The lighting in the Royal living room is a right royal disgrace.
Another light fitting has committed suicide and crashed to the floor, smashing into a thousand shards of glass and almost giving me heart attack. So here I am typing beneath a bare bulb. It's just not right, I'm a Queen you know...
So I was thinking maybe a 'book chandelier' from Lucy Norman would be perfect.
They say -
More books are printed every year, read and discarded. Even though many are taken to charity shops, they mostly go unsold and the charities have to pay for the books to be sent to landfill. For example 10,000 books a week from one charity will go to waste. There is currently no infrastructure set up to recycle the paper from books because the paper is low grade and the glue on the spine must be removed.
These wasted books are used to create an attractive chandelier.
These wasted books are used to create an attractive chandelier.
However at £295 it's not so light on your pocket. I wonder if I could make one out of my old mills and boon stash???
Queen Marie
They look really nice, but I wonder if there's any chance of a fire with hot bulbs?
Posted by: Rosemary | Sunday, 01 November 2009 at 17:25
Rosemary! I confess I had that very thought...
Posted by: Queen Marie | Sunday, 01 November 2009 at 18:40
interesting concept reusing books
Have you seen this?
Book autopsies: http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/09/13/13:26:26/
Posted by: Ms. Smart | Sunday, 01 November 2009 at 19:37
love those books!!
www.maisondepeanutleigh.com
{uninhibited fashion}
Posted by: kirsten | Sunday, 01 November 2009 at 19:47
This is a fantastic idea! But so expensive - boo!
Posted by: floraposte | Sunday, 01 November 2009 at 21:11
Absolutely AMAZING!! But mightn't it burn down?
Posted by: KD | Sunday, 01 November 2009 at 22:51