How Do You Design Lighting With A Retro-Modern Look?
The retro-modern look combines the beauty of the past with the convenience of today. Happily, many companies offer lighting fixtures that hearken to the past. Select your lighting–1950s family, swinging bachelor pad or Hawaiian luau–and you can easily design lighting for your retro-modern room, whatever your budget. Replace ceiling lights with period lights; a group of teardrop shaped pendants or the Jetsons-inspired Skyport from the Satellite Modern website (see Resources) say Space Age like no other detail. Take any kitchen back to the era of TV dinners and pot roasts with a Curves chrome rectangle or the Zoe Empire from the Lighting Showroom website (see Resources). A globe pendant light from Chiasso lights a bedroom in the soft glow of nostalgia. Compliment these with wall lamps that accent areas of the room while reflecting the retro-modern decor. Consider the cone-shaped perforated stainless steel Aloha from Lighting Universe or the Leonardo from Lighting Showroom (see Resource
