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vintage ruffled holophane glass pendant

Vintage Glass Pendant Adds Delicate Touch to Kitchen Table

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Whether you’re rehabbing a 150-year-old classic or building a brand new house, you can have many of the vintage touches that give a home the kind of character that often takes years to create. In this kitchen, the wine tone is warm and cozy and well defined against the white, while the lighter shade in the playful checkerboard pattern in the tile floor creates a continuity in the palette. Vintage touches abound in this space from the banquette seating with beadboard accents, to the subway tile behind the counters, and the glassed front cabinetry. Our eyes were especially drawn to the delicate glass shade pendant hanging above the kitchen table. Read More »

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Porcelain Enamel Lighting an Investment That Lasts for Years

Remember, as a kid, saving your allowance for weeks just to be able to buy that 100-piece set of toy soldiers you spied in a comic book? And after waiting weeks for it to show up, you rip open the package only to discover that the soldiers are made from wafer-thin plastic that breaks in the first battle? There’s nothing worse than buying something and being disappointed when it doesn’t live up to your expectations. Of course, what did you expect for $1.25?
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Schoolhouse Pendants Add Historic Character to New Texas Home

The historic Travis Heights neighborhood in south Austin, Texas is more than 100 years old and features a range of home styles from 1920s bungalows to carriage houses renovated into apartments, to larger, more modern homes. Close to downtown but with plenty of wooded, rolling land, Travis Heights is one of the most sought-after addresses in the capital city. This genteel, shotgun-style home is of new construction, created by our friends at RisherMartin Fine Homes, yet the kitchen gives a definite nod to the history of the area in a space filled with vintage details. Read More »

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Classic RLM Warehouse Shade Brings Light to Stained Glass

Sometimes you find interesting lighting in the most unexpected places. On a recent trip to the Grovewood Gallery, a 9,000-square-foot showcase of some of America’s finest artists and craftsmen, we were pleasantly surprised to find not only the friendliest standard poodle ever was waiting to greet us, but an array of RLM-inspired warehouse shades in sunshine yellow. The artist in residence was Carl Powell who works with glass and is a National Endowment of the Arts recipient. Carl was happy to show us his latest project in the works — a stained glass door for a homeowner, all taking place under this beautiful yellow barn warehouse shade.
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RLM Warehouse Shades, Gooseneck Arms Winning Combination

People throw the term “classic” around to describe a lot of different things — from ’60s rock music to Roman civilization to an antique Ford Thunderbird.  The term classic light gets used quite a bit around here and often pertains to the RLM warehouse shade designs from the 1930s. These fixtures were sometimes called barn lights but were found not only on farms but in factories and warehouses too. Roadside gas stations almost always had a gooseneck warehouse shade lighting up the pumps for motorists, and businesses used these versatile fixtures to showcase their signs and goods for sale.
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Gooseneck Emblem Shades Add Whimsical Touch to Country Store

Sometimes it’s the little things that can make a big difference in drawing attention to your business. Take this Nashville country store for example. The Loveless Hams & Jams Country Market is part of the famous Loveless Café where the biscuit recipe has been a closely guarded secret since the café first opened in 1951.
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