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Guest Post:  Show Off Your Creative Side With New Lighting

Guest Post: Show Off Your Creative Side With New Lighting

Lighting can add real personality to a space.  Not only can it freshen the look of your home, but it can also create a new style in a stale space.  Read on for some tips from Andre Smith on how to be creative with your new lighting choices.Continue Reading

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Quick Tips:  Lighting Tips For Your Home

Quick Tips: Lighting Tips For Your Home

I recently ran across an infographic with some great tips for lighting your home.  Lighting can be overwhelming.  Not only do you have to choose the style of fixture you like best, but you also have to consider the use of the space, ceiling heights, furniture sizes, outlet locations and more!  Take it one roomContinue ReadingContinue Reading

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Guest Post:  Choose New Light and Plumbing Fixtures to Change Your Home’s Personality

Guest Post: Choose New Light and Plumbing Fixtures to Change Your Home’s Personality

Lighting and plumbing fixtures go a long way toward adding personality and flair to a home.  With just a quick change in either one, you can make a traditional home feel more modern, and vice versa.  In today’s guest post, Tina Madsen offers some tips on how to make some key changes in your homeContinue ReadingContinue Reading

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Before & After:  Vintage Hanging Light

Before & After: Vintage Hanging Light

This is one of those things that I’d normally walk right on by at the thrift store.  But, not on that day.  On that day, I saw past the ugly 1970s wicker and envisioned this light as it could be… Pin ItContinue Reading

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Before & After:  Lamp in Dire Need of a Makeover

Before & After: Lamp in Dire Need of a Makeover

Do you have something mauve in your home?  Then, chances are that item needs a makeover….like this lamp did. Pin ItContinue Reading

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Guest Post:  Energy-Efficient Lighting in Today’s Home

Guest Post: Energy-Efficient Lighting in Today’s Home

Lighting is so important to both the function and the feel of a home.  Today’s guest post by Ross Donald features some great tips for choosing the best lighting for both energy-efficiency and cost-savings. Pin ItContinue Reading

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Light a Room for Function and Beauty

Light a Room for Function and Beauty

I am fortunate enough to be a guest blogger for Hooker Furniture, and my latest article has been posted. Pin ItContinue Reading

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Guest Post:  Create Space in Your Interior with Natural Light

Guest Post: Create Space in Your Interior with Natural Light

Today’s guest post is from Stephanie Staszko, who also wrote an article about designing for children with allergies.  In this week’s article, learn some ways to make your home feel larger simply by taking advantage of the natural light streaming through your windows.  A few tweaks to your decor can work wonders in the feelingContinue ReadingContinue Reading

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Guest Post:  Lighting a Room With Purpose

Guest Post: Lighting a Room With Purpose

Today’s guest post comes to us from Ross Donald.  Lighting is one of the most important elements of any room – both in terms of function and of beauty; yet, it’s often the most overlooked and under-planned elements in any design project.  Read on for some great questions to ask BEFORE you begin planning theContinue ReadingContinue Reading

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What Is Indirect Lighting?

What Is Indirect Lighting?

When you shop for new light fixtures, you have two basic choices:  direct or indirect.  You need to know the difference between the two types of fixtures in order to make the best choice for each location in your home. Pin ItContinue Reading

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