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Rustic Light Fixtures Top Off Dramatic Post Mount Lighting

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rustic_post_mount_light_exterior_lighting1-768x1024.jpgWho says post mount lighting can’t be dramatic, artistic, and functional all in one? This row of soaring lights prove that even a simple rustic fixture combined with an avant-garde base can take post mount lighting to new heights! Located on the 760-acre campus of Florida Gulf Coast University, the state’s newest institution of higher education in Ft. Myers, these post mount lights complement the impressive entrance to the Lutgert School of Business. These lights are powered in part by the university’s 15-acre solar field featuring photovoltaic panels that tilt and rotate as they soak up that famous Florida sunshine throughout the day.
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DIY Decor for Your Home: Dessert Stand

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With this weekend begins the entertaining for the next few holiday months. Halloween parties galore are being hosted right now, with an unpredictable amount of ghoulish treats being served and consumed. How are you choosing to display your tricks and treats? Surely, you’ve arranged a setup worthy of Pinterest glory, complete with glitter glue spider webs and chalkboard paint designations. Some things are a little trickier to set up than the usual pretzels in a bowl. What you’ll need:
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Industrial Pendant, Vintage Light Bulbs Grace New LA Eatery

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Patrons at the newly opened The Fat Cow restaurant in The Grove in LA may be surprised to find out that this friendly neighborhood eatery is owned by none other than the raucous celebrity chef from the TV reality show Hell’s Kitchen. British chef and entrepreneur Gordon Ramsay opened the doors to his new restaurant in September where patrons are served casual comfort food by smiling employees. No shouting allowed.
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Rustic Sconces Add Ambiance to Award-Winning Barbeque Restaurant

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Every April, taste buds starts tingling and toes start tapping in anticipation of the annual Barbeque Cookoff and Bluegrass Jam at the Western North Carolina Farmer’s Market. For two years running, Okie Dokies Smokehouse has taken home the Grand Champion honors in the cookoff and, as a local favorite, looks to repeat next spring. The Smokehouse has two locations near Asheville, and at this location in the Swannanoa Valley, rustic wall sconces add as much flavor to the front porch and outdoor dining area as the sauce does to the ribs!

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Classic Barn Pendant Lighting for Rustic Industrial Restaurant

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Beer and bowling belong together much like cold weather and clam chowder or good merlot and a hearty steak. The Theresa Restaurant, located in the heart of Munich, Germany, has combined the concept of good food, tasty brew, and bowling all served up in an urban industrial style setting. Working from a gray and white palette, the interior features dining tables crafted from reclaimed wooden flooring, linen baskets for bread, along with some modern touches like bare bulb pendants and concrete flooring. Oh, and there’s the bowling lane downstairs complete with a chalkboard wall for keeping score.

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