Vintage, Rustic & Retro Lighting

Vintage, retro and rustic lighting covers a broad territory – from the clean lines of mid-century pendants to the raw texture of hand-cast iron wall lights and the warm glow of schoolhouse glass. What these styles share is an interest in materials, craft and forms that have outlasted the trends around them.

1920’s Schoolhouse Pendant Light

Elevate Your Space with Vintage Charm

£290.40

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Our range in this area is led by Mullan Lighting, made by hand in Ireland. Their pieces draw on industrial and period references – the Schoolhouse pendant, the Boyd nautical light, the Railway holophane glass – without being reproductions. They’re contemporary fittings with a clear connection to how light fittings were made before plastic and pressed steel became the default.

For a more rustic character, concrete, natural wood and raw steel work well – cylindrical pendants with visible fixings, wall lights that sit flush without hiding their construction, desk lamps that look like they belong in a workshop rather than a showroom.

Retro covers a different ground – bowl pendants, coloured finishes and the kind of proportions that feel at home in a mid-century or 1970s-influenced interior without being pastiche.

These are just a few ideas from over 2,000 products on the site – here are the main categories to search for your Rustic or Retro style.