Hubby and I have stayed in Venice twice, once with our young children. We took a vaporetto to Murano to visit the glassworks. Fascinating to watch the men work. The kids each were given a beautiful clear glass horse figurine, which all these years later they still treasure and display. On our last trip, we visited a small shop run by siblings. We purchased the last of a collection of seven pendant light globes their father had blown for the shop. They were all the same shape but different colours of glass. We purchased them for the new modern house we planned to build the following year or so. We are pleased and grateful to have such unique, handmade and time-honoured beauty embellish the spaces in our home, and the lights always interest guests and we then have a story to tell.

Thank you...........very educational..........

Re interior design we clashed from the beginning - often still do! I like colour, filled walls, vibrant rugs - think Mexico. He professes to like the minimalistic approach (his illusion. His office and bedside table - an unmitigated mess). He tells people we have a 'mixed marriage not without it's tensions.' However we've mainly reached a compromise now with bits of dash and colour and bits of neutral space. I give in more and more now and only dig in when it really matters to me. Oddly he's now started saying, 'that looks nice ...'

Though I don't know for certain, I think the cotton/linen shades are removable. I wasn't able to determine this by my searches. This could easily be confirmed by making an enquiry to supplier before purchase. Alternatively, a handmade one could be made removable by making shade slightly larger than frame and making ties.