Archive for May, 2010

Shopping For The Perfect Electric Minorah

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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!


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Shopping for the perfect electric minorah for the holiday is a home lighting task that can be challenging, with so many available on the market today.  These minorahs are made out of all different types of materials, but some of the most popular are silver plated and aluminum. Minorahs are used during the Jewish holiday, [...]

The Bathroom Light Makes the Atmosphere

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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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Trying to decide what sort of lighting to put in your bathroom can be a daunting task. The type of lighting in a room can change the way it looks and feels. The bathroom lighting helps to create the atmosphere of the room. For example, darker lighting makes the bathroom feel more mysterious and possibly [...]

Achieving the Perfect Shabby Chic Look with Chandeliers

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Jake has worked in residential lighting design for 12 years.


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Post provided by Home and Garden Co While chandeliers were once confined to grand ballrooms, more and more decorators have made them a central part of other design aesthetics.  Shabby chic, a motif that is a carefully planned combination of faux-worn and vintage pieces, has been featured in every major design book.  Though the looks [...]

Light Up Your Life

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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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Back-lighting, up-lighting, track-lighting… lighting is one of the hottest new features in interior design. Lighting options are as numerous as the stars that light the night sky. The overall success of an interior design can be dependent on the choice of lighting used and whether it conveys the right mood for the setting. One of [...]