28 August 2026 · 7 min read
Wooden ceiling roses: fitting a pendant to a turned oak, beech or walnut rose
What a wooden ceiling rose is, the right drop for a hall or a table, and how a pendant on a turned wooden rose is fitted to a UK loop-in ceiling — including the connection step a plastic rose hides.
28 August 2026 · 6 min read
Oak, beech or walnut: choosing the wood for a wall light
What the three timbers actually look like on a turned 14 cm back plate, how each one changes brass, black, copper or chrome, and how to pick for the room rather than the catalogue.
28 August 2026 · 5 min read
Are wall lights old-fashioned? What changed since the uplighter
The frosted half-moon uplighter of the 1990s was old-fashioned. The wall lights being fitted now show the bulb, point the light at a job and are made of brass, black steel and solid wood — here is the difference, and how to keep brass modern.
28 August 2026 · 6 min read
G95 vs G125: which globe bulb for an exposed-bulb wall light
E27, G95, G125 and A60 explained in plain English — what the numbers mean, which size suits a 14 cm wooden back plate, how bright and how warm to go, and the dimmer catch nobody mentions.
28 August 2026 · 7 min read
How to fit a wall light (UK): with or without existing wiring, and when to get an electrician
What fitting a wall light actually involves in a UK home — the existing-wiring case, the no-wiring case, what Part P means for a bedroom or hallway, and the plug-in alternative that needs no electrician.
28 August 2026 · 6 min read
Bedside wall light height: how high, how far apart, one or two
The right height for bedside wall lights (1.2–1.4 m to the plate), how far from the mattress edge, whether you need one or two, and what changes with a swan neck that reaches 28 cm out.
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