Daylight sets the room. Lamps finish it.

Shop lamps
A yellow lamp shade glowing beside a dark curtain at night

  • Lamps

    Pendants, table, floor and wall lights from small studios, in the showroom and online.

    Browse the lamps →

  • Lighting plans

    Send a floor plan and two photos. We draw where every light goes, free with orders over £600.

    Start a plan →

  • Repairs

    Old lamps rewired, re-switched and made safe in our workshop, usually within ten days.

    Book a repair →

Light, room by room

Every room asks for something different once the sun is down. Six short briefs from our lighting plans, each with the lamps that answer it.

Six rooms

Kitchen

Work light under the cabinets, one low pendant over the table and a dimmer on both, so dinner never happens in the glare of the worktop.

Kitchen pendants →
A white kitchen with four glass pendants over an island and wooden stools

Bath

A mirror light at face height rather than above it, and something soft and splash-rated for the long bath with the big light off.

Bathroom wall lights →
A white marble basin under a large mirror with a brass frame

Bedroom

Two lights at pillow height that dim right down, and a ceiling light you hardly use. Warm bulbs only, and a switch you can reach from bed.

Bedside lights →
A white bedroom with a black wall lamp above a wooden bedside table

Living

Three pools of light at three heights: a floor lamp by the chair, a table lamp across the room and something low on a shelf.

Floor and table lamps →
A grey armchair beside a black tripod floor lamp and a small side table

Study

One arm lamp you can aim at the page and a softer light behind the screen, so your eyes are not working against the dark.

Desk lamps →
A black and chrome arm lamp on a desk against a white wall

Hall

A welcome at the door: a wall light on a sensor, and a small lamp on the console for the hours when nobody is home.

Wall lights →
A round mirror and a brass wall light above a slim wooden console in a hallway

Your room is not on the list?

Lofts, stairwells, shop counters, a bathroom with no window. Send it to a planner and we will draw the light for it.

Start a plan

Six ways to light a room

Around six hundred lamps from small studios, sorted the way you look for them: by where the light comes from. Everything can be seen switched on in the showroom.

  1. Pendants

    Glass, paper and spun metal, hung at the height we measure for your table or your stair.

    From £85Ask about pendants →

    A white globe pendant on a black rod hanging from a pale ceiling

  2. Table lamps

    Ceramic, stone and brass bases, with linen shades made to order in three weeks.

    From £64Ask about table lamps →

    A patterned ceramic table lamp with a white shade on a woven side table

  3. Floor lamps

    Arcs, tripods and readers that stand where no ceiling point and no socket can reach.

    From £140Ask about floor lamps →

    A slim black floor lamp leaning over a pale chaise by tall curtains

  4. Wall lights

    Plug-in or wired, for halls, bedheads and mirrors, with the cable tidied into the wall or a neat run.

    From £58Ask about wall lights →

    A pleated white fabric wall light with a brass frame on a white wall

  5. Outdoor

    Lanterns for the door and posts for the path, rated for a Glasgow winter.

    From £72Ask about outdoor lights →

    An old black wall lantern on a scrolled bracket against a pale wall

  6. Bulbs and dimmers

    Warm filament and LED bulbs in every fitting, and the dimmers that will not make them flicker.

    From £6Ask about bulbs →

    A clear bulb glowing under a brass shade against a dark background

A plan before a single hole is drilled

Most rooms are lit by one light in the middle of the ceiling, because nobody planned otherwise. Our planners draw the light first and choose the lamps after.

A lighting drawing of a room on a desk with a pen and material samples
  1. 1

    Send us the room

    A floor plan or a sketch with measurements, two photos, and what you do in the room after dark.

  2. 2

    We draw the light

    Within a week you get a drawing marking every lamp, switch and socket, and a list that fits your budget.

  3. 3

    We hang it

    Order the list and our electrician fits it in a day, plug-in lamps placed and dimmers set.

Start a plan

Free with orders over £600. Otherwise £90, which comes off the lamps you buy from the plan.

Made by hands, not lines

We buy from workshops small enough to answer the phone. Most make fewer than a hundred lamps a year, and we can tell you whose hands wired yours.

Borrow a lamp for the weekend

A lamp looks different at home, at night, next to your own sofa. So take it home first and decide there.

Borrow a lamp

One lamp at a time per household, Glasgow addresses only.

A white ceramic table lamp beside an armchair in front of a marble wall

  1. Friday

    Choose any table or floor lamp in the showroom. We pack it and lend you the right bulb.

  2. The weekend

    Live with it. Try it by the chair, on the dresser, and after dark, when it matters.

  3. Monday

    Bring it back and the £20 deposit comes back too, or keep it and the deposit comes off the price.

Bring us the lamp you cannot throw away

A grandmother's brass reader, a market find, the lamp that came with the flat. We rewire it, replace what is unsafe, keep what is beautiful and test it before it goes home.

Rewiring from £45, back in about ten days

Book a repair
A vintage brass lamp with a pleated shade glowing against a yellow wall
  1. Step 1

    Strip it down

    Old flex, perished rubber and the brittle lampholder come out.

  2. Step 2

    Rewire

    New cord, earthed wherever the metal needs it, with proper strain relief.

  3. Step 3

    Switch and plug

    A new switch where your hand expects it, and a fused plug.

  4. Step 4

    Shade and test

    The shade cleaned or remade, then a safety test and a dated label.

Before the lamps arrive

Short answers to what people ask at the counter. Anything else, write to us.

Do you deliver, and how fast?

Across the UK in three to five working days, packed in paper and card. Glasgow orders over £150 come in our own van, often the next day.

Can you fit the lamps as well?

Yes. Our electrician fits pendants and wall lights across Glasgow from £65 a visit. Plug-in lamps need nobody.

What does a lighting plan cost?

Nothing with an order over £600. Otherwise it is £90, and the £90 comes off any lamps you buy from the plan within a year.

Which bulb should I buy?

For living rooms and bedrooms, warm white and dimmable. Bring the old bulb in or send a photo of the fitting, and we will match the base and the light.

Can I return a lamp?

Within thirty days, unused and in its box. Made-to-order shades and repaired lamps cannot come back, and we say so before you pay.

Open till nine on Thursdays

Thursdays 17:00 to 21:00. Tea on the counter and a lighting planner on the floor.

Glass and brass pendant lamps lit in a dark showroom

Every Thursday the showroom stays open into the evening, with the daylight gone and every lamp switched on. It is the honest way to see how a shade throws its light: after dark, the way you will use it.

Plan a Thursday visit →

Come and see them lit

Glim Lighting
1 Example Street
Glasgow G00 0AA
Tuesday to Saturday
10:00 to 18:00
Thursday
until 21:00
Sunday
12:00 to 17:00
Monday
closed

0141 000 0000hello@glim.example

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