First noticed (and admired) in the Paris flat of Casamidy owners Jorge Almada and Anne-Marie Midy: vintage ladders used as lamp bases.

Above: A simple hardware-store clip-on light in Casamidy's Marais pied-a-terre.

Above: A chandelier suspended from a vintage ladder; via Paonate.

Above: Ladder as lamp base, via My Second Life.

Above: A ladder propped against a wall serves as lamp base in a Scandinavian apartment; via Emma's Design Blogg.