Our home has standard height ceilings. We have looked into having the great room vaulted, but at a staggering cost of no less than $30K due to the way our roof is supported, our 8′ ceilings are suddenly looking a-okay. But the boob fixtures, you know the ones, are not okay and we have them everywhere. Chances are, you do too. They are cheap and have been around for a long time, so they have been the go-to for contractors to use in homes. Little ones, big ones. In our entry we have a reddish-toned one that makes me especially twitchy.
Lighting makes such a difference and one by one, we can’t wait to upgrade them. And the good news is–there are so many beautiful flushmounts and semi-flushmounts these days that fit into a wide range of budgets. Here are five, but there’s 15 more in my article for Houzz this month ranging from $15 to $500. Check them all out here.
love the fixtures, but how do we find them?
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks lights look like boobs!
Love #4! I actually want a few of those for our house to replace the boobs.
Hi Julia and Chris! We moved to Idaho Falls over a year and a half ago, decided to build and have been enjoying our home for about 7 months now. I was determined not to have a singe boob-light in our new home and succeeded. However, while I was looking for new lights, I had a few trial and errors so I will pass them along to you. We tried replacing a few of the lights with ones similar to 1, 3 and possibly 4 in different rooms (farm house lights do the exact thing as well so don’t go down that road). I’m here to tell you that because the light can’t shine out of the sides it creates shadows on the top 1/3 of the room causing it to feel dim and dark. We immediately had to ask the electrician to take them down and we had to find alternatives which was a waste of time and money. We actually own number 5 (it’s in our entry off the garage) and love it’s look and the light it produces. I hope you can learn from our mistakes unless a darker room is what you are going for. Best of luck!!!
Thank you for sharing this! Lights #1, #3, and #4 are adorable, but I, too, dislike shadows!
Those are some cute options but I actually like boob lights. We have them throughout our house, with a brushed pewter finish. I know it’s an unwritten rule that as a blogger I should dislike them but they make me smile.