looking for unique ceiling fan lighting ideas

[tkalex9052]

hi--

we live in a 1920's tudor style home with lots of the original fixtures and finishes. we have installed hunter ceiling fans throughout our home. i love them for the energy savings and comfort they bring. HOWEVER...the lighting elements are boring and plain old unattractive. some of our fans have the original plastic lights, and they just do not go with the rest of our home.

i am wondering if anyone has any sources or ideas for unique ceiling fan lighting. i tend toward minimalist style, letting the "bones" of our home take center stage.

i have done some searching on the 'net, and mostly i see glitzy fixtures or stained glass. i won't rule out stained glass, but i am more interested in unobtrusive, quality lighting sources.

thank you for any ideas!

kathy

[Rick M.]

I'd check at Home Depot (or Menards/Lowes, etc) in the ceiling fan section. They have some generic light kits (which are less obnoxious then a lot of the fancy ones online), and you can pick your glass shades for the kit. Just make sure the light kit you buy is compatable with your fan(s).

[Jean Lemieux]

I would recommend Rejuvenation. They are based in Portland, Oregon but they ship worldwide. They don't make actual ceiling fans light kits but they have a good variety of shades you can buy separately. Their specialty is that they remake replicas of classic types of fixtures and shades from the 1880s all the way to the 1960s. They definitely have something for 1920s Tudor styles. If you click on ''Shades'' in 2-1/4", 3-1/4" or 4'', you should find something to suit your ceiling fan light kit depending what type of fitter you have on your ceiling fans.

www.rejuvenation.com/index.html

[Tom Dreesen]

You can hang any fixture you want from a Hunter.

[jamiem]

Jan 12, 2012 18:15:26 GMT -5 Tom Dreesen said:

You can hang any fixture you want from a Hunter.

i vote for this globe if it was my home(and of course i can always find my own)

[tkalex9052]

thanks for the ideas. i am intrigued that i can put any fixture on a hunter. maybe i have been confused, but it seems as though each fan light has a unique base, and i have had difficulty mixing and matching.

which brings me to another question: does anyone recommend a good site to look at ceiling fan basics? my hubby will be doing the work, but i need to show him that this is possible, b/c he has always said we had to get the special hunter lights.

thanks in advance! kathy

[jonasclark]

Best advice I have, adding to Jean's: Find yourself a 3 1/4" or 4" fitter single-light kit. In whatever finish matches the Hunter. (brass fittings go on white-and-brass fans).

Then go to Rejuvenation, a really wonderful company, and buy a nice shade to go on it.

You'll need to connect an extra wire inside the ceiling canopy. Then just remove the plate on the bottom of the switch hub, wire up, screw into place, and you're set. A single-light unit is most appropriate to fans of the 1920s and older Hunters in general.

[Tom Dreesen]

"A single-light unit is most appropriate to fans of the 1920s and older Hunters in general."

No, not really. 4 arm light fixtures were very common. Also, people hung what amounts to chandeliers from them.

[tkalex9052]

thanks for the link to the rejuvenation site--lots of good options there! cheers--kathy