Since it was first introduced in the early 1990’s, the Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb (CFL) has been one of the most popular Energy Efficient bulbs in America. Compact Fluorescent bulbs were designed to replace the less energy efficient Standard Incandescent bulb. CFL’s produce just as much light as your Standard Incandescent, but use 1/3 of the overall energy!
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The most coveted feature for many commercial applications is adequate lighting, the lack of heavy-duty light fixtures that can endure dark and damp locations have been few and far between. In many instances lighting manufacturers and big box home improvement stores have offered vapor tight commercial lighting that either lacks the desired performance required, or light fixtures that fail under harsh conditions. Plagued by corrosion and vapor leaks due to design flaws and the lack of durable materials, a majority of commercial vapor tight light fixtures have a short life span and leave an unsightly rusted shell behind.
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At Barn Light Electric, we hear a lot about remodel projects for the kitchen, bathroom or outdoors, but we don’t hear a lot about livening up children’s rooms. We threw together another Style Guide to show you just how easy it is to incorporate great, unique lighting into your little boy – or girl’s room. Most of our fun finds this week, came in pink, yellow or purples too so if you have a little girl, this room can be for you too! We chose our bedding and rugs first. Dwell’s duvet set of modern animal silhouettes and geometric shapes brings in plenty of color itself, so we chose a basic navy and white rug from Ikea to go on the floor below.
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In the short time Barn Light Electric has been in existence, we have had the pleasure of working with thousands of customers from around the world. Nothing makes us happier at than when we receive emails from YOU, our customers, letting us know how your projects turned out! What thrills us even more is when we receive back photos!
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Whether you’re looking to update parts of your kitchen or you’re going for a total demo, try putting together a Style Guide of photos before making purchases. Today you’ll see our version of a simple 1950’s Retro Country Kitchen. You might already have similar cupboards and counters so with a few accessories, this look can be a breeze for you! Have a theme in mind? We went with chickens as you can tell – first inspired by an amazing print we found on Etsy. Turquoise was a very popular color back in the day and to bring in more of that color, we found a DIY project on Decorology that takes ordinary galvanized canisters, and with a little paint, they were able to create these fabulous pieces.
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We have all been taught the 3 R’s – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle and in today’s view you’re pretty cool if you’re on board with the worldwide Go Green campaign! Once seen as an expensive burden to communities, is now an everyday, fairly low cost plan in place to help save our environment.
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