Your choice may be limited, although there are some shallow fittings about, any decent lighting store should have a selection. You don't have to have a ceiling fitting at all, you could have wall-light uplighters, table-lamps or standard-lamps.

Hi eilidhmca, we have a range of floorlamps, wall lights and up-lighters available on our website www.thebulbco.com but you can always email us at info@thebulbco.com or give us a call on 0161 737 7333 if you need any more advice.

I agree, I think sometimes we all just put up a central light because the wiring is already there. Wall lights, floor lamps and table lamps create a great ambiance to a room.

However having said this if it does cost too much to change the wiring we do have a fab selection of ceiling lights specifically for low ceilings that might fit the bill. https://www.lightingcompany.co.uk/ceiling-lights-c3/lighting-for-low-ceilings-c11 

Take a look at the website www.lightingcompany.co.uk for more ideas for ceiling, wall and occasional lamps!

Or you can try something like Clessidra by Flos:

http://www.couchpotatocompany.com/collections/flos/products/clessidra-wall-lamp

We agree with James above - do away with it altogether and use uplighting instead.

Totally agree with St James Design Interiors Ltd as uplighting can create the lighting that you are looking at and in particular our architectural/coving lighting is very popular with our clients as it is totally bespoke so can be made to fit in with your room. If you would like to have a look over these they can be found here: Architectural Hand Made Mouldings but if you need any more information then please let us know and I can send you over some more details.