If there’s one home related product that I’ve always hankered after, it’s pendant lighting. As renters, we’re always stuck with whatever guff the landlord has put in; horrific fluorescent strip lights in the kitchen, dull bulbs in the bedrooms and naff chandeliers in the lounge – what I wouldn’t give to have the money to rip them out and have an electrician pop up something a bit more modern and pleasant.
If any of you are fellow lighting-lovers, I might be about to make your day. I’ve teamed up with those lovely folks at Houseology to offer you the chance to win £300 to spend on pendant lighting of your choice (click here to have a rummage through the category) – and I’ve even made a little collage of all my favourites, just in case you need some inspiration….
1. &Tradition Copenhagen Pendant Light, £180 // 2. Garden Trading Battersea Light in Clay, £48 // 3. It’s About RoMi Riga Hanging Lamp, £60.50 // 4. Design House Stockholm Work Lamp, £127 //
5. Muuto Unfold Pendant, £119 // 6. Garden Trading Cheyne Wall Light in Chalk, £40 // 7. Lee Broom 8m Pendant Fitting, £87.50 // 8. Muuto E27 Socket Lamp in Light Green, £52 // 9. Garden Trading Pendant Fishing Light in Charcoal, £52 // 10. It’s about Romi Cadiz Hanging 3 Lamp, £109 //
All you have to do to enter is head to the Rafflecopter widget at the bottom of the post, and complete as many tasks as you like – the more you tick off, the more chances you have! The giveaway will end at midnight on 2 nd February, and a winner will be chosen at random via the Rafflecopter website. Whoever wins will be notified via social media and email, and their details will be passed along to the lovely Houseologists, who will get their prize organised.
Good luck!
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TERMS & CONDITIONS: You must be a UK resident to be eligible for this competition; This voucher code is valid on items within the Houseology Pendant Lights category only; Free UK delivery will apply for your purchase; Voucher code is valid for one single transaction only, even when the full available balance is not met. Any value not used within one transaction will be forfeit. This prize is non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for monetary value; No cash alternatives to the stated prize will be offered. Valid until 31st December 2016.
I'm hoping to move house soon so every room could do with a nice new light fitting! 😉 x
love love love number 7 above. 😀 Lighting makes a room beautiful!
We are DEEP in the search for pendant lighting for our galleried landing and our kitchen, this post has been so helpful!
Oooh I'm after some new lighting for several rooms at the moment, I've never heard of this site, will check it out.
I'd like to change the lighting in my office, it's always so gloomy in there!
Ooh I love the brass cage pendant, we are changing our bedroom this year and the lighting is desperate! Great competition! xx
Beautiful, I'd love to win! I like number 8. x
Ooh, so many choices!
Our lighting desperately needs an overhaul, this would be great!
Was just thinking about updating my lighting in my little terraced house, love number 8!
I love the "Authentic Models Steamer Deck Lamp" from their website but also number 1 from your selection above! Exciting giveaway! x
Lee Broom's designs are fantastic, I would love to have one of his lamps in my new(ish) house
I'd love to improve our kitchen lighting. We have some spots but i'd love that Copenhagen light over our table. Great competition!
we really need to change up our living room lighting since having renovations! love these designs! I love no 10 x
Bedrooms! we moved last April and need to update the lighting! x
Lovely selection, I need to update the hallway & landing. Fingers crossed x
Beautiful options! I'd definitely change the lighting in the new baby's room. xo
I'm abut to start a hallway freshen up, and my pendant light is AWFUL…I need this! 😉 Amanda Cottingham
Ooh I want everything! We've just moved and done a big renovation, but haven't been able to find anything nice for the upstairs landing… could definitely accommodate a nice big pendant light there (I can but dream!)
what an amazing giveaway! I would change the lighting in the bedroom. it's very dull and need some warming up! 🙂
Would be our living room as would love to set a nice relaxed lighting.
It would be in my lounge. Beautiful items you have..
Would love some decent lighting in my kitchen! Love numbers 3 the riga one and number 4 the stokholm one the best
I would change it all! We are renters too and blighted by awful lighting! But hopefully moving into our own home later this year – I would start with lighting for any dining area we have as I'm obsessed with nice lighting to eat by! Xx
I'd like to change the lighting in my bedroom. Not a huge fan of the current set-up left here by the previous tenants. Would like something a little bit more stylish.
My kitchen 🙂
Ooh these are lovely. I moved into my flat nearly 3 years ago, and still have the ubiquitous globe shades in my hallway and spare bedroom… I really need to upgrade!
