Remodelista

When I remodeled my Brooklyn Heights house, I kept coming back to the mod yet classic globe pendant light.

Above: Designed by Vilhelm Wohlert for Louis Poulsen, the handblown Wohlert opal glass light sets the standard. It's available in three sizes; the 11.8-inch Wohlert Pendant is $826 at Y Lighting. Also available in a 13.7-inch size ($918), and a 15.7-inch size ($958).

Above: Jasper Morrison designed the handblown opaline glass Glo-Ball for Flos in 1998; it's quickly become a design classic. The 13-inch Glo-Ball S1 Pendant Light is $520 at Y Lighting; the 17.7-inch Glo-Ball S2 Pendant Light is $604 at Y Lighting.

Above: The mouth-blown Fado Pendant Lamp is $24.99 at Ikea.

Above: The Perseo 44 Suspension Light is $1,050 at Y Lighting.

Above: Designed by Guglielmo Berchicci, the Globo Pendant Lamp is a rotational-molded polyethylene sphere; $150 at the Conran Shop in New York.

Above: The handblown Murano glass Globe Pendant Light from B. Lux is imported from Basque Country in Spain; $692.10 at Y Lighting.

Above: Designed by Vincente Garcia Jimenez in 2006, the handblown Small Back Light Pendant is available in opal white, cognac, or graphite and starts at $1,399.50 (a large Back Light Pendant in opal white is available for $4,189.50) at Y Lighting.

Above: New Buds 2 frosted glass lamp from Foscarini Murano is $813 at Y Lighting.

Above: Designed by Matteo Thun, the Leucos Sphera Small Suspension Lamp is $420; the Medium Sphera is $488, and the Leucos Sphera Large Suspension lamp is $581; all at Stardust.

Above: Sea Gull Lighting Single-Light Globe Pendant is 10 inches in diameter with opal glass; $80 at Amazon.