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Farmhouse Lighting Cozies Up Your Home for Fall

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This time of year, folks here in Florida have to enjoy fall by cruising our favorite home design blogs and Pinterest boards that tout the latest apple recipes. The view outside our windows is still pretty much green and full of sunshine, but we too enjoy getting cozy for the season. No matter where you live, you can infuse your home with the colors and textures of fall with a few simple touches borrowed from the popular farmhouse style.

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Behind the Design | Goodrich Gooseneck Barn Lighting

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When the Goodrich Electric Company was founded in 1925, it was a small newcomer in the field of lighting equipment manufacturers. Much like Barn Light Electric, the company enjoyed rapid growth and soon expanded to a larger manufacturing plant to meet the growing demand for its line of porcelain enamel barn lights including outdoor gooseneck lighting.

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Design 101: How to Layer Light Like a Pro with Serena Armstrong Interiors

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With the mighty Pacific to the west and San Francisco Bay to the east, Marin County, California, is an area steeped in natural beauty and history. It’s also home to interior designer Serena Armstrong who enjoys traveling throughout the area helping clients create spaces that are a careful blend of old and new with a look that feels collected over time. Her blog, Farm House Urban, is a great place to see some of Serena’s projects unfold.

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Emmy-Winning Host Renovates Seaside Cottage in Maine

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Long-time fans of This Old House will no doubt recognize today’s Featured Customer. Steve Thomas hosted the popular home improvement show for 14 years and calls himself a serial renovator after almost 20 years of renovating two dozen homes. His latest project is a circa 1903, shingle-style cottage in a small fishing village on the coast of Maine. Named Sea Cove Cottage, this renovation is more personal to Steve as it’s the winter home for he and his wife Evy and their two standard poodles.

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Graniteware Bowls Bring on the Bling at Bareburger

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If you follow the Barn Light Electric blog, you probably know all about our porcelain enamel lighting. And about the special oven we use to seal the porcelain enamel glass to the hand-spun steel shade. This oven was brought over from Italy in 2013 and revs up to 1,500 degrees creating a super high-gloss finish. In fact, this Labor Day weekend, we will celebrate the two-year anniversary of the launch of our porcelain enamel manufacturing operation!

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