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The Dog Hotel – Vintage Lights for Heritage Listed Bar

The Dog Hotel - Vintage Lights for Heritage Listed Bar

Edge Design Studio was engaged to completely refurbish The Dog Hotel.  An iconic, heritage listed pub purchased by the Good Beer Company. The sprawling pub, set over two levels consists of public and lounge bars, courtyards, gaming rooms and a 120 seat restaurant on the top floor relaunched at the end…

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Henley Club launches with Edison Globes

Henley Club launches with Edison Globes

The Henley Club is a private work and social space.  Membership is by invitation only. The Henley Club in Melbourne launches with 40 entrepreneurs, thinkers and professionals. Henley Club Before Located at Level 1, 8 Rankins Lane, it is situated above Melbourne coffee institution Manchester Press and below brand and…

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Vintage Edison Light Bulb range

New to the shop are two tube lamps both fantastic designs and less expensive than previously available bulbs.

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The dollar cost of using Edison Light bulbs

The dollar cost of using Edison Light bulbs has largely been smothered by all the talk of efficiencies and greenhouse emissions. Hysteria seems to abound when it comes to the humble light globe. What we need to focus on is just how much one of these old style bulbs will…

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Original Edison Swan Electric Co Ltd Lamp

Original Edison Swan Electric Co Ltd Lamp

An original Edison Swan Electric Co Ltd Lamp turned up in an estate this week and we were lucky enough to examine the contents and packaging. There is a great deal of quite interesting history surrounding this particular lamp and the Johseph Swan Thomas Edison corporate and scientific relationship. The…

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Restored pottery lamp with bakelite and Edison bulb

A Restored pottery lamp with bakelite and Edison bulb looks great with the larger Plum spiral type globe. This a metalic glaze 70’s type lamp and we fitted a switched bakelite lampholder and rewired in 3 core brown braided flex. These bulbs tend to go a gold color over time…

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Restoring an Edwardian lamp

Restoring an Edwardian lamp on Christmas Eve. Thanks Jason for sending this photo of his restoration of and Edwardian looking lamp. He has used a squirrel cage teardrop Edison style globe with a Brass ES27 fitting. Needs some sort of small shade I reckon and perhaps the original glassware shade…