Switch up
The Invisible Lightswitch from Forbes & Lomax is designed to allow wallpaper or paint to show through: the 1 Gang Invisible Dolly switch with Brass toggle costs £54.56. 020–7738 0202; www.forbesandlomax.com
Crafted style
From the Arts-and-Crafts Collection, inspired by the designs of the architect and designer William Arthur Smith Benson, the Venetia double-arm wall light in Antique Brass with Porcelain pleated silk shade costs £1,800 from Hector Finch. 020–7731 8886; www.hectorfinch.com
Antique inspiration
The Ring table lamp, hand-turned in walnut, £780, is inspired by a 19th-century candlestick, shown with a 16in Cream card shade, £180, both from Julia Boston. 020–7610 6783; www.juliaboston.com
Tactile piece
The Roxy floor lamp is finished in hand-applied Red Gesso, £1,439, from Julian Chichester. 020–7622 2928; www.julianchichester.com
Starry night
The tiny handmade holes in the bone-china shade of the Alma pendant light, £489, glow like stars when the light is on. The striking design, shown here in Coral colourway, is the result of a collaboration between Original BTC and interior designer Beata Heuman. 020–7351 2130; www.originalbtc.com
Geometric form
The Braque I table lamp in a white plaster finish, £1,900, takes its inspiration from Cubist design. It is shown here with a 20in Tapered Drum shade, £240, both Paolo Moschino. 020–7730 8623; www.paolomoschino.com
Colour burst
Guaranteed to add a pop of joyful colour to even the darkest corner, the Olly table lamp, £89, is shown here with the 35cm (13¾in) Crimson Chevrons shade, £65, from Pooky. 020–7351 3003; www.pooky.com)
Best hanging lanterns
French hanging lantern in brass and painted in Farrow & Ball Light Blue gloss, £3,336, Charles Edwards. 020–7736 8490; www.charlesedwards.com
Gwyn brass hanging lantern in Antique Brass finish, £4,560, Jamb. 020–7730 2122; www.jamb.co.uk
Axford copper and glass lantern in Verdigris finish, £1,749, Vaughan. 020–7349 4600; www.vaughandesigns.com
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Interiors that inspire in a four-bedroom cottage in HertfordshireCome for the Grade II-listed family home an hour from Central London, stay for the interior-design inspiration.
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The house that refused to die: Castle Howard's spectacular 21st-century renaissance'Molten lead cascaded from the roof into the centre hall, and then the dome crashed to the ground, leaving the interior an inferno of blazing timber and shattered stonework.' 85 years on from the devastating fire at Castle Howard, restoration is still going on. Annunciata Elwes reports.
