If you're struggling to find the table or standing lamp that matches your decor style perfectly, why not select a very plain base of wood, steel or ceramic and have a spectacular looking lampshade made up that will get the tongues wagging next time you get visitors?

Go to your nearest lighting shop and buy a lamp base and frame from them, then contact Platinum Interiors to find the right fabric to cover the lampshade frame in one of the latest contemporary designer fabrics.

Contact Details:
Habitaz Level 1, Convention Tower (CTICC), Foreshore, Cape Town (by appointment only)
Tel: 021 554 0641 www.platinuminteriors.co.za

(July 2008)

Sundowner Skylights offers you a new type of skylight to capture natural sunlight. It is a tubular design so that it looks like a normal round light fitting and a night light can be added inside the tube to illuminate a room at night.

This skylight can be installed on any roof type, is suitable for almost any room and makes use of energy free lighting.

To see what this unique design looks like, visit www.sundownerskylights.co.za. You can also contact them on 021 979 2977 - their showroom is in Durbanville in Cape Town and in Lombardy East in Johannesburg (Tel. 011 894 3114).

(October 2007)

Forget about the normal old light bulb. You will find an unusual selection of decorative lights, fairy lights and flower lights at The In Thing. Visit their showroom at 7 Jarvis House, Jarvis Street, De Waterkant, Cape Town. A few examples of their beautiful flower lights can be viewed at: www.theinthing.co.za

(December 2006)

To create a special atmosphere in any room takes knowledge about lamps and lighting. Visit www.all-about-lamps.com to get answers to all your questions.