The Moorish Lights

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

Glad to be back home after almost one month vacation. These days,

I´ll be  writing about the lights/furnishings for our 2nd home in

Southern Spain. 

The moorish influence in Spain can be seen in many

 ways particularly in architecture. Afterall, the moorish

 invaded Spain early 8th Century.

 You´ll see moorish features in most spanish houses.

 Our andalucian cortijo ( country house) for example has

 a bit of those tidbits.

 It´s one style we are always drawn to because of its

 warm oriental flair. 

When we needed lights for the staircase, one of the ideas

 we considered was to get a morrocan hanging lamp.

 I have always enjoyed the beauty of such lamp in

 our guest bedroom (next photo) and I thought it would also

 look gorgeous if the ceiling in the staircase would have a similar one

 hanging up there.

Ceiling lamp for the guest bedroom

With my wishlist ready, we were supposed to go to

 Tanger (Morocco) by end of December and explore the

 wonderful bazars they are known for.

But then... something unexpected came up that

 prevented us to go! Having no choice, we had to cancel

 our moroccan tour. Below are examples of the wall lamps

 I intended to get from the bazar.

photo source : El Corte Ingles

The tour cancelled, , I had to find the lamps locally.

 There is only one store in our village and it didn´t have the

 moroccan lamps I wanted, so I drove some 15 Km to the next town

 called Torre del Mar.

 Luckily, one of the 3 small stores I visited had the

 lamps I had in mind!!!. I was extremely happy to have gotten

 a bigger size for the staircase. 

wall lamp for the staircase

And what good luck too that my spanish electrician neighbour,

 who has a cortijo one hill away, was free that afternoon.

 He came up to our place and installed it instantly.

 I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the lamp especially

 when darkness comes as it shines up there beautifully! 

Well, Tanger would have to wait when I´m in Spain again

 and hope to  have the chance to go in a few months...

Meanwhile, it´s a great feeling that everything works :-)

Have a nice Saturday everyone!

Mercy