps. One is from my husband's family.

I love lamps and love all of the ones here. Oakley, for some reason I can’t ”like” OP’s posts, but I would if I could!

I have so many; I’ll post my most prized — cut glass lamp that’s been in my family for 100 yrs (or near abouts). It was bought new by a prominent relative I wish I’d gotten to meet ... after she passed, an intense fight ensued over her beautiful possessions. My grandmother came out the victor of this little lovely.

She said I was so enthralled with it, from the time I could walk — and she knew it would be mine after her. In fact, she made me take it long before she passed, just so she’d know it was in my hands. I’m honored. :)

Not a great picture. I have to keep it crammed back in the corner safety of my breakfast hutch because cats. Someday it’ll be out in the spotlight, as it should be.

ETA: Ok, one more. I have a pair of these .... a Ft Worth family, who had horse business dealings with my uncle, gave these to my grandmother. She didn’t have a place for them, and immediately thought of her lamp-loving granddaughter. She came over one day and said, I have something in my trunk, come look. Tell me if you want them.

YES!! :D

I’m proud to say, I’ve passed on the lamp obsession gene to my daughter and she loves finding old, unusual ones. She started a decent collection while still at home. :)

Lynn, your Capodimonte is breathtaking.

Once more I waited until it was dark to take a picture but this time it really does show the ambience of my little corner in the world where I like to sit among my craft supplies and contemplate what's next. The old quilt on the chair is getting ready to be cut up into squares so I can make hand sewn crafty things.

Lamp has crewel embroidery on the shade which has held up all these years.

Jinx, by any chance did you watch the original version of Pollyanna? If not, do! Bless your Grandmother's heart. I can tell how deep her love for you was because I'm doing the exact same thing right now for my 10 year old granddaughter. I know I've said this a million times but my grandparents had passed away before I was born, and I think I inherited all of their love put together for my grandbabies.

I know, I'm being corny. I've been this way for a few months now. Strange.

Sorry for the multiple posts tonight but today I got sucked into looking at new lamps of all "styles" if you want to call it that, mostly on Restoration Hardware because I wanted to see what they had to offer since I bought some from them years ago. Everything looks the same but in different shapes.

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Oh man...another post where I can't decide on a "favorite" as so many have meaning...the stained glass shade my Dad made, the lamps DH made out of 90mm shells from when he was in the Army, the wall sconces we salvaged from the old house, the dining chandelier and how the curved arms are echoed in the Wm Morris wall panels and the cranes in the window. And perhaps my "so glad we did" are the 2 solar tubes we have...one in our dressing area and one in our laundry room which light the spaces all day long and cast an eerie glow on nights of full moon.

So I'll limit it to just 2.

I have a pair of these sweet alabaster lamps from my MIL. She had them on her dressing table in her NYC apartment. They're only 12" high. They still have the original 25W Mazda light bulbs. They originally had velvet on the shades which was in such bad shape. I recovered the shades with satin ribbon and gimp.

But for light and shadow, my favorite is the pendant in my crazy a$$ powder room.

The ceiling medallion I faux finished myself. Hard to see in the photo, but some of the glass beads hanging are colored...amber, plum, olive, orange...

Oakley, no, I haven’t ... will look for it!

That is so sweet about you and your granddaughter. ❤️

Oakley I can picture the exact scene in Pollyanna to which you refer.

Is this it?

Annie you sent me down a short rabbit hole looking for Mazda bulbs. And now I know!

DLM, Mazda light bulbs were often advertised with art from Maxfield Parrish. They used his art as calendars too....and the official name of what we call "light bulbs" is "lamps".

In the 1918 calendar above, in case you can't read it, the top says Edison Mazda, and the bottom square says:

Mazda Means

More Light for Less Money

New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Co.

New Bedford, Mass.

I loved Parrish works.

This Frederick Cooper is probably a favorite, I love how the brass has aged over 50 years.

This is like asking me to share a picture of my favorite child! All our fixtures are antique, with the exception of the bathrooms. I have vintage bedside lamps that were shared here a few years. Andthen there was my Lamp Post last year. So today I’ll just share my desk lamp. I need it to light up all the carp on my desk.

I got it back when Home Goods used to sell mostly high quality seconds and it was just the ceramic piece. I recognized it immediately as Coimbra pottery from Portugal. And having been to the town myself, I had seen the lamp bases. At Home Goods it just looked like an overpriced candlestick that wouldn’t fit any candles, so I kept visiting it until they marked it down. Then I had it wired up into the perfect lamp.

