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Popular Types of Black Chandelier 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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Black chandelier lights are now widely sold in the market today. In fact, many manufacturers are already producing this kind of ceiling light. Over the years, the design and style of chandeliers have improved immensely. Today, they are sold in types and models that differ greatly in sizes, style, design, motif, and features. Due to [...]

Crystal Chandeliers

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Jake has worked in residential lighting design for 12 years.


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In the height of the Regency era, chandeliers were still the technological marvel of the world. Crystal chandeliers were the norm and there was no finer maker of the crystal chandelier than Adolf Schonbeck. The son of a glass maker, Schonbeck opened his own factory and quickly made a name for himself as a premier [...]

Schoolhouse Pendant Light Fixtures

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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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As far back as the early 20th century, particularly around the 1920′s, bare light bulbs were generally placed in globes of opaque glass. These globes were then used in various locations like libraries, courthouses, classrooms, and even household kitchens. Their simple look was very utilitarian and became most useful and popular in schoolhouses. It was [...]

Chandeliers Made Of Brass And Bronze

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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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Some of the more discrete and subtle, yet still stylish chandeliers you can get, are the ones made of brass or bronze. These are often quite simple designs – moderately sized, with a central piece and a number of arms cast in metal. There can sometimes be a few crystals on them, but not necessarily. [...]

Most Common Problems With Recessed Can Lights

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Jake has worked in residential lighting design for 12 years.


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Adding recessed lighting is a great way to make a major improvement to your home, but with any change new problems are going to arise.  Fortunately, many of the problems that people have with recessed lights are fairly easy to remedy.  In this post I want to describe some of the issues that people run [...]

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, [...]

Wholesale Pathway Solar Lights

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Jake has worked in residential lighting design for 12 years.


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Pathway solar lights which you can buy wholesale are one of the most convenient and economical ways of purchasing those lights that you need to lighten up your driveway. Buying these units individually can be more expensive than wholesale so it makes a lot of sense if you can go to a wholesaler. Maybe you [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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