Choosing the right pendant light for your kitchen island can be daunting. With so many options in the market, it's easy to get lost in the sea of designs, styles, and sizes. In this blog post, we'll look closer at the quality and craftsmanship of our range of wood beam lights and why they could be the perfect choice to light up your kitchen island.

A linear timber pendant light can be an excellent choice for functionality and style when lighting your kitchen island. However, choosing the correct fitting can be tricky, as several factors come into play, such as the size of your island, the height of your ceiling, and your taste.

Industrial Steel Adaptable Box | Ceiling Rose | Canopy | Enclosure | Junction Box

Our Industrial Steel Adaptable Box Canopy was originally designed for use with our Linear Wood Beam LED Pendant Light No.3. The slimline low voltage light fitting has no onboard facility to house an LED driver or other electronics, so we set about the task of designing a box that would store all of the components we required. It also had to complement the industrial look and feel of the rest of our work. Most adaptable boxes or surface mounted junction boxes are generally made of tasteless white plastic or galvabond steel and have little to zero design aesthetic. They aren’t designed to look good, they’re built for functionality.

LED Strip Anatomy Explained

Most of the places you will visit that sell LED strip, either online or in-person, will dive straight into all different styles they sell with digits, letters and part-numbers such as ‘SMD 5050 60/M RGB 12V’. You’ll get no real explanation as to what it all means or why you would choose one over the other. It can become a confusing and frustrating process without some background knowledge. So, here’s a brief practical overview of what the part numbers mean to the average punter without getting overly technical.

Alter Ego Canberra | Linear Wood Beam LED

RBD Projects, AYG Projects and Architect Maria Filardo have come together with cafe owner Arthur Choi to create the impeccable Alter Ego in Canberra. With a collection of venues already under his belt including Coffee Lab, The Coffee Grounds, Next Door and Morning Dew, owner, Arthur Choi, approached us in 2018. He was looking to use a range of our wood beam linear LED lights along with some industrial brackets and hardware in his upcoming venture - Alter Ego.

Linear LED Lighting With Little Anvil's Timber Beam Pendant

How can modern lighting components be seamlessly integrated into authentic-looking vintage industrial fittings whilst maintaining an ‘original’ feel? Little Anvil’s range of Timber Beam Lights are linear LED pendants with an industrial twist. The old-worldly composition of timber and steel contrasts with the clean modern look of embedded LEDs in recessed aluminium extrusion.