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Industrial Lighting Helps Sets Mood for Commercial Businesses

Commercial Spaces, Offices Betty L Leave a Comment on Industrial Lighting Helps Sets Mood for Commercial Businesses

One of the most basic functions of good lighting is to establish a mood within a space. And I’m not talking candles or a dimmer switch on the dining room pendants. The mood is set not only with the illumination but with the fixture itself, and nowhere is this more important than in commercial operations. When customers and employees enter your building, you want the lighting to be functional and to set a tone for the environment that makes customers feel welcome and employees feel happy!
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Featured Customer | Barn Pendants for an Industrial Chic Chicago Trade Show

Commercial Spaces, Offices Betty Leave a Comment on Featured Customer | Barn Pendants for an Industrial Chic Chicago Trade Show

Industrial chic has arrived at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart! Arcadia, a permanent tenant in the world’s largest commercial building, chose to hop aboard the industrial bandwagon in its 2013 showroom which highlights their array of seating and table options for offices, educational institutions, healthcare, and government facilities. Helen Kim, director of marketing for Arcadia, notes that their newest product introductions are displayed in Chicago and the showroom theme is on display all year long.
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Featured Customer | Porcelain LED Pendant Becomes Focal Point in Neutral Space

Dining Rooms, Residential Inspiration Betty Leave a Comment on Featured Customer | Porcelain LED Pendant Becomes Focal Point in Neutral Space

It comes on suddenly. Like a light bulb turned on in a darkened room reveals what you didn’t see before. One day you’re munching a bagel and sipping your coffee and you realize that your dining room light has got to go. Such was the case with today’s Featured Customer in southern Rhode Island.
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Porcelain Plus LED Technology Equals the Perfect Kitchen Light

How-To, Kitchens, Lighting 101 Betty L Leave a Comment on Porcelain Plus LED Technology Equals the Perfect Kitchen Light

When food blogger Sommer Collier recently remodeled her kitchen, she had a list of requirements for her new lighting. It had to provide plenty of downward focused light onto her center island which contains her cooking surface as well as the counter space where family and friends gather to eat. The lights had to complement the new stainless appliances and fixtures she picked out. But above all, she didn’t want the new pendants to add any more heat to the kitchen!

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Featured Customer | Deep Bowl Porcelain Pendants Add a Spicy Perspective

Kitchens, Residential Inspiration Betty 2 Comments on Featured Customer | Deep Bowl Porcelain Pendants Add a Spicy Perspective

We just love a good reveal, don’t you?! Today, a kitchen reveal in Asheville, North Carolina, has captured our attention and not just because our Ivanhoe® Wilcox Deep Bowl Porcelain LED Pendant takes a starring role. One of our favorite food bloggers is Sommer Collier, author of A Spicy Perspective where you can not only find fabulous recipes and cooking tips but some good conversation too. Sommer has been living without her kitchen for the past few weeks as it underwent a complete makeover right down to the hardwood floors. Here is a shot of Sommer’s kitchen before the demolition crew came in.
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Style Me Sunday: Festive Barn-Inspired Laundry Room

How-To, Laundry Rooms & Mudrooms, Style Guides Betty 1 Comment on Style Me Sunday: Festive Barn-Inspired Laundry Room

Remember our last Style Me Sunday spotlighting utilitarian spaces? This week we’re looking at the room most of us dread: The Laundry Room.

Let’s take a moment to switch our sentiments from the tediousness of folding laundry and sorting out whites to reflect on the good elements of doing laundry. Everyone loves the feeling of swaddling warm towels fresh from the dryer, and the scent of mountain fresh laundry detergent is quite refreshing.
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