A buyer’s guide to vintage lighting
Authentic vintage lighting is not only about heritage and age, but timeless design and solid engineering too. Our guide explains what to look for when choosing a vintage light.
Lighting Adviceskinflint meets: Rohini Wahi, founder and editor of The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The next in our series skinflint Meets features journalist Rohini Wahi. Rohini is the founder of design and inspiration blog The Beat That My Heart Skipped and new Indian-inspired lifestyle brand Napeansea.
skinflint MeetsTop interiors and design blogs
At skinflint we keep an eye on beautiful inspiring design blogs, looking for everything from furniture to textiles and we're always on the hunt for the rare and unusual.
InteriorsChoosing the right lightbulb for your vintage light
We're often asked which lightbulbs are best for our light fittings - particularly whether vintage, industrial lights need special bulbs. It might come as a surprise that we actively recommend standard domestic bulbs for our lights - exactly the same as you'd buy for a modern fixture.
Lighting Adviceskinflint Meets: Textile Designer Margo Selby
Read on to find out about how Margo started her business, why she rarely wears anything other than black, and which are her favourite skinflint lights.
skinflint MeetsMinimalism in Practice
If you are looking to take your own home from maxed out to minimal, it can be difficult to decide what should stay and what should go - here are some tips.
Stuff We LoveHow to style vintage fluorescent lighting
From dimmable wall-mounted bedside lights to illuminating kitchen island units, vintage fluorescent lighting is more versatile than you think. Learn how to style them into any space.
Lighting AdviceOn location with Darren Holden
Exploring Manchester’s lost textile mills - on location in the second part of our interview with documentary photographer Darren Holden.
ArchitectureDarren Holden - photographer
The thrill of documenting Britain’s lost industrial past - part one of our interview with photographer Darren Holden.
ArchitectureChristmas gift guide
Give reclaimed this Christmas with a collection of original vintage lights that eco-conscious individuals will love.
InteriorsKitchen lighting design ideas
Helpful ideas and tips for creating your own kitchen lighting scheme from the lighting designers at skinflint.
Lighting Adviceskinflint x Bert & May London pop-ups
Taking up residence at Bert & May’s Vyner Street store and Chelsea showroom from from 17 August until the end of the year in a collaboration celebrating the timeless design and heritage of skinflint’s vintage lighting range.
NewsLighting up London’s entertainment industry
Theatre legend and iconic entertainment landmarks - a trip into our lighting archive reveals the fascinating heritage behind our vintage theatre lighting collection.
Lighting Historyskinflint meets: Justin Salisbury, Artist Residence
From its grassroot beginnings to today, our relationship with Artist Residence hotels is one we’re rather proud of. We catch up with founder and ‘accidental hotelier’ Justin Salisbury to find out more.
skinflint MeetsA history of angled enamel shades
Originally designed to illuminate signs, shop windows and industrial workspaces of an increasingly urbanised early twentieth-century Britain - as this trip into the skinflint lighting archive illustrates.
Lighting HistoryIntroducing AW18: New wave vintage fluorescent lighting
A first look at our AW18 Collection of vintage fluorescent LED lights, exclusively launching at Decorex International in London this 16-19 September.
Newsskinflint meets: Bert & May
Celebrating our skinflint x Bert & May London pop-ups, we catch up with Bert & May founder Lee Thornley to find out the story behind the name, where he finds inspiration and the next exciting launch.
skinflint Meetsskinflint Meets: Paul de Zwart, Another Country
Next in our skinflint Meets series, we catch up with Another Country founder Paul de Zwart and talk design, furniture and influences.
skinflint MeetsHow to light a small space
More useful tips on lighting - from hallways and entrances to creating space with light - in our expert guide to lighting a small space.
Lighting AdviceHow to use statement lighting in your home
From basic lighting 101 to layering up with lights, this is our expert guide to using statement lighting in your home.
Lighting Adviceskinflint Meets: Abigail Edwards, Designer
Next in our skinflint Meets series, we catch up with textile and wallpaper designer Abigail Edwards to talk all things pattern as well as discovering her favourite skinflint lights.
skinflint MeetsArt Deco Lighting: history and design
Of all the lights we restore and refurbish at skinflint, vintage Art Deco lighting is some of the earliest and most interesting. Read more & explore our new collection here.
Lighting HistoryHallway lighting design ideas
Helpful ideas and tips for your hallway lighting scheme from the lighting designers at skinflint.
Lighting Adviceskinflint Meets: Pia Wustenberg, Designer
We caught up with designer Pia Wustenberg. Known for combining different materials to make an eclectic range of objects for the home.
skinflint MeetsDarc Magazine: An interview with skinflint's Sophie Miller
Darc's assistant editor Emma Harris talks to skinflint's Sophie Miller about salvaging and restoring mid-century lighting.
In the Pressskinflint Meets: Tom Pigeon, Creative Studio
We caught up with Kirsty Thomas – founder of Tom Pigeon to find out where she gets her inspiration and what’s next on the agenda.
skinflint MeetsThe Concrete apartment in Nagoya Japan
One of our recent projects is The Concrete Apartment in Nagoya, Japan: designed by Keiichi Kiriyama of Airhouse Design Office.
