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New Jamie Young Lamps

Have you seen the new Jamie Young lamps lately? They have some beautiful new fabrics...

If you are not familiar with Jamie Young, check it out. It's a really cool line. Well-made and not too terribly expensive. Plus you can swap out the shades to create different looks.

Here are some of our favorites:

We'll be posting these up in our Jamie Young Lamps section by the end of this week.

PS Did you notice the slideshow? Cool heh? We just discovered it on Picasa. It's free and super simple to use.

Gorgeous Beach Shell Chandelier from Currey

We're crazy about this new beach shell chandelier from Currey & Co. Isn't it marvelous? Can you see this with a white linen couch and white-washed floor? You'll need a very high ceiling though. This chandelier is huge!

The size is 37rd x 64h and the price is $5750 including shipping, a little expensive, perhaps, but oh it's so worth it.

This will be posted on our Currey Chandeliers section soon so please check back for more info.

Contemporary Lighting Ideas

Lighting Design

Living Room Lighting
In the atmosphere of the living room is one of the most important parts of your home has become, but people will often get confused, while the interior lighting . In this case, it is always, they suggested to go with the modern techniques of style, because there is a very simple but modern look of the living room. Of course, it is advisable for this simple but attractive lighting systems that go into the living room, modern lighting collections. Read on to learn more about modern living room lighting by this article.

Dining Room Lighting
Modern lights give your dining room a perfect combination of elegance and simplicity. Also due to their simple design, they are easy to maintain. Without further efforts, such as antique lighting is necessary for modern lighting and keep and maintain a functional dining room. Thanks to its simple exterior, and even a brush to clean these products do not have much time and effort. Because they are a compact design, they also add grace to your dining room and capacity for good lighting, also act as a primary source of light in the work area.

Kitchen Lighting
The contemporary kitchen lights are the most popular lighting used in the kitchen developed in those days. Of these, the most frequently used lamps lighting kitchen geometric shape with clean lines. The best part for the modern kitchen lighting, which go well with any kind of simple home decor and the theme is moderately priced compared to the antique kitchen lighting systems.

Bathroom Lighting

Bathroom lighting is available as bulbs in white, rounded dwellings made of glass, a strong influence on diffuse lighting illuminates the smallest imperfections of the face and help us to maintain easy to give. They are the best places by narrow valleys. It can be wall lights, light boxes in or near the bathroom cabinet light is used, but are usually located near the sinks.

Outdoor Lighting Ideas

Outdoor Lighting

Outdoor Lighting
Your outdoor lighting setup is sure to be enhanced with these great flowing pendant lamps. These outdoor lighting fixtures make a bold statement if that is what you are looking for in your outdoor patio design. I like the long tapered outdoor lighting fixtures that hang vertically. The vertical flow is appealing for me as it appears as a light sculpture as opposed to traditional outdoor lighting fixtures attached horizontally to a roof or awning.

Outdoor Lighting
Outdoor lighting is very proud of the fact that most contracts and delivered within 24 hours after ordering. Outdoor lighting is known reputation as leaders in their field of close working relationships with engineers, architects, outdoor lighting designers to achieve, contractors, distributors and owners to their destination, a leading innovator and leader in outdoor lighting industry.

Outdoor Lighting
Another great outdoor lighting Hinkley outdoor lighting Company. Inspired use of nature in their outdoor lighting collection is unique. Add an unlimited idea of colors and four different seasons to millions of different models used Hinkley Lighting all this lead to a feeling of serenity that only nature can create inspired. Drive way with outdoor lighting, step lighting, interior, and the use of light not only to the shadows, you can improve your outdoor spaces.

Outdoor Lighting
Outdoor lighting is usually on sidewalks, stairs and roads installed and pointed trees, walls and fences. Typical low-voltage outdoor landscape lighting needs only three components: transformers, low voltage cables and lighting fixtures.Outdoor sunlight are certainly an interesting opportunity, not just for saving purposes.

Outdoor Lighting

Mood Lighting Ideas

Mood Lighting

Mood Lighting
As you probably know, can unless it is purely functional lighting also affect the mood of the room in three different ways.First ambient or general lighting can have a major influence on the mood of the room. A brightly lit room projects a positive, optimistic mood. This will be good for office or home gym. A dark room is cozy and romantic. You can search for it in the dining room or day. Many people make the mistake of lighting in their homes is just one extreme or another.

Mood Lighting
Second, the lighting mood is expressed. For example, some lights have to be traditional, others contemporary. Games between these species are usually called transitional mood lighting. As with the furniture you choose, or the color of the walls, floors and carpets, the type of lighting should be adequate in the mood for the rest of the equipment. You can also try using a light sculpture, which acts both as an accent light and a work of art.

Mood Lighting
Third, you can provide accents of mood lighting in different parts of a room for functional reason, but simply because they add a dramatic context. For example, you can light up on the leaves of a tropical plant gloss and presents the interesting interplay of light and shadow. You can also Artifact accent painting, sculpture or other means.

Mood Lighting

Fabulous Lighting from Jonathan Adler

One of the biggest challenges we face as a small online retailer is finding good stuff to buy. It's so hard, let us tell you. We have to find things that are inexpensive enough, pretty enough, and nice enough in person so when the customers receive them, they'll be happy.

You think it's easy?

Ha!

Fortunately the lamps from Robert Abbey fit those criterias. They are so well-made and well-priced, we never have been disappointed.

Here are some fabulous pieces from the Jonathan Adler collection for Robert Abbey:

These items will be posted on our site soon!

