And Let There Be Light...

For some unknown reason, I love all things Victorian.

Sometimes the thought crosses my mind of what life must have been like in those times. The lifestyle of Victorians seemed more simple, if not convenient. Journaling while sitting by the fireside (sans television) would have appealed to me. Outhouses would not.

A few years ago, we went to a Cracker Barrel for lunch. Now the best thing about going to that restaurant is the attached gift shop. Lunch wouldn't even matter, as long as I could peruse the attractive household items in the jam-packed Cracker Barrel gift shop. Sometimes they have items that would have suited a Victorian decor.



On that particular day, I saw a pink silk lampshade with a tasseled edge that would have been a knockout in a Victorian parlor. It was love at first "light." The cashier rang up the purchase. Then I had to find a lamp for it.

My late mother always loved crystal and had a set of crystal lamps. The pink shade looked good on one of them. It was a perfect match. My daughter made paper hearts and put them inside the shade, where they have remained ever since.




The crystal base is quite attractive with the detailed designs including a eight-pointed star in the pinwheel pattern. This is often predominent in Polish crystal.




The lamp is one of my favorites and we use it in the living room on an old-fashioned two-tier roundtable.

Do you like things from the Victorian era? If not, what is your favorite era? Maybe even modern?