We've just moved into a new house that needs doing up so we want to change all the lighting
the kitchen needs to be changed -its too bright one end and too dull the other -these are beautiful and would fit the bill
The kitchen, the lighting will be changed soon we are getting new units
My bedroom.
Hallway as it's just been decorated thanks
My entire bungalow because I'm about to knock walls down and make it open plan.
In my hallway and stairs it is rooms I have ignored for long enough
I would change the lights in the living room but we are just renting until October so we can't change the fixings.
I'd love to update my living room lights! Thank you x
All the rooms in my house need new lighting, thank you for the giveaway x
Would be nice to have some new stylish lights in our lounge
What a fabulous prize. We would love some new lighting for our home.
In my bedroom, it's a bit dim and would like it to be warmer and cosier
I'd love to add pendant lighting into my dining room.
When I get around to decorating my bedroom (will be last room!!) I would like to try something different
my hallway its always dark therefrom samantha price
the kitchen as its too bright
In my lounge = really dull lighting and would love to brighten the room upKATHY D
The bedroom or lounge
If you could change the lighting in any room in your house, which would it be? . . . . .the living room . . . . .it looks so dated
Pretty much every room as we recently moved house and all the light fittings are very old fashioned
It would be the lounge, what we have is very old fashioned
I adore no 10 , i'd love to light up our hall , All our rooms are dark as my husband likes up lighters but we are moving soon and i desperately want more light x
Probably the fall, as there's not even a shade over the light at the moment. Haven't had a chance to do anything since we moved in x
Cool x
Have always wanted a Pendant light over the dining table in the kitchen x
My bedroom could do with new lightening
My bedroom could do with new lightening
My kitchen lighting needs changing now, time for an update.
i would change my dining room lighting as it so dark in there at the minute
would be my lounge i have 3 pendant lights down the length of the room and they all have 3 indvidual fittings its so damn bright your nearly blinded when you turn the light on ( all connected to one light switch ) been meaning to sort it for ages!!!!!
The living room because it's so dated
I would change the lighting in our hallway – we have little natural light there so it needs new lighting to brighten it up xx
Our bedroom, it still has unmatching boring light fittings, would be lovely to get some suitable ones.
The drawing room as we haven't quite got around to it yet.
My bedroom, I have horrible out of date spotlights
my bedroom as i have just decorated
The hall way and landing, make more of a feature when you enter the house.
Would change the lighting in my front room, the one I have do not give out much light. and its really old fashioned
it would be the living room
Would love to change the light fitting in our living room x
The dining room I would love something more dramatic, modern and different!
I'd like to change the stairs light
Would love to change the bulb in the living room to a full spectrum lighting one
I'd certainly change the light in the Dining Room. It's too bright & would be more at home hanging over a snooker table. I'd like to go for something more subtle & mood enhancing 🙂
In my bedroom – it's terrible!
In our bedroom, only room with a really horrible lampshade
The kitchen – the light over the dining table needs to be replaced because it doesn't add anything to the look of the kitchen.Hazel Rea – @beachrambler
the one above my office desk. It's just too bright.
Id change the living room light as its dull and doesnt provide enough light
my hall and landing as its not very inviting or purposeful at the moment
I'd liek more light in my living room
My landing could do with new lighting.
I'd love to change the lighting in my living room and up date it a bit!
My study as they're not really bright enough and sometimes I get bad eyes
The living room as they are the same as when we moved in
I'd change the lighting in the dining room
I love number 10 and it would look lovely in my living room
My bedroom
Living room, as it would be nice to be able to adjust from bright to dim.Rachel Craig
My Living room as its quite dark having a conservatory over the back covering the room and the lighting in their is over 15yrs old now so really needs updating x
Kitchen
I'd like a stunning hallway lighting feature, so I can make a great welcome.
The kitchen, the lighting is very uneven and needs updating
The kitchen it need something closed in not the conventional shade I have at the moment.
My daughter's bedroom – the lighting is so dark and gloomy and when she puts her make up on at her dressing table she looks like dawn of the dead! New lighting would be awesome!
It would have to be my bedroom
my bedroom
The living room, I'd love it to be more stylish
It would have to be the lounge, its so dull and not very attractive
My lounge i have a reading corner and would love some nice lighting for it x
i would like some waall lights in my lounge
I would change the lighting in the living room. It's not right but I don't know how to fix it.
My bedroom, when we moved in they had these horrible orange lights on the wall. Still got them as yet to decorate.
would love a new light in my lounge
My front room, it's quite a big room but the lighting has always been inadequate.