Interior Design: Lighting

One of the experts we recommend to our clients who are building a new home and need help selecting appropriate light fixtures for their home is Ellen Winkler, CEO and principal of Ellen’s Interiors on Main Street in New London, New Hampshire. Her 3000 square foot showroom features a lighting display, fine furnishings, kitchen & bath fixtures, granite & tile displays, area rugs, carpet samples, decorative accessories, and wall art. I had the opportunity to talk to Ellen recently to find out what her potential clients are concerned about the most in regard to designing the interior of their home.

Not surprisingly, one of the top concerns folks have about interior design is lighting. When clients bring up the subject of lighting, Ellen says she puts her clients at ease, explaining that lighting style and efficiency, as well as basic lighting elements are more easily addressed after each room is evaluated for its purpose and use.

Addressing lighting efficiency, Ellen helps clients decide how much light they actually need, rather than how much they think they need. “I talk about lighting elements and their uses in the home,” Ellen explains, “and we discuss ambient lighting for general indoor and outdoor activities, task lighting for specific areas such as under-counter kitchen lights, table lamps, or bathroom mirror lights, and accent lighting to showcase aesthetics such as sculpture and art.”

Our visual performance depends on the location of the light as well as quality and quantity. “An example of this is a client who has a specific sculpture they would like to showcase,” Ellen says. “We discuss the angle of the light as well as the type. For instance, placing the lighting unit above the sculpture will produce a lot of angles and shadow. Lighting placed below the sculpture will highlight the texture of the piece. We talk about their specific goals in displaying the sculpture and the results they would like to achieve to determine the location of the lighting units.”

For kitchen lighting, Ellen likes to use a rack system for under and display cabinet lighting

applications, such as this Xenon fixture. The photo here demonstrates the system nicely. (photo courtesy WAC Lighting)

Ellen explains, “We like this low voltage system for several reasons: 1) The Xenon bulb has a rated life of 8,000 to 20,000 hours making it a good financial and long term choice; 2) The Xenon bulb is dimmable and is available in a variety of sizes for a variety of lighting needs; 3) The Xenon bulb does not emit much heat, and can be specified for use in compact designs, such as cabinet, soffit and cove lighting applications without maintaining a huge distance from combustible surfaces; and 4) Xenon bulbs emit a warm light, which is nice aesthetically and does not present health problems for people who are sensitive to florescent lighting.” The photo below shows the Xenon rack system under the cabinets (photo courtesy Ellen’s Interiors).

More light is not necessarily better, as some may think. “After identifying the ambient, task, and accent lighting areas, I create a lighting plan identifying the number of footcandles (a unit which measures the intensity of illumination) in each room. Hallways and other areas that require only ambient lighting can require only about 4-5 footcandles. On the other hand, areas where specific tasks are performed, say an office or bathroom vanity, may require 45 or more footcandles, depending on the intensity of the task.”

Concerns about lighting are minimized when you work with an architect and experienced interior designer.

Ellen’s Interiors, Inc.

12 Lovering Lane

New London NH 03257

603-526-8662

www.ellensinteriors.com

Animal-themed Lamps from Barbara Cosgrove

We've been seeing a lot of animal-themed decor lately. Some are very tastefully done, lots are not...

We've always loved Barbara Cosgrove lamps. They take traditional styles and put a modern twist on them, and the overall effect is quite glamorous. We've seen them displayed in very upscale places like the SLS hotel in Beverly Hills and many five-star hotels in Vegas.

Here are some new animal-theme lamps that were introduced recently. They are not expensive at all (about $200-$400 per pair).

This pair of foo dogs lamps are MARVELOUS in person. It's one of our favorites.

This will be cute in a kid's room...

You can see the rest of the collection at Barbara Cosgrove or visit our modern lamps section.

Modern Pendants from Lights Up

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you'll know that we have a soft spot for pretty, colorful things. We love decor that is fun, happy, and bright.

Our sales rep emailed us yesterday about Lights Up, a lighting company based out of New York. We love the line and thought we should share it with you. They make pretty, colorful pendants, which are really inexpensive and really fun. Lightsup's lead time is 10 days. The fabric can be customized.

Here are some of our favorites:

The fabric selection is adorable. Here are a few (you can see the rest on the site).

These pendants, as we mentioned previously, are totally inexpensive. They run between $200-$400.

To see the complete line, check out Lights Up web site. We'll be putting them up on our lighting section soon, so check our site in a few days...

Three Very Glamorous Chandeliers

You probably think that we are being lazy when there are only "three" items on our list instead of ten. What is it about lists that always have to have ten items in it anyway?

So we are going to buck the trend by only have three items in our list. Mainly because right now there are only three chandeliers that we think are worth mentioning, and the other reason is, well, we really are lazy today. It's been a long week.

We promise to bring it to ten eventually.

Here are our three favorite chandeliers this week. We like them because they make such a statement without being too expensive (they run about $1500-$1800).

This one is from Oly Studio. It's called Flower Fall Chandelier.

This one is from a small designer in Los Angeles called Marjorie Skouras. We saw this in High Point and it is lovely indeed.

This one is from Made Goods, one of our new favorite vendors.

Unique Pendants from DK Living

We think lighting is one of those things that's really hard to shop for. You either get the generic, boring stuff at Home Depot or Lowes or you get the really high-end stuff at specialty stores.

So we were a little excited when we saw these at DK Living. This company sells furniture and accessories that are simple but very unique. The prices are very reasonable too. They run between $200-800 for the fixtures.

Here are some pendants that are quite lovely...
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This one is a mesh-wire in silver. It 's only $200.