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Artful Home Lighting Works Size, Proportion, Color, and More

No Comments 27 November 2012

With one look at the selection of lighting options from Artful Home, you’ll know this isn’t your average home décor store. Lamps sometimes appear off-center, almost like they belong in a wonderland, feature whimsical colors and a variety of materials. The Beth Mixed Media Table Lamp offers rich colors in small doses, so it’s perfect [...]

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Accessories, Living

Novelty Lighting Shines On and Doesn’t Take Itself Too Seriously

No Comments 15 October 2012

Choosing a light fixture for an entranceway, casual space or a child’s room doesn’t have to be a serious matter. Lighten up and have fun when choosing a design which reflects the use for the space, as well as the person who will be occupying it. It’s all right if you decide you want to [...]

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Using Lanterns in Home Décor

No Comments 08 October 2012

Lanterns aren’t just for navigating the halls or the great outdoors when there’s no other source of light available. They can make beautiful additions to the interior of a home as centerpieces, in the place of lamps on end tables, or hanging from the ceiling. Fill them up with tea lights, pillar candles, or something [...]

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Large Lamp Shade by LM Studios

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Let There Be Light… A Lot of It: A Trio of Oversized Lamps

1 Comment 26 September 2012

Some of us appreciate perfect light in an interior space but don’t care to see its sources, while others are suckers for a great lamp or chandelier. In today’s accessories post, we’ve rounded up the most extreme yet elegant house lights we could find. There’s an old design edict that proclaims oversized objects in a [...]

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Discover Non-Traditional Lighting Options Through Bonluxat and Get Inspired

1 Comment 25 September 2012

When a room needs lighting outside of the type an average table lamp can provide, it can leave you feeling overwhelmed, less than excited, or both. Sometimes even the non-traditional options start to run together, with their sparkling colored glass and muted metals. Bonluxat features options ranging from sophisticated to undeniably quirky, with lighting that’s [...]

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Go Back to School with Fun, Functional Desk Lamps

No Comments 14 September 2012

Sitting at a desk doing school work can be tedious at times, but there is something to be said for making the environment as pleasant as possible. Investing in a desk lamp with an interesting design won’t necessarily make the subject matter easier to grasp, but at least your surroundings will be cheerful – even [...]

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Chartreuse Architect Lamp from Crate & Barrel

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Social Studies: The Enduring Allure of the Architect Lamp

1 Comment 27 April 2012

Textile machinery importer Jac Jacobsen was running his business as usual one day in 1936 when “two crane-like spring balanced ‘monster’ task lights” designed by an automotive engineer named George Carwardine arrived at his door to help illuminate the machinery within. Taken with the concept, Jacobsen purchased distributorship rights and began using his own engineering [...]

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Accessories, Styles

Origami Inspired Lighting Casts Beautiful Glow for your Interiors

No Comments 25 January 2012

Lighting can inspire, delight, and illuminate your home all at the same time. When was the last time you were intrigued with your table lamp? Take a look at Molecules by Aqua Creations and origami artist, Ilan Garibi. The intricate paper art of origami is translated into these beautiful lamps that transition in height from [...]

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Unique and stylish glass sphere pendant cluster lamps

No Comments 14 December 2011

Simply named 14, this stylish family of low voltage pendant lamps are cast from frosted glass with a 10 W halogen lamp or 1.5 W LED which, when clustered together gives the impression of a collection of candles, such is the effect given off through the frosted glass. Designed by Bocci, the light emanated from [...]

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Surround Me collection by Andromeda

No Comments 23 November 2011

Born in 2011 and designed in house, the Surround me collection is initially suggested in 7 colors (Frida, Rosalba, Tamara, Marguerite, Diane, Artemisia, Tina): each name recalls a woman who achieved great importance in the Art history, an homage to the female genius and to the importance of women’s role in humanity’s artistic evolution – a factor that [...]

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Accessories, Styles

Modern Homes Shine Brightly under Innovative Lighting Fixtures

No Comments 13 November 2011

Truly modern homes are creative, unique and contemporary in all aspects, from the colors and range of materials employed to the decorations on the walls and the lighting fixtures. As a matter of fact, lighting fixtures are pivotal to any successful design. They are functional, as the type and temperature of the light they shine [...]

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Dahlia lamps

No Comments 19 June 2011

The creation of Janne Kyttänen, a rapid prototyping technology pioneer from Finland, Dahlia wall lamps are an innovative and stylish lighting idea for the modern home. The process of rapid prototyping technology is the automatic construction of physical parts using solid freeform fabrication. Believed by many to be the “next step up” in design manufacturing, [...]

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11 Elegant Suspension lights

1 Comment 12 June 2011

Combining modern styles with practical elegance, suspension lights from Nemo Cassina are the pride of their prestigious lighting division. Eleven totally different designs, yet one simple concept in common – they all hang from the ceiling. Manufactured from a number of different materials – such as metal, anodized aluminium, pyrex glass and tempered glass – [...]

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