My Dining Room needs illuminating with a new statement light
The landing at top of the stairs.
I would add extra lighting in the dark hallway.
I'm a first time buyer doing up my house and this would be so helpful!!
I would love to change our entrance hall lighting 🙂
I would change the lighting in my living room x
My hallway .. needs much more illumination
it would be my living room its just to dark x
All rooms but mainly my bedroom, the lighting is terrible in there
My guest bedroom, it's so dated!
More ambiance in my living room
I would like to change the lighting in a lot of my rooms, but I would really like to change the lighting in my dining room.
In our bedroom, it's far too bright.
My bedroom as I spend alot of time in there reading and on my laptop
I'd like to add a pair of lamps either side of my fireplace to create a softer low lighting anbiance when the fire is not lit, i have see the Eichholtz Belgrave pair which would suit the decor in my lounge
https://www.houseology.com/eichholtz-belgrave-table-lamp-set-of-2
The lighting in my son's room as it's still the same from when I moved in many years ago.
I would change it in my Bedroom, I'm yet to buy a lamp for reading which I really need x
Id change the lighting in my living room,its too dark! x
The hall way – its sooo boring!
My sewing room.
I'd like to change the lighting in my bedroom
My wife's study needs a makeover with lighting that is both beautiful and functional and this is a real inspiration.
Some really unique looking pendant lights here.
in my sitting room
the bedroom xx
I would love to change the light in my living room
The lounge, would love dimmer switches
The bedroom is just rubbish for lighting and really needs an overhaul.
My living room light as it doesn't give enoughh light to the room.
My hallway. It is important as it is where people first enter the house and currently it is just rubbish.
The dimmers in the lounge
My dining room – it is really dark and needs some brightening up! (@PeanutHog)
It would be the lounge as it's not light enough for me.
I would like to change the light in our hall. It's old and needs replacing.
The kitchen. Always a nightmare to get balance.
LIGHTING IN THE HALLWAY
The bathroom, I would like to be able to put a more soothing and adjustable lighting in
Our hall has an awful dust collecting shade, a new fitting would be lovely
The hallway to give it more lightTrevor Linvell
I think the hallway, as it's a plain light at the moment and rather dull!
The bedroom, its a little bright in there.
My bedroom has a light and lampshade in it that is very, very old!
The living room as at the moment l have one of those old fashioned fans with three lights underneath,
I live in a 3 storey town house, so I would love coordinated pendant lighting on all levels. The It's About RoMi Cadiz Hanging 3 Lamp would be awesome!
I'd love something for my lounge or bedroom x
I would change the lighting in my bedroom to give it more ambiance!!
It would be the living room light.
Becky – I'd like to make our living room more cosy! 🙂
We really need some inspiration for the kitchen lighting, we currently have an old fashioned 'bowl' light and that's it – this means poor lighting under cabinets on all work surfaces. It needs a full rework of the space!
As I'm getting older I am finding the lighting in every room of my house is inadequate but I'd also like to see the style of lights in my living room change.
no 3 , I would the industrial/vintage feel of the light, I would have it in my kitchen
Our bedroom lighting is sooooooooooooo boring, would love to spruce it up.
Have an old fashioned strip light in the kitchen….. urgently need an update
Ohh. What a perfect giveaway! We're converting our outbuilding to a studio at the moment and this is just what we're looking for!
The kitchen – not enough lighting in there. £300 would be fantastic to restyle it. Good luck everyone!
My bedroom, the light is just a little too dark!
I would change the lighting in the bedroom.
My bedroom I would love something fancy
My bathroom as the people I bought my house from put some pretty horrendous 70s style lighting in there that I need to change (I only bought it a few months ago so it is on my list). I also need a new light putting in over my shower as it is so dark in there!!
In my hallway, as its the first thing visitors see and I would love to make a statement with the lighting x
Our bedroom has just one central light – it's a big room so it's not adequate and it isn't atmospheric.
My bedroom light its very boring
My living room needs better lighting especially around the settee where we sit.
I'd like to change the lighting in my bedroom. We have spotlights where it used to be my sons room which I would like to change to more my taste
Our bedroom as its always the room left until last.
In need of changing all the rooms lighting at moment.
Our kitchen! It has a harsh cold light that makes it feel clinical and I hate it!
Definitely in our master bedroom.
