Using Two Different Colors of the Same Lamp Micasa

There are obviously many beautiful things about the open floor plan of this living room/dining room. Just off hand, I am in love with the Chesterfield sofa, the butterfly chair and the thick, wood slab coffee table. But while a dining room and living room can often feel disparate, they managed to unify the spaces with their choice of pendant lamps.

Using one black and one white version of the same lamp creates a relationship between the spaces without making it feel matchy-matchy. These lamps, pendants with pleated oversized shades from Santa & Cole, are perfect for the expansive space and high ceilings of this loft in Barcelona. The predominant use of white with rich woods obviously also unifies the space, but the lamps are such a great finishing touch.

To see more images of the apartment, visit Micasa: The Reform of a Flat in Barcelona.

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Comments (16)

I like how the shade shapes unify the space, but the colors provide contrast and interest. Lighting isn't one of my areas of expertise, I confess, but I know who to consult when I need it for client projects.

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I actually am not sure if I find this distracting or if it works for me.

I don't mind a certain element of matchiness. Sometimes it works well, particularly with things that recede into the background, like lampshades.

The room would feel far more cohesive if the lamps were the same - and since the walls are light, the darker shade would have been preferable...

When you have a pair of light fixtures that are different - a space becomes rather "Lighting Showroom Closeout"...

I'd like it better if the far dining room wall had been painted black, or had some sort of black anchor over at that end.

Maybe it's just the angle, but I find this the opposite of cohesive. The 2 contrasting colours are too much of a contrast for me. I personally have a similar bowling-alley living room/dining room and used 2 Le Klint pendants to unify the space.

Who cares about the lamps -- I NEED that dining table!

I love the room overall, but it feels a bit unbalanced. I agree with patrick that it definitely needs a touch of something dark in the dining area.

@masgie.

like a black dining table perhaps?

Could I wake up tomorrow and find that red Chesterfield in my house? I couldn't even focus on the lamps, sorry.

I have never really understood the trend for drum shades, which belong on table lamps, handing from the ceiling. To me they have always looked temporary, cheap and out of place. Obviously a lot of high end designers disagree with me, but I'm sure there are a few of us out here who are mystified.

whats the size of this room, I love what you've done with the space! I love the wood floors and both of the lamps!

I do like it. The photo renders the choice as less than subtle, but upon entering the room for the first time, I doubt the pairing would be the first thing that grabs the viewer. Well done.

I find this distracting. If the two colors are closer in value, this concept may work.

If it were me, I'd have swapped the two so the dining area had an element of something dark to help balance out the living room which appears heavier in tone due to the richer color pallet than the dining area which is predominately white, causing an imbalance in the room's appearance.

So in this case, an accent wall and the darker shade would help bring a better sense of cohesion than what I see now in terms of spreading the color pallet around more evenly.

Otherwise, I like what was done.

Well I'm a fan, I think you have done a great job with this room and as for the modern pendant lights....I have always been a fan of the spanish lighting company, Santa & Cole. Foundry Light & Design