![candy coloured salvage metal light shades](https://www.madaboutthehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/PicMonkey-Collage.jpg-700x700.jpg)
At this year’s Clerkenwell Design week, it seemed that these candy coloured lights were the surprise hit as visitor after visitor tweeted or posted their picture. They’re made by a new company called Auxilium Salvage, founded by Katie Warren, and have been “rescued” from a disused cable factory in Germany and restored and resprayed into all these different colours.
Katie prepares, hand-sprays and restores each lamp herself. She deliberately leaves some of the dents as a reminder of their origin and they are painted in contrasting colours inside and out. But these are only an example; you can choose your colours as well as the shade of flex you prefer so you can completely customise according to the room you want to hang them in.
![repurposed lights from auxilium](https://www.madaboutthehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/candy-lights.jpg)
This is Katie’s first collection. She’s currently working on a second as well as some other restoration projects so keep an eye on her site.
They cost £275 and they’re big. Now the only issue is which colours will you choose?