I'm moving house soon so will be looking at changing lights in almost all the rooms! 🙂
The living room as it just looks naff right now
The kitchen and dining room
Bedroom
My bedroom as the light we have at the moment is old and doesn't suite the room furniture
Our hallway lighting. EJ Dunn
I would love to change the lightshades in our living room
Definitely my hallway, it has three lights and I'd have them all matching
It would be our bedroom as we only have a bare bulb in there at the moment!
The bedroom, its the last on the list to change
My living room, we don't get much sun into this room sadly so it would be great to brighten up the room with some fun lighting! 🙂
The living room – we have a boring spotlight so it would be fab to have something more interesting Kelly Ellen Hirst
Would love to change the lighting in the living room. Gloomy in the Winter and never seem to have the right mood with the lighting. Got some dark corners in the room.
I would lie to change the lighting in my living room
My lounge, the light fitting is beautiful to look at but has such a low wattage bulb I can't see to read
I would love to improve the lighting in our living room. Amazing giveaway! Thank you for the chance ☺
My kitchen – you switch the light on and it takes a few minutes and the you get a flicker…then another one…a few more and then by the time you have done what you need to do and gone out – it comes on….it's worse than my kids to wake up! 😮😂
my living room –the lightings very boring at the moment
The kitchen, currently the light is down the far end so once it's dark out you can't see what your doing.
in the bedroom-it's pretty weak
my livingroom it was re decorated last year but we never got around to replacing the lighting
in my bathroom 🙂 x
We really need some new wall lamps,
Would change lighting in living room.
My Living Room, could do with an update
MY DINING ROOM
my living room or my hallway, they both need changing 🙂
My bedroom!
wall lights in our living room are very dated xx
I need a really cool light to hang in my entrance hallway 🙂
£300 is a great amount and I've seen something I love
I would change my bedroom – I'd love something a little more atmospheric!
my daughters bedroom
I would change my living room lightning as its just so old.
My living room! It can be really quite dark and dreary and I would love some funky lighting to brighten it up! x
my bedroom could do with a dimmer switch
kitchen followed by my hall
I would update the lighting in my lounge.diner – it's north facing and needs to be more cheerful
My kitchen, needs to be more retro.
I'd change my bedroom lighting to something a little more mood-setting
I'd love some new lighting in my living room
My kitchen is so dark!
I would change the light in my doing room to make it more of a show piece.
My living room.
My kitchen lights need changing, my husband says there's nothing wrong with them then moans when he can't see.
The living room
The living room could do with better lighting!
I live in a house with very high ceilings i find it hard to find an eye catching light fitting
my dining room as we currently have a boring "put us on" shade which is just plain 🙂
Our living room needs a bigger light – the current one doesn't look quite right
Probally all of the rooms I have lived in my flat for nearly 10 years and have never replaced any of the lighting .. it could all be refreshed 🙂
I would change the living room lighting it is dated
My living room the lights are really dull and lacking something
For my living room as the bulbs keep blowing, love to replace all of them in here
It would have to be the hallway – it is currently very uninspiring and with all that extra height you could do something fabulous!
The lounge – it's a big square and only has lighting in one corner!
In my bedroom, I just have 1 light, its a huge room and always feels dark
Honesty would LOVE to get rid of the lighting in our house ��
I'd change them in my living room as at the moment I only have the bulbs hanging there.
The bathroom…really hard to get the lighting right so that its flattering to get ready in front of a mirror
the bedroom its too dark
In my kitchen, i struggle to see when im cooking. It always feels dull.
this lighting would look fantastic in the period home our daughter will move into as long as contracts are exchanged!
my bedroom
in my kitchen
My living room, i have two lights in there and they are not very good and they don't go with anything
I'd sort out our living room, the shade we currenmtly have is from IKEA and it's nice enough but I think it's too small for the room.
My bedroom the lighting consists of just a bulb needs a nice light fitting
Our kitchen, it's awful, especially trying to cook dinner, so I'd start there!
I'd love to change the lighting in my bedroom, something a little more feminine and softer 🙂 Commenting as @jhill1105
Love number 4 would love them going up my hallway
amazing prize. amazing pieces
Need to sort out the lighting in our kitchen
Would change lighting in all the rooms but starting off with the hallway x
Our bedroom – we have a fan/ light up at the moment but it seems so dim not been happy since we put it up
My living room – needs a bit of sparkle x
My dining room x
The kitchen. its really old fashioned at the moment, but when we replace the kitchen, it will be amazing lighting then.
my living room has 2 boring lights in I would love to soften the atmos by new lightning
MY SITTING ROOM
My bedroom, it needs some ambient lighting.
LIVING ROOM & BEDROOMGeorge Williamson