With the kitchen often serving as the central hub of the home, fixtures, furniture, and appliances must be able to handle all of the food prep, homework, entertaining, and simple relaxing that takes place within this popular spot. Even in a small kitchen like this where space is at a premium, the decor performs double duty with a industrial yet homey feel that makes the most of every inch of space.
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Sliding barn doors, once useful mainly for keeping the horses in the stalls, are finding their way into homes everywhere from uptown Manhatten to the outskirts of Omaha. These doors add dimension and a touch of vernacular and, like this beautiful slider, keep the pantry shelves concealed with ease. We love the rustic look of the door’s styling against the bright white palette of this kitchen. Adding an industrial touch to the lighting scheme are sleek, deep bowl pendants overhanging the island. These pendants are much like our Industrial Uplight Pendant, part of our collection of Barn Pendant lighting.
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New England is in all its glory during the autumn. Florida may have cornered the market on summertime fun, but fall belongs to New England with its brilliant displays of color splashed against a deep blue October sky. And at the Acorn Canning Company, customers are flocking in to stock up on homemade jellies, hearty soups, pumpkin bread, and cranberry relish. No one will miss the sign out front thanks to the very functional and stylish gooseneck sign lights that line the front of the building.
Most laundry rooms are not blessed with abundant amounts of natural light. Often relegated to the basement or an interior wall or closet, the laundry room must be illuminated by more artificial means of lighting but that does not necessarily mean boring, big-box-store fixtures. Check out this bright white laundry room that is indeed blessed with some natural light coming in from the next room. But to supply the necessary “did that stain I pretreated really come out on the first try” lighting, a beautiful porcelain barn light hangs from above. This shade resembles our Ivanhoe® Sky Chief Warehouse Porcelain Pendant, one of the most popular fixtures in our line of Ivanhoe® Porcelain Pendant Lighting.
When faced with a tight space for a kitchen, one of the busiest rooms in the house, you might be tempted to keep everything on a small scale — the table, the appliances, the accessories. This cozy kitchen proves that if you want to go grand, it can certainly work. The long dining table fits right into the space with the smooth wooden surface complementing the wide planks of the rugged flooring. Instead of filling in the former fireplace, it becomes a cozy nook for the fridge, and the mantel makes a convenient shelf for the airy, sweeping plant that fills the upper space. And the touches of red all add a pop of color that livens up the look. The barn pendant hanging from above in a matching red finish is the crowning touch. Read More »
Vacation homes offer a respite from the everyday — routines, work, school, and chores. Yet, even on vacation, the family insists on eating so why not create a lovely kitchen retreat as well? This bright kitchen and dining area are part of a LEED Gold certified home in a coastal New England community. At a modest 1,200 square feet, this vacation home packs a lot of energy performance in a compact design. The home is built to Passive House standards and consumes only one-tenth of the energy for heating compared to a similar new home built only to code requirements.
