Archive for April, 2010

T5 Lighting for Your Home

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I have an amateur’s interest in lighting. When we first bought our 50 year old house, the fixtures had to be replaced and I was hooked!


Posts: 27

T5 lights are one of the most popular types of fluorescent lighting on the market today.  They are also the smallest type of fluorescent lights and don’t just fit into any light fixture you own.  You can find them in all kinds of sizes but they are still smaller than your typical bulbs so you [...]

Table Lamp Lighting- A Focal Point In Any Room

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Murphy Weaver is a professional dilettante, an expert on knowing just enough. Whatever little bits of information he has picked up along the way in life, he is happy to share them.


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Illumination is an integral part of the decor of any area in the house. From the living room chandeliers to kitchen tubes and the bedside table lamps, each one has its own place in the lighting of the house. Of late, table lamp lighting has become the focal point of any room’s set up. Colorful [...]

What a Wall Lamp and Pendant Lights Can Add to Your Décor

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I have an amateur’s interest in lighting. When we first bought our 50 year old house, the fixtures had to be replaced and I was hooked!


Posts: 27

Every room needs lighting, and when selecting the proper lamp for your room, it is important to consider its features before finalizing your purchase. Different rooms are obviously decorated in different ways, and though certain lamps will efficiently compliment a great deal of rooms, there is no one lamp that can gracefully fit in all [...]

Is Chrome The Right Color For Your New Ceiling Lights?

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Jake has worked in residential lighting design for 12 years.


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Many people choose a chrome ceiling light because it blends in with all of the other colors in the room, but is there a better choice?  Most of the time there is!  I’m not trying to knock chrome as a finish, but most of the time there is are better options.  In this post I [...]

Garden Lighting for the Patio Enthusiast

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Murphy Weaver is a professional dilettante, an expert on knowing just enough. Whatever little bits of information he has picked up along the way in life, he is happy to share them.


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You might be one of those special people who just can’t get enough of their patio.  There is a name for people like you, like US – patio enthusiasts.  We can’t seem to find enough time in the weekend (or any day if we’re lucky enough) to enjoy that space as much as we’d like.  [...]