The Flare Journal
14 stories
An honest guide for American buyers of handmade British decor: the end of de minimis, DDP versus DDU, timing, sizes and electrical compatibility, and a pre-purchase checklist.
How Colonial and Georgian Revival interiors grew from British Georgian architecture, their key features and how to decorate a Colonial Revival home today.
The features of American Victorian interiors, the styles from Gothic Revival to Queen Anne, their British roots, and how to restore or decorate a Victorian house today.
How to choose and fit battery-operated wall sconces that look hardwired, with features to look for, heights, renter-friendly fixing and styling tips.
Eight ways to upgrade light switch and outlet plates, from metal and screwless plates to decorative plaster surrounds, with finishes by style and a US sizing note.
The main door pediment and crown styles, where to use them indoors, how to size and fit them, and which American house styles suit them, from a British...
Eight ceiling medallion ideas from classic to modern, ideas for American house styles, paint ideas and decorative medallions without a light.
How to size a ceiling medallion in inches by room size, fixture width and ceiling height, with a sizing chart, chandelier guidance and weight and safety notes.
Wall sconce heights in inches for every room, why eye level works, how to adjust for ceiling height and sconce size, spacing, and hardwired versus battery.
Where to use wall sconces in every room, with mounting heights in inches, style choices and plug-in, battery or hardwired options, from a British maker of plaster sconces.
Eight Anglophile decor ideas for American homes, from plaster medallions and Morris prints to libraries, brass, pediments, symmetry and the British mix of old and new.
How to translate the real English cottage look to an American home: texture before pattern, faded florals, low warm light, cottage details and the US house types that...
How to borrow Downton Abbey's Edwardian country house look: colors, plaster ceilings and medallions, candle-style lighting and room-by-room ideas, scaled for a real home.
What English country house style is, where it came from, its key ingredients and how to adapt it to American homes, starting with plaster detail and lighting.
An honest guide for American buyers of handmade British decor: the end of de minimis, DDP versus DDU, timing, sizes and electrical compatibility, and a pre-purchase checklist.
How Colonial and Georgian Revival interiors grew from British Georgian architecture, their key features and how to decorate a Colonial Revival home today.
The features of American Victorian interiors, the styles from Gothic Revival to Queen Anne, their British roots, and how to restore or decorate a Victorian house today.
How to choose and fit battery-operated wall sconces that look hardwired, with features to look for, heights, renter-friendly fixing and styling tips.
Eight ways to upgrade light switch and outlet plates, from metal and screwless plates to decorative plaster surrounds, with finishes by style and a US sizing note.
The main door pediment and crown styles, where to use them indoors, how to size and fit them, and which American house styles suit them, from a British...
Eight ceiling medallion ideas from classic to modern, ideas for American house styles, paint ideas and decorative medallions without a light.
How to size a ceiling medallion in inches by room size, fixture width and ceiling height, with a sizing chart, chandelier guidance and weight and safety notes.
Wall sconce heights in inches for every room, why eye level works, how to adjust for ceiling height and sconce size, spacing, and hardwired versus battery.
Where to use wall sconces in every room, with mounting heights in inches, style choices and plug-in, battery or hardwired options, from a British maker of plaster sconces.
Eight Anglophile decor ideas for American homes, from plaster medallions and Morris prints to libraries, brass, pediments, symmetry and the British mix of old and new.
How to translate the real English cottage look to an American home: texture before pattern, faded florals, low warm light, cottage details and the US house types that...
How to borrow Downton Abbey's Edwardian country house look: colors, plaster ceilings and medallions, candle-style lighting and room-by-room ideas, scaled for a real home.
What English country house style is, where it came from, its key ingredients and how to adapt it to American homes, starting with plaster detail and lighting.
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Use the rose sizer: enter your room size and ceiling height and it draws the room to scale, gives a size range and shows the Flare roses that fit.
Open the rose sizer →Each ceiling rose comes with a 50 mm opening for the flex, or with no wire hole if you'd rather cut your own. Pick the centre option on the product page. Not sure? Send Joseph a photo and your measurements.
Message Joseph →Choose a battery LED with remote, which needs no wiring at all, or a mains E14 version for an existing wall point.
Shop wall lights →Yes. Paintable pieces can blend with your wall or ceiling, or stand out in a contrasting colour. Natural cast and primed finishes need different preparation.
Fitting and painting guide →Every piece is made to order, so the dispatch time is listed on each product. Delivery within the UK is free.
Delivery details →Plaster, cast by hand in our Shrewsbury studio. The wall lights are cast in fibreglass reinforced plaster.
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