I have 2 to share. Both belonged to my maternal grandmother and were found in my mom and dad's attic when we were cleaning out their house, both without shades. The marble lamp is on a cabinet in the LR near the front door and the painted lamp does not currently have a home, but will never leave my possession! The painted lamp has a diffuser and when I first saw it, thought it was an odd shade, until one day I discovered that a lamp shade sits on top of it.

I have mostly modern lamps and fixtures. I like our DR pendant because when it is lit up at dinner it looks like a cloud.

My husband brought this home from a business trip. My other fav is a silly ikea lamp that a dog just broke. It's a porcelain cylinder and casts soft beautiful light in the bedroom.

Annie, that's the one! Jinx the story is so sweet you'll turn to sugar and want to be glad for something everyday. ;)

Question for all. What type of light bulb, the kind for a table lamp and any fixture that uses the same type of bulb?

I’m a sucker for Tiffany lamps. Here is one of the few I have.

Love seeing all the beautiful lamps and light fixtures in your homes! In addition to the chandelier in my dining room (featured in the “my favorite room“ thread) I really like this simple lamp in my living room:

The shape and crackle finish just please me for some reason.

Oakley, I don't understand your question...

This one is in our foyer and we never turn it off. The shade is embroidered and I really like the cranberry glass and the soft glow .

I'd love to share. But I would hate to take a photo or two, take the time to post, and then discover that perhaps the thread I spent some time thinking about has vamooshed into the aether. Happened too recently. So for now, just quick things on this site.

This is the first torchere/floor lamp that I designed, and so it is a favorite for that reason. Finish was brushed nickel with gold plated balls and ring detail.

This is the first wall sconce that I designed, and it sold very well. The original finish was silver plate with gold leaf, but later we switched to polished nickel. I had an epoxy clear coat applied to the silver plate to prevent it from tarnishing.

I'm sorry Annie, it was getting late and I should have been more specific.

I ask because I finally found the perfect light bulb for all table lamps unless I need a warmer light.

The choices I know of are Incandescent, LED, Halogen, CFL

I'm sure you've noticed how dark my nightime pictures are, and I think it's because I've stayed with the warm/soft incandescent bulbs. The other day when a bulb burnt out I got a box of new ones. I noticed they were LEDs, daylight, made by Great Value, aka Walmart. I don't remember buying those and I bet it was a substitute.

Because the LR is on the dark side with dark wood and sunlight starting to go away from the south windows, the LED Daylight was exactly what I've needed.

So I was wondering what type bulb everyone uses in their pictures above, because it does make a difference.

Look at my first picture of the ceiling light. When I took the picture it was after I changed a bulb which was the LED, and washed the fixture. That's what gave me the idea of this topic.

If you look closely at the back of the light, (it's a 3 light fixture) can you see where it's much brighter? That's the LED.

Lars, you are so talented! I'd love to see more of your work

Beautiful!

Lars, wonderful chandy. My neighbor bought Redford's CT home. Very rustic!

Ruby, I love that lamp!

I have a few of each of these, all supposedly salvaged from ships. The first is copper, second one is brass

These come in a lot of different finishes, custom made. I see them featured a lot of places. (the ghost chair is a refugee from DD1s dorm room, awaiting its next dorm).

Most of my lamps and light fixtures are nothing special though I’m pleased to report I got rid of three boob lights today and I’m very happy with the new fixtures. This is my only truly special lamp - an antique kerosene lamp that’s been in my family for a few generations. I keep it in a closed off guest room to protect it from curious cats.

My favorite is this coral look chandelier. I live on the coast on the water so my house is very beachy

Coral light is fabulous! Wow, what a statement piece! I’d love to see it at night.

Jinx thank you! I can try to get a nighttime picture. If it works I will post

That coral chandy IS beautiful. Yes, a nighttime pic would be nice.

Funny that request was mentioned because I had come across a nighttime pic of my chandelier one Christmas and searched for this thread to post it.

I was so nervous being that high up on a ladder and clipping candles around it. yikes. Haven't done it since!

This is one of the pair of lamps that were on my grandmother's dressing table. I love them. I had to have the shades re-covered because they have unusual frames and would not look the same with a normal modern shade. One is the Greek Comedy and the other is Tragedy. As an aside, the little wooden plaque was made (well, glued I guess since teachers probably made actually made it) by my son when he was in preschool-it says "When in doubt, hug."

Jinx and schoolhouse. Thank you again for your compliments. I tried to get a good shot last night but it really doesn’t photograph the same as in person.

Oh, it looks amazing! Thank you for showing us!

Very pretty.