When tackling all the details involved in opening a new business, many people focus on what’s inside the doors more than anything else. For Carrie, today’s Featured Customer in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle, a great deal of her time and effort went into the exterior lighting of the Stockbox Grocery.
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While we have lingered over our lunch just about long enough here at Creek Ratz (check out the previous post on some cool gas station lights), we wanted to take a last look around at the wonderful barn lighting that is featured throughout this casual eatery. Located in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, and named for the local kids who play in the creeks, Creek Ratz draws attention from passersby with its rustic nautical atmosphere and bright red gooseneck barn lighting on the exterior of the building.
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In Madison, Connecticut, a coastal town along Long Island Sound, Featured Customers Jennifer and Mark were putting the finishing touches on their brand new home last fall which included installing some new barn lights when Hurricane Sandy roared up the East coast.
When Hurricane Sandy was bearing down on the East Coast just before Halloween, millions of anxious Americans watched and waited. In Madison, Connecticut, a coastal town along Long Island Sound, Jennifer and Mark had just finished installing barn lights and were putting the finishing touches on their brand new home when the hurricane hit. “We moved in the first week of October. Our house made out fine, thankfully, but we were without power for a week,” Jennifer says.
Nothing says safe and secure like massive stone walls. A blizzard could be raging outside these windows and you would be all warm and cozy here in the kitchen with a bowl of hot soup and crusty bread sitting at the kitchen island crafted from smooth, reclaimed wood. This kitchen has many great farmhouse touches from the distressed cabinets and old fashioned hardware to the exposed, rough hewn beams in the ceiling down to the copper sink that adds a bit of a rustic glow to the room. Antiques look great with the industrial farmhouse style and this homeowner went right back to the 1930s to find appropriate lighting for this space.
Sometimes one element will just take charge and lead the way in a room design. Perhaps you found the perfect wall sconce and you just couldn’t pass it up, so you redesigned your front entryway around that one element. In this bathroom, located in Vail, Colorado, Interior Designer Elizabeth Basso had wavy, colorful floor tiles setting the tone for her work.
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