Nordic Glass Ball Light | Opal Shade With Wood Finish In Pendant or Flush Ceiling Versions

The same fitting in two formats solves a problem most lighting ranges ignore. A pendant needs ceiling height to hang properly and a flush mount does not, so a house with a tall living room and a low hallway usually ends up with two unrelated fittings. Here the shade and the finish stay identical and only the mounting changes, so a hallway and a living room can carry the same fitting and read as one decision rather than two separate purchases made months apart.

The shade itself is rounded opal glass, which diffuses evenly and hides the source rather than showing a bright point, and the base carries a smooth wood finish in either natural wood or walnut. Natural wood keeps a room pale and Scandinavian. Walnut is deeper and holds its own against darker paint and heavier furniture.

Buy it now and match the format to the ceiling rather than to the room. Hang the pendant version around seventy centimetres above a dining table, and use the flush version anywhere the ceiling is low. This is a hardwired fixture and should be installed by a qualified electrician to local electrical code, with the circuit isolated at the breaker before any work begins on it.

• Shade: rounded opal glass that diffuses evenly and hides the source
• Base: smooth wood finish in natural wood or walnut
• Formats: pendant version or flush mount ceiling version
• Suits: hallways, bedrooms, landings and open plan living areas
• Hanging: allow roughly 70 cm above a dining table on the pendant version
• Installation: hardwired, fit by a qualified electrician, isolate at the breaker