Lighting Effect

We went shopping for lights last Tue. The easiest was our pendant lamp for the dining area. A lovely 1metre long red fabric rectangular box like lamp with frosted glass below and incandescent bulbs. The lamp was priced at $287 but we managed to get it at $240. We didn't even bargain very hard and the guy at Eurostar lighting was quite accommodating. It made us wonder if we could have bargained it to $200 instead! haha!

Here's a pic of the lamp we got.


Later we went to Prima/Premier Lighting. Yes, almost every interior designer/contractor gets their lights here, i think they give them commission or something. Or they guarantee good deals and discounts. We then made the decision to use back the current lights in the living room since the holes on the false ceiling were so big that we were unable to replace the fluorescent lamps with halogen ones. We decided just to change the bright white bulbs to warm white one...saves us $200 cos each lamp is about $40 and we needed 5. We have the arduous task of climbing up to the ceiling with a ladder and trying to polish the lamps with our necks cranked at a funny angle though...

Spent quite a tidy sum in all. These things here are quite expensive, but you need one for every downlight I think..