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Pendant Lighting and Lamp Shades

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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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Inspired from long ago, pendant lighting involves a lamp shade that is hung from a house’s ceiling using a metal chain. Thus, a pendant light is simply an electric-powered bulb that is covered with a shade. It is commonly found in bathrooms, study areas, corridors, and/or kitchens. Their main purpose is to light corners. And, [...]

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, [...]

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!


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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 [...]

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!


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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 [...]

Small Chandeliers For Small Spaces

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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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Small chandeliers can be the most excellent addition to a small space. When you are looking to decorate a room which has the challenge of limited space it can be tough to find the right balance between style and functionality. If you choose the decor wisely and use the space efficiently the challenge becomes much [...]

The Four Basic Styles Of Chandeliers

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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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Have you ever wanted to buy a chandelier but did not know which type to buy? Well, then you have come to the right place, because we are going to be talking about four of the most popular ones out there. The four types of chandeliers that we will be talking about today are glass [...]

How To Choose Chrome Ceiling Lights

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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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Choosing chrome ceiling lights can be a tough job when you factor in the huge number of choices that are currently on the market.  There are certainly a lot of choices, but there is also a clear path to the right one for your home, which I’ll outline in this post. Ceiling lights essentially come [...]

The Number One Landscape Lighting Mistake

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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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There is one absolutely vital rule in garden lighting, but unfortunately most homeowners violate it when they are laying out their garden   The number one rule in garden lighting is that less light is more.  Less light accentuates the night and your garden lighting features and leaves your yard with a stylish touch. Unfortunately too [...]

Chandeliers and Dining Rooms: A Perfect Pair

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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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There is a reason why chandeliers are a traditional lighting choice for the dining room. It goes back to Medieval times. At that point in history, lighting technology had only gotten as far as candlelight. So the candle chandelier was a huge technological breakthrough. It is hard sometimes to think of something as basic as [...]

All Styles of Lamp Shades

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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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When you are designing a room in a certain style every element in the room from the flooring, to the furniture to the curtains needs to be in keeping with your chosen theme or style, otherwise elements of your room will stand out for all the wrong reasons. And lamp shades are no exception to [...]

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