Lighting
Decoration
The dos and don'ts of lighting your house
House & Garden's vast repository of decorating advice is full of tips on how to light your house. Read on to find out why designers all hate overhead lights, and how to get the most flattering glow from a lampshade
Decoration
How to lampscape your sitting room
Lamp and lampshade designer Rosi de Ruig considers the importance of ‘lampscaping’ and offers advice on creating an appealing lighting landscape in your sitting room
Decoration
How to lampscape your kitchen
Lamp and lampshade designer Rosi de Ruig considers the importance of ‘lampscaping’ and offers advice on creating an appealing lighting landscape in your kitchen
Shopping
Our edit of lovely hallway lighting
From sconces to ceiling pendants, we've rounded up the best hallway lighting to buy now
Lighting
How to light a living room
Thinking about your living room lighting? These are the options to consider and everything you need to know
Lighting
Our editors' picks of the best lampshades
Lampshades are a House & Garden staple: from classic card lampshades to fabulously decorative pleated lampshades, these are our favourites
Lighting
The smartest bedside lamps to buy now
Bedside lamps have to provide a soft light to help you wind down at the end of the day, as well as being decorative additions to your bedroom scheme
Decoration
Dear Fiona: what's wrong with overhead lighting?
With designers regularly rejecting spotlights and chandeliers as overly bright and aesthetically off-putting, our agony aunt Fiona McKenzie Johnston considers the ins and outs of overhead lighting
Lighting
16 best portable lamps to buy now
Our editors shed light on the latest cordless lamps that get marks for portability
Lighting
The best desk lamps and task lighting for your home office
We shine the light on desk lamps and task lighting, finding the angles, shades and shapes most suited to a stylish study
Top of the Shops
How to buy lighting on Etsy: the styles, shops and shapes to look for
The indie shopping platform excels in vintage lamps, unusual lampshade shapes and affordable handmade bases, but do you know what to search for and what to avoid?
Decoration
Throwing shade: our style director's rules for choosing a lampshade
Ruth Sleightholme's advice on scale, pattern and proportion
Decoration
How to prettify your plugs, sockets and switches
Let your plugs, sockets and switches light up the room in more ways than one
Decoration
The endless versatility of paper lights
From Noguchi to Maurer to IKEA, simple paper lighting feels as popular as ever. We unpick what makes these iconic designs so special
Lighting
The best floor lamps to light your rooms
The best floor lamps for any kind of room, from iconic designs to affordable high street options
Decoration
How to maximise natural light in your home, and benefit from it
Natural light is a beautiful and important resource in any home – and how you use, shape and maximise it can make or break an interior
Decoration
Interior designer Philip Hooper on the art of choosing lampshades
Lampshades are the perfect way to inject personality – and an element of surprise – into a room
Decoration
Tips for lighting every room in your house
From minimising glare in living rooms to zoning your kitchen, we asked lighting designers for their best pieces of advice for each room in the house
Decoration
Why do designers hate spotlights and what are some stylish alternatives?
Spotlights, or downlights, are a divisive lighting solution. Designers often opt for more interesting options which offer the opportunity to be decorative. Here’s our guide to the best alternatives…