Leave it to Copenhagen It couple Frederik Bille Brahe (chef) and Caroline Brasch Nielsen (model/designer) to remind us that a silver-tipped lightbulb can transform an otherwise ho-hum fixture into a design detail worth emulating. (For evidence, see this week’s A Family Kitchen in Copenhagen with Uncommon Style.)
It’s the kind of easy swap we’ve long admired. But where to source such a silvery bulb? Read on.
The Sighting(s)
![our reminder of the enigmatic appeal of chrome tipped bulbs came from frederik 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/frederikbillebrahe-carolinebrasch-kitchen-copenhagen-reform-match-cabinets-5-733x1105.jpg)
![but we\2\17;ve previously admired silver bulbs, too, including in the fr 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/celine-sathal-france-house-dining-room-2-eefje-de-coninck-733x1098.jpg)
![and small chrome bulbs replaced regular white ones in sarah lonsdale\2\1 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/sarah-lonsdale-rental-house-bathroom-design-white-mirror-Remodelista-733x933.jpg)
The Source
![silvery lightbulbs are easy to source. the keywords you\2\17;re looking 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/silver-tip-bulb-schoolhouse-733x489.jpg)
Have another go-to source? Let us know in the comments. And for more design details uncovered, see:
- Remodelista Reconnaissance: A Cane-Back Rocker in a Designer’s Summer Bedroom
- Remodelista Reconnaissance: Interior Shutters in a Workstead-Designed Retreat
- Remodelista Reconnaissance: The Ideal Ceramic Coffee Cups, Sans Handle
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