Lighting 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 HistoryHow to light a small or narrow space
More useful tips on lighting - from hallways and entrances to creating space with light - in our expert guide to lighting a small and narrow spaces.
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.
ArchitectureKitchen lighting design ideas
Helpful ideas and tips for creating your own kitchen lighting scheme from the lighting designers at skinflint.
Lighting AdviceLookbook: Crystal glassware lights
A look at our new crystal glassware finds, featuring hand-cut, prismatic and patterned glass pieces including chandeliers from the famed Bohemia glassworks of Lustry Kamenicky Senov.
InteriorsThree steps to finding the perfect retro chandelier
Chandeliers can be incredibly versatile if you follow the three simple steps from our lighting experts.
Lighting AdviceHallway lighting design ideas
Helpful ideas and tips for your hallway lighting scheme from the lighting designers at skinflint.
Lighting AdviceLighting social spaces in the post-Covid world
Our lighting experts offer their advice on how to physically, but not socially, distance diners and office workers using clever spatial design and lighting.
Lighting Adviceskinflint meets: Bella Dunne, Yesterday Today
As part of our #circulareconomy and Skinflint Meets series, we talk to upcoming Elle Decoration featured designer Bella Dunne about breathing new life into vintage fabrics, and what it means to repair, mend and restore.
skinflint MeetsElle Decoration: In the Green Room
Our vintage lights and buy-back scheme are in Elle Decoration's 'In the Green Room' feature, all about how the interiors industry is designing a more sustainable future.
In the PressCreative ways with vintage enamel pendant lights
The skinflint team share their favourite ways to get creative with the vintage classic - from hanging at asymmetric heights, to playing with different flex colours, suspension methods and more.
Lighting Adviceskinflint 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 Meetsskinflint meets: Clayworks
From earth cob houses to creating unique sustainable clay plaster surfaces for architects and brands around the globe - meet Clayworks.
skinflint MeetsA 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 AdviceHow to create the mid-century modern look
Clean simple lines, high functionality and a timeless design - how to create the mid-century modern look using contrasts, colours, shapes and form.
Lighting AdviceHow 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 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: 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: Luke Locke-Wheaton, Lighting Designer
From brightly-lit airports to the subtle ambiance of living rooms at home, lighting undoubtedly has an emotional impact on your space. Lighting designer Luke Locke-Wheaton explains more in our next installment of skinflint meets.
skinflint MeetsRight to repair: exploring mending and restoration
Do we have a right to repair the things we own? As more of us wake up to conscious consumerism, our panel discussion at Clerkenwell Design Week aimed to answer just that.
Sustainabilityskinflint meets Nicola Broughton: The Girl with The Green Sofa
Award-winning interior design blogger Nicola Broughton, aka The Girl with the Green Sofa, on how she decorates with colour, confidence and sustainability in mind to create a haven of relaxation at home.
skinflint MeetsChristmas gift guide
Give reclaimed this Christmas with a collection of original vintage lights that eco-conscious individuals will love - we’ve got something for every style and budget.
InteriorsLookbook: Iconic Designs
Introducing our iconic lighting designs - discover our AW19 collection of classic and versatile pieces which continue to stand the test of time.
InteriorsWin a Bauhaus-style vintage pendant light
We’ve teamed up with Reclaim Magazine for a special giveaway celebrating our AW19 collection of iconic lighting designs.
NewsChoosing the right lightbulb for your vintage light
Once you’ve found your perfect vintage lighting fixture, the right bulb is vital to completing the look. Here’s how to make the best and most sustainable choice.
Lighting AdviceArt Deco Lighting: history and design
Tracing the history of Art Deco lighting and the iconic design aesthetic to piece together the story of our newly restored pieces in our collection.
Lighting Historyskinflint Meets: Jess Hurrell
Journalist turned award-winning interiors blogger Jess Hurrell, a.k.a. Gold is a Neutral, on home renovation challenges and how to make an entrance with statement lighting.
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 Loveskinflint 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 MeetsDarren Holden - photographer
The thrill of documenting Britain’s lost industrial past - part one of our interview with photographer Darren Holden.
ArchitectureA 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 HistoryAt home with skinflint founders, Sophie and Chris
A low-impact home with heaps of character and style that sits perfectly with the personality and ethos of skinflint founders, Sophie and Chris.
Interiors‘Right to Repair’ panel talk at CDW19
Design journalist Katie Treggiden, V&A artist-in-residence Bridget Harvey and skinflint co founder Chris Miller explore visible mending, the stories in restored objects and design for repair at Clerkenwell Design Week 2019.
Newsskinflint 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.
Interiorsskinflint Meets: Eva Sonaike
Bringing colour to life with interior lifestyle designer, Eva Sonaike. Next in our series of skinflint meets.
skinflint Meetsskinflint 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 Meetsskinflint meets: Heather Scott, designer
Designs worth passing down and striking the work-life balance, in our next instalment of skinflint meets
skinflint Meetsskinflint 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.
NewsIntroducing 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 Meetsskinflint 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 Meetsskinflint 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: 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: 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: 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 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 MeetsDouglas 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.
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