Gift guide
A lamp as a gift: the Kenya gift guide for housewarmings, birthdays and weddings
Most gifts get used once and put in a cupboard. A lamp gets switched on every evening for years, and every evening the person thinks of who gave it. That is a good return on a few thousand shillings.
Why a lamp works as a gift
- Nobody buys one for themselves first. People furnish the essentials and put off the lamp for months. Gifting it skips the queue.
- It fits any home. A sculptural lamp with warm light suits a bedsitter and a four-bedroom equally. You do not need to know their decor.
- It is not personal in an awkward way. No sizes, no allergies, no guessing at taste in perfume.
- It arrives ready. Ours ship with the bulb fitted, so the gift works the moment it comes out of the box.
For a housewarming
A new home has an overhead bulb and not much else. The most useful lamp is one for the corner they will sit in, which means warm, dimmable and forgiving of whatever furniture arrives later.
- Silo
Restraint in a lamp. It goes with anything they end up buying, which is exactly what you want when you have not seen the flat.
- Bruma
A wide pleated shade that lays a soft, level wash across a table. The living-room lamp for a couple settling in.
For a birthday
Birthdays allow personality. Pick the lamp that looks like the person.
- Kola
A column with a spiral turn in it. For the friend whose desk is always tidy.
- Jojo
A single ribbon coiled into a rounded triangle. For the one who notices texture.
- Flute
A soft gourd in vertical waves on a slim tripod. For the one who would rather have one good thing than three ordinary ones.
If they like colour, every lamp can be ordered with a 16-colour RGB bulb instead of warm white. Read RGB or warm whitebefore you choose for someone else. Warm white is the safer gift.
For a wedding
A wedding gift should feel like a piece for the home, not an accessory. Go for the lamps with a story in the shape.
- Kibuyu
Two stacked calabash gourds on slim black legs. A shape every Kenyan home knows, made new. The most-gifted lamp we make.
- Maralal
An old lantern redrawn in fine black slats. Reads as a small piece of architecture on a sideboard.
Sending it to them
- Deliver straight to the recipient. At checkout, put their name and delivery details instead of yours. Flat KSh 400 anywhere in Kenya, same day in Nairobi, next day upcountry.
- Or collect and wrap it yourself. Free pickup at our point in the Nairobi CBD, usually ready within 24 hours.
- Not sure which one? Message us on WhatsApp with a photo of their living room and we will suggest one.
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