Commercial lighting fixtures bear a heavy load. Once used simply to light the front door to a business, commercial lighting has become increasingly a critical component of the overall marketing and design plan — a component that creates a mood, highlights merchandise, leads customers
through your space, and provides safety and security after hours.
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When you have a bunch of kids in the house, the kitchen tends to be the magnet area where homework gets tackled, snacks are served, and the family just seems to congregate at the end of a long day. A space filled with light and warmth makes the kitchen attractive and the smell of brownies floating down the hallway doesn’t hurt either! We visited this kitchen once before in our Industrial Farmhouse blog, but we didn’t give you the full picture of the kitchen entryway which features a dandy little barn wall sconce that highlights not only the doorway but the chalkboard wall that serves as place for impromptu notes and reminders. The galvanized sconce fits right in with the barn pendants and gooseneck lighting in the kitchen proper.
If you’ve ever built or remodeled a home, you know full well how quirky it can be to get the lighting just right — to illuminate a room, to set a mood, and to be functional while still complementing the home’s overall design. For commercial lighting, the task gets even more complicated taking into consideration the type of building, how many customers will be accessing the space, what types of activities take place inside and outside the building, and what kind of work the employees must do. But even as the list of questions grows, the list of options grows as well. Commercial lighting doesn’t have to mean boring fluorescent tubes or cheap, big-box store lights that may save initial dollars but never hold up in high traffic areas. 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.
Have you ever found yourself browsing through the Barn Light Electric website, and caught yourself thinking out loud about a few things? You’re not the only one, as we find many of our customers asking the same things. How did all of this get started? Where are your barn lights made at? Once they find out the answers, the reaction is generally the same as well: Wow, you really are a small business!
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While the words “man cave” conjure up images of neon signs, a 60″ plasma screen tv, and a keg in the corner, a gentleman’s retreat sounds much more genteel, elegant, yet still relaxing in a manly sort of way. This beautiful retreat was created by our friends at Cocoon Interior Design in Brevard, North Carolina, and is oozing with warmth, plenty of leather, and yes, gooseneck barn lighting. Really now, what other kind of lighting would be appropriate in this space? A chandelier? Perhaps a vibrant colored wall sconce? We think not.
