light my fire
There are two things, in my opinion, that completely make a room-the icing on the cake, if you will. One is window treatments and the other is fabulous lighting. You can get away without all the other little details as long as you have both – the right lighting fixture and flowing window panels soften…
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diy: bottle lamp
Last summer, I found a wine cask on clearance at Pottery Barn for $20. I had no clue what I was going to do with it or where I was going to put it, for that matter (it’s HUGE), but I liked the seeded glass and figured I would eventually find the perfect spot. It…
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luxe for less: search light floor lamp
The search light floor lamp is a classic staple in nautical interior design, but it wasn’t until I saw an antique brass version in Jennifer Dyer’s living room that I really fell in love with its shape and overall glam factor: Originally designed to transmit Morse Code to ships at sea, it makes for a…
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lantern chandeliers
There’s something about oversize lanterns that get my pulse racing…even before we broke ground on our current home, I knew I wanted a huge one over our breakfast table. Unfortunately, the six months it took to build wasn’t enough time for me to find the perfect rustic, vintage lantern, so I opted for a 6-arm…
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island lights
We have vaulted ceilings in our kitchen…I love how open and airy the space is, but my one regret is that I let the electrician talk me out of hanging pendant lights over my farmhouse sink when we were building. His reasoning was that it would look disproportionate, since the ceilings are so high, that…
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new shades, big difference
I love using black as an accent color. Picture frames, furniture, even lighting look so chic in black, so when I scored these lamps on sale a few months ago, I knew black shades would add a little punch to my entryway. Believe it or not, it’s pretty hard to find extra large black drum…
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luxe for less: mercury glass lamps
While sourcing fun finds for an e-decorating project for a beach house master bedroom, I kept coming back to these mercury glass lamps from Pottery Barn… …I love the shape, the burlap shade and, of course, the luster of the mercury glass itself. They are perfect for this project, but, unfortunately, we are working on…
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fab find friday: glass lamps
When it comes to hitting thrift and retail stores like Home Goods and TJ Maxx, give me twenty minutes and I can find something beautiful amidst a bunch of, shall we say, “undesirables”, for lack of a better word. What might look like it won’t work in the store can suddenly take on a new…
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chic (cheap) lighting
When it comes to lighting, it has been my experience that very rarely does “chic” go synonomously with “cheap”-and that is especially true for the French, antique wood and iron chandeliers that are popping up in every decor magazine these days. You can easily spend thousands of dollars for a true French or Swedish antique,…
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currey & company on sale at OKL
Much like my penchant for collecting paint and fabric swatches, I’ve got a weakness for a beautiful lamp. Currey and Company knows how to make a gorgeous lamp, but unfortunately, the price is usually way out of my league. Thankfully, One Kings Lane just kicked off a sale on Currey & Company lamps, chandeliers and…
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