Architectureskinflint Meets: Melin Tregwynt, Weavers and Textile Designers
We catch up with Eifion Griffiths, the third generation to run Welsh textile company, Melin Tregwynt and chat collaboration, inspiration and what it’s like to work in an 18th Century mill.
skinflint Meetsskinflint Meets: Tom Raffield, Designer and Maker
We catch up with fellow Cornish-based designer Tom Raffield and chat all things wood, trends and collaborations.
skinflint Meetsskinflint Meets: Tom Faulkner, Furniture Maker
The latest edition of our skinflint Meets series sees us catching up with furniture maker, Tom Faulkner, talking design heroes and a passion for using metal.
skinflint Meetsskinflint Meets: Loma-Ann Marks
The latest edition of our skinflint Meets series sees us catching up with Loma Marks, editor of Reclaim, talking all things reclamation and interior design.
skinflint Meetsskinflint Meets: Design Journalist Katie Treggiden
We catch up with design journalist Katie Treggiden, and chat everything from studying Design History at Oxford to designers she’d invite to dinner.
skinflint Meetsskinflint Meets: Cambridge Imprint
We catch up with Claerwen James, Ali Murphy and Jane Powell the faces behind Cambridge Imprint and chat all things design, inspiration, and collaborations.
skinflint MeetsLighting in Bathrooms, understanding IP Ratings
We are often asked about bathroom lighting and IP ratings. The fact of the matter is that it's not as straightforward as I Like that light, I'll buy it for my bathroom.
Lighting Adviceskinflint Meets: Sophie Bush, founder and editor of Warehouse Home
Today we start a new series on our blog in which we catch up with influencers from the world of interiors. First up is Sophie Bush, founder of Warehouse Home.
skinflint Meetsskinflint Meets: Timorous Beasties, pattern design studio
Fans of their vibrant patterns since they launched in 1990, we couldn’t resist catching up with the duo behind Timorous Beasties - in the latest instalment of skinflint Meets.
skinflint MeetsVintage Lighting Restored - skinflint film
A glimpse behind the scenes showing the story of a skinflint light from sourcing through restoration to it's final installation...
NewsI: Journalist Kate Watson-Smyth on how to by vintage lighting
Mad about the House journalist and writer Kate Watson-Smyth advises on buying vintage lighting, featuring skinflint US traffic lights, American runway lights and vintage medical floor light.
In the PressNew Autumn Winter collection for 2016
As the evenings draw in our new collection concentrates on using opaline glass to create a warm, welcoming atmosphere.
NewsStyle inspiration from our new collection of opaline glassware:
With the nights drawing in and shorter days just around the corner, we have put together a selection of images from our recent photoshoot to give you some styling ideas for our Autumn Winter 2016 collection of white opaline glass lights:
InteriorsHow to Buy Vintage Lighting
We are often asked how to buy vintage lighting, so when Kate Watson Smyth from the excellent blog Mad about the house asked us we finally put our heads together to answer:
Lighting AdviceDouglas Motorcycle Factory
The classic British motorcycle the Douglas is a piece of British history in it's own right. The lights we have sourced illuminated the workshop floor as the 3000 strong team built motorcycles from the early 1920's until the factory closed in the 1950's.
Lighting Historyskinflint Meets: Mini Moderns
Read more from Keith Stephenson and Mark Hampshire, founders of interiors brand Mini Moderns, on their influences and favourite lights from the skinflint collection.
skinflint MeetsNew photography at skinflint
A selection of our latest lifestyle photography, featuring in addition to our own lights and props, papers and books by Cambridge Imprint.
InteriorsSpring Summer Collection 2015
Our New Collection for Spring 2015 focuses on reclaimed work lights, each with its own original story to tell and all sourced from a diverse range of locations, please click on the product that interests you to find out more:
NewsAsylum wall lights
Some of the history behind our English wall mounted reading lights which were salvaged from a Victorian lunatic asylum in the Midlands, UK. Circa 1950. Widely utilised
ArchitectureThe Pyestock story
The latest collection from the skinflint workshop comprises entirely of lights from one specific location: The National Gas Turbine Establishment, known simply as Pyestock, it was the place the jet engine as we know it was nurtured and grew to supersonic speeds.
Stuff We LoveDunlop Aerospace Lights
Some images of the Dunlop Aerospace lights in their original setting.
ArchitectureCockenzie Power Station
The team at skinflint were thrilled to salvage the majority of the lights from the former power station at Cockenzie in Scotland. Many well known lighting brands such as Benjamin, Lacent and Holophane were installed to illuminate cavernous halls that once echoed with the roar of turbines powered by coal fired furnaces.
ArchitectureCockenzie in pictures
The team at skinflint were thrilled to salvage the majority of the lights from the former power station at Cockenzie in Scotland. Here we present a small collection of images of the Power station's monumental exterior and evocative interior.
ArchitecturePirelli Factory Warehouses
Beautiful images of the derelict interior of the Pirelli Factory and warehouses in Burton On Trent.
Architectureskinflint Meets: Eva Sonaike
Bringing colour to life with interior lifestyle designer, Eva Sonaike. Next in our series of skinflint meets.
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