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Guest Blogger | When Old Meets New: Vintage Touches for the Contemporary Home

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Living in a contemporary home and appreciating history don’t have to be mutually exclusive. In fact, the real design magic happens when old meets new, or when a vintage aesthetic gets a mod twist. The marriage of past and present is an important part of the Barn Light Electric ethos, which, with the help of highly skilled American artisans, has spent nearly a decade reviving the lost American art form of hand-spun porcelain lighting. Today, when most have abandoned this craft for less-expensive manufacturing methods, BLE is the only company in America producing traditional porcelain enamel lighting made for the present-day lifestyle.

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Bold Schoolhouse Lighting Offers Inviting Industrial Look

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Pizza places tend to be some of the most family-friendly restaurants you can find. In the world of design, that often translates to bright, colorful spaces with rugged materials that can handle high traffic. When the owners of the Trattoria Pizzarelli restaurant in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, started planning for a new location, they wanted to create an inviting, family atmosphere but one that offered an upscale industrial look.

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Farm Lights Lend Industrial Flavor to Ice Cream Shop

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Something about the waning days of summer makes me crave ice cream even more than usual. So when I heard about Lulu’s Nitrogen Ice Cream recently, I had to investigate. Not only is this a really cool way to make ice cream but the atmosphere of the space is down-home with an industrial edge.

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Porcelain Pendant Lights Reflect Details in Kitchen Remodel

Kitchens, Residential Inspiration Betty 8 Comments on Porcelain Pendant Lights Reflect Details in Kitchen Remodel

When Eric and Stephanie started the full-gut renovation of their kitchen, they cast a wide net when looking for pendant lighting. They wanted to stay true to the history of their Maplewood, New Jersey, home that was built in 1905, but they wanted to update the space with a classic, yet edgy, aesthetic. After a very long search, the Sinclair Industrial Pendant Light came out the winner and became one of their favorite touches in the new space.

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Barn Pendant Lights Add Modern Rustic Feel to Café

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Montana, aptly nicknamed Big Sky Country, is home to big horizons, bighorn sheep, and big appetites. Luckily, the residents of Bozeman have a new place to pull up a chair and enjoy some artisan comfort food. Serena Rundberg opened the Feed Cafe last May after gutting an 1800’s-era barn located on West Main Street and starting over.

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Bold Red Pendant Light Adds Sass to Breakfast Nook

Dining Rooms, Residential Inspiration Betty 2 Comments on Bold Red Pendant Light Adds Sass to Breakfast Nook

Sometimes all it takes is one new pillow, one set of hardware, or even one light fixture to make a room go from boring to beautiful.

Joyce, a resident of Tucson, was updating her home of 28 years and the breakfast nook needed some help. In flipping through a home magazine, she spotted an ad for Barn Light Electric and was taken by the classic look of the Barn Pendant Collection.

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