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Gooseneck Lighting, Schoolhouse Pendants for Java Joint

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One thing is for certain — New Englanders love their coffee! Two weeks ago, on the main blog, we explored a coffee shop in Arlington, Massachusetts, all lit up by beautiful warehouse shades. Today, we travel closer in towards Boston to historic Cambridge where we find the Dwelltime Coffee Bar has also gone all vintage with their commercial lighting scheme. This inviting venue certainly makes you want to belly up to the coffee bar, then relax with a good e-book, and enjoy the surroundings!
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Gooseneck Lighting Offers Many Options for Commercial Businesses

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More and more commercial businesses are turning to the very flexible and oh so adaptable gooseneck lighting to highlight exterior features such as landscaping, signage, and awnings. Take this Ruby Tuesday restaurant for example which has selected a bold, black fixture much like our Angle Shade Gooseneck Light to bring attention to their signature awnings and corporate slogans printed there. Sign lights such as these are an excellent way not only to provide necessary lighting after dark but to add a stylish statement to your business decor and set your commercial venture apart from the myriad of others.
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Deep Bowl Pendants Blend Style and Function for Commerical Lighting

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Smack in the heart of California’s Napa Valley with its world-renowned wineries, glitzy spas, and gourmet restaurants, you might not notice Kelly’s Fuel and Provisions at first glance. Located in Yountville, in the heart of the valley, this one-pump gas station and adjacent store is “a hub for the local community and a place with unique merchandise for the practical traveler” according to owner Tim Kelly. Kelly renovated the space with plywood tables and shelves, metal fixtures, and a concrete floor to keep the industrial feel of the original gas station. Highlighting the mix of goods — think boutique wines alongside diet Coke, gourmet chocolate and M&Ms — are striking deep bowl pendants. These are very similar to our Ivanhoe® Wilcox Deep Bowl Porcelain Pendant, part of our expanding line of American-made Porcelain Barn Lights.
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Commercial Lighting That Can Perform with Pizazz

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You’re driving down the road and something red catches your eye. That pesky red hue that Sir Isaac Newton placed at the very beginning of the color spectrum when he first described it back in the 17th century grabs your attention every time. That’s why fire engines, stop signs, and certain poisonous critters bear the color red. It screams, “Look at me and pay attention!” It’s no wonder so many business use red in their exterior color schemes.
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Warehouse Shades Lend Strong 1930s Taste to Coffee Shop

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barn_light_warehouse_pendant_cord_hung_restaurant.jpgWith coffee shops, it’s all about the atmosphere. Because, quite frankly, lots of operations out there can roast and make a good cup of coffee, so like other businesses, a coffee shop needs something to set it apart from the competition. Comfortable seating, free wifi, and an interesting selection of coffee blends and food, can all lure customers through the door and, more importantly, make them want to come back again and again.
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Warehouse Shades, Industrial Pendants Highlight New Boston Restaurant

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In a city as old as Boston, there is precious little “new” space. So when the owners of West Bridge, a new restaurant in the historic area of Cambridge, were searching for a suitable space, they moved into the shuttered Boston Woven Hose Factory — think fire hoses — near the Longfellow Bridge which spans the Charles River from Boston into Cambridge. Many of the original features of the factory remain in an industrial salute to the building’s past including the 18-foot ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows.

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