Simply depart it to Copenhagen it couple Frederik Bille Brahe (chef) and Caroline Brasch Nielsen (mannequin/designer) to remind us how a easy silver-tipped lightbulb can remodel an in any other case ho-hum fixture right into a design element value emulating. (For proof, see this week’s A Household Kitchen in Copenhagen with Unusual Model.)
It’s the sort of easy swap we’ve lengthy admired. However the place to supply such a silvery bulb? Learn on.
The Sighting(s)
Above: Our reminder of the enigmatic attraction of chrome-tipped bulbs got here from Frederik and Caroline’s kitchen, the place they’re paired with easy white sconces (and a few artistic work with {the electrical} wire). {Photograph} courtesy of Reform from A Household Kitchen in Copenhagen with Unusual Model.Above: However we’ve beforehand admired silver bulbs, too, together with within the French house of French stylist and costumier Céline Sathal, the place a solitary silver bulb hangs from the ceiling. Images by Eefje de Coninck for Remodelista from La Vie en Rose: Inside a Costumier’s Dreamlike, DIY Maison in France.Above: And small chrome bulbs changed common white ones in Sarah Lonsdale’s personal California bathtub, as seen in 10 Suggestions for Reworking a Rental Tub on a Finances. {Photograph} by Matthew Williams for Remodelista.
The Supply
Above: Silvery lightbulbs are straightforward to supply. The key phrases you’re in search of are “half-chrome lightbulb” or “silver-tipped lightbulb.” Proven is the outsized G40 Silver Tip Bulb from Schoolhouse, $16 for the 60-watt model. Additionally they carry the G25 Silver Tip LED Bulb, from $28. Cheaper choices are extensively obtainable from Nostalgic Bulbs ($4.95), Ace {Hardware} ($7.99), Lights.com ($8), and House Depot ($6.58).
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