You’ve got the fluffy accent chair, the trendy ‘tiny table’ for your cappuccino, the perfectly burled nightstand – all the right ingredients for a cozy, design-forward space. Maybe they even match that of your favorite interior designer. So why does theirs look… better? It’s not another $1,000 vase away; it’s about what’s hanging above it. They’ve got a pendant light. And I’ve just found a really good one – the Painted Leaf Pendant from Anthropologie, currently on sale for $60.
‘I love the organic elegance of it – the way the glass subtly catches light like the surface of a leaf after rain,’ says interior designer Nina Lichtenstein. ‘The etched design diffuses the glow softly, creating the feeling of dappled sunlight filtering through trees,' she adds of the dancing foliage. Beyond this lighting idea having obvious botanical beauty, Nina insists, it has a ‘rare ability to make a small space feel complete. Its scale invites intimacy. It doesn’t overwhelm. It anchors.’
