I think you’ve been burgled
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Scammers
Saw this and thought of you… 
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Continuing to decorate our hall, landing & stairs. The floor has Victorian style patterned tiles, and next to go up is some Edwardian plaster coving and wall paneling.
In the hall ceiling there are 3 dreadful inset spotlights which I’m desperate to replace - any ideas for some 20s/30s ceiling lights? (bracing myself 
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There used to be a glass blower in Ulverston who made gorgeous irradecent shades and Pentre them with Italian bronze and brass fittings. Worth a look. I’ll find an example or two, i know there is an ex employee that sells some items, others come up on ebay now and then.
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It’s Heron Glass, used to watch them make these on Sat morning. Once illuminated they come to life. You’de have to partner these with single, double or triple fittings.
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Those look good Bob, very promising. If nothing else Hel might add to her glass mushroom collection 
If I could find 3 matching versions like this one that would probably do the trick -
As per @BobC , I know that Stewart Hearn has done some beautiful commission work with light fittings in the past
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I have a battered one of those Ronson ones somewhere that I got from my Grandma.
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Lots to finish off (builders never actually finish anything do they?) and a lot of cleaning up to do - the house is covered in coving plaster.
Stairs and landing flooring next
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Hall and landing need a charcoal ceiling 
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Love the Cheshire sink 
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Love the hall!
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Have now accrued very many short shelf life brownie points, but this big job has ignited all kinds of more ambitious plans I had hoped to avoid at least for a while.
Accepting there is no escape from being the squashed head at the bottom of the totem pole helps.
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I accepted that role a long time ago tbh. If anything I’m a victim of trying to encourage Hel to be more ambitious and do the work sooner so we can enjoy it longer rather than ‘one day’ etc.