Name: The Cafe Gooseneck Barn Light | Australian Made Lighting
Brand: Barn Light
SKU: AU-G-CAFE
Price: 208.60 AUD
Availability: InStock

Product description

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Design notes · materials · how it lives outdoors

The Café Choice:
Bring personality and panache to your next project. The Café Gooseneck offers the perfect blend of modern sophistication and vintage charm, engineered to thrive in the harshest Aussie conditions.

The Café: Designer Gooseneck Barn Light

Sophisticated Panache. Urban Resilience. Compact Perfection.

The Café Gooseneck is designed for those who refuse to compromise on style when space is a premium. It is the “modern twist” on vintage aesthetics – a sleek, compact silhouette that brings unparalleled luxury to both residential and commercial projects. Whether you are aiming for a muted, earthy vibe or an electric, daring pop of colour, the Café elevates your living space to designer heights.

Refined Outdoor Placement: The Alfresco Essential

As seen in our latest architectural showcases, the Café excels when paired with contemporary textures. Its petite scale makes it the perfect partner for:

Architectural Cladding: Flanking vertical timber slats or dark-toned metal cladding to create a high-contrast, high-end look.
Boutique Alfresco Areas: Creating “magical garden nights” by providing a reliable, warm glow over outdoor seating or intimate dining nooks.
The “Urban Facade”: Lining the entryway of a modern townhouse or a trendy storefront where a larger warehouse shade would feel overwhelming.

Built to Outlast the Elements

Don’t let the “Café” name fool you into thinking it’s strictly for the indoors. Handcrafted in our Carrum Downs workshop from high-grade Australian aluminium, this fixture is a rugged powerhouse built for the great outdoors.

Standard IP44 Protection: Our standard gooseneck is splash-proof and outdoor-rated, perfect for protected porches and interior hallways.
The Beacon (formerly Atomic) IP55 Upgrade: For full weather exposure, we recommend the Caged Beacon version. Featuring a die-cast “Bunker” cage and protective glass, it achieves a superior IP55 rating meaning it will shine bright through heavy rain, coastal spray, and dust storms without failing.

High-End Customisation

The Café is your canvas. Choose from our curated range of vibrant powder-coated finishes or our stunning new metallics (like the Medium Bronze finish seen in our latest customer supplied photography). Every unit is built to provide reliable, long-lasting illumination that visitors are sure to admire.

Materials & craft

Every shade is hand-spun in our Carrum Downs workshop — shaped on a lathe, not pressed in a die. We work in aluminium for three reasons:

It’s light. A spun-aluminium shade weighs a fraction of a steel equivalent, easier to ship and mount, with less load on brackets, arms, and ceiling roses.
It doesn’t corrode. Steel rusts. Aluminium doesn’t — even in coastal salt or humid climates. Powdercoat seals it; the underlying metal stays sound for the long haul.
It takes more skill to spin. Aluminium is softer and less forgiving than steel, so a clean shade silhouette is a craft outcome, not a stamping outcome. Every shade passes through a spinner’s hands before it reaches yours.

At-A-Glance Specifications

Feature	Details
Origin	Handcrafted in Australia — Carrum Downs, VIC
Standard Rating	IP44
Lampholder	E27 / Edison Screw — 60W max — dimmable (LED dimmer)
Input Voltage	AC ~ 230V / 50Hz
Construction	Hand-spun aluminium shade, die-cast aluminium fittings, powdercoat-sealed
Australian Made	✓ Yes

Dimensions

Product Code	Shade Size (Diameter)	Overall Width	Overall Height	Overall Weight
AU-G-CAFE17	17cm	17cm	48cm	1.26Kg

Please Note:

For Chain, Stem, and Flush Mounted Pendants, the available options () are supplied in the selected Finish.
For Cord Pendants, the available options () are supplied in Black Ace Finish unless requested otherwise (surcharge applies).
Dimensions below are shown using mounting hardware type (Cord/Chain/Stem/Flush) shown pre-selected on the product page. All Dimensions are rounded up to the nearest Centimetre.

Our Shipping & Despatch Timeline

Made to order – dispatched in 7–14 business days, then 2–9 business days with Australia Post depending on your state.

See full delivery times & our on-time record →

For products “in-stock”, we generally ship within the two-three (2-3) business days. The general rule for online orders is “two weeks lead-time”.
Certain finishes are quicker/easier to produce, thus the higher the complexity of your order (multiple colours/products), the longer the lead-time.

Product Configuration	Expected Lead-Time (Business Days)
Smaller Quantities / Same Colours	5-7 Business Days
Larger Quantities (10+) / Metallics / All-Over Colours	7-10 Business Days
Custom Colours / Duotones / Specialist Mounting / Customer	10-14 Business Days

Our Warranties

As an Industrial Lighting Manufacturer, we’re certain our products will exceed warranties published. We have some understandable exclusions however expect the best from our lighting products and you should too.

Three (3) years from the date of purchase; where the,

Lighting utilised in a residential setting (House / Home / Unit).
Lighting installed in the correct Location Rating as certified.
Lighting powder-coated in Dulux Electro Powder Coat or “Coastal Colours” as defined

Two (2) years from the date of purchase; where,

Where Lighting is used in a commercial settings (Restaurant / Public Space / High-Traffic).
Any component of the Good is powder-coated in anything but Dulux Electro powder coat or WS975-Galvanised^{Designed to age}.
Where any item of the product is situated within 200m from a coastal environment (excluding Coastal Rated Powdercoats).

We offer a 5-Year Warranty for customers opting into our “Photo Review” program. For information on how to apply for this program, please contact us.

Swapping Products & Components

Our ability as a manufacturer is to supply you with options, far exceeding your local lighting store. Have you purchased a wall light, and would have loved it to be a pendant instead, or decided it was too big on first impressions and needed to downsize? We can offer you this service, and a touch more. We offer no charge to down-size the shade, however charge the cost of the difference (ie $20) plus freight incurred by us as a courtesy. Hardware, components and similar products are charged as a proverbial (and nominal) cost. Need to know more? Contact us!

Returns & Credits

Barn Light provides a generous 90-day refund or 180 day exchange for change of mind purchase. Over 90-days and within 180-Days, we offer a credit for the same value.

Read our Return Policy

Specifications

Product Information
Product Code (Base)	AU-G-CAFE17
Brand	Barn Light Australia
Country of Origin	Australian Made
Manufactured From	Die-Cast Aluminium, Extruded Aluminium, Glass

Technical / Electrical
Mounting Type	Wall Mounted
IP Rating	IP44 – Outdoor Rated, IP55 – Coastal Rated
Max Wattage	60W Max
Input Voltage	AC ~ 230V^(+/-10%) / 50Hz, DC ~ 12/24V (upon request)
Lampholder	E27 / ES / Edison Screw
Dimmable?	Yes – Use LED Dimmer
Bulb Supplied?	No – Optional
Total Bulbs	1x