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Pendant Lighting | A Look Back at Vintage Porcelain Lighting Fixtures

How-To, Lighting 101 Betty Leave a Comment on Pendant Lighting | A Look Back at Vintage Porcelain Lighting Fixtures

I know it’s July and the school bell will remain silent for six more weeks, but there’s no time like the present for a little education.

No groaning please. Education is information, and information is key when you’re investing in lighting. Let’s face it. You can go to your local big-box store and spend $29.99 on a look-alike wall sconce that came from China. But considering it costs roughly $30 and had to be shipped overseas, how much money do you think actually went into the materials? Not much. Which is why most “inexpensive” lights rust almost immediately or fall apart at the first hint of use.

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Sign Lights Offer Finishing Touch to Homes, Businesses

Commercial Spaces, How-To, Restaurants, Bars, & Breweries Betty Leave a Comment on Sign Lights Offer Finishing Touch to Homes, Businesses

The finishing touch to any space can take many forms — a perfect throw pillow on a new couch, hand-crafted drawer pulls on kitchen cabinets, a stunning sign light over a piece of artwork. The finishing touch is what takes a project from simply finished to simply fantastic.

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How’s It Hanging? A Closer Look at Ceiling Pendant Mounts

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Whether you’re lighting the foyer, the kitchen island, or a covered porch, pendant lighting is a practical way to brighten a space and add stylish accents. Our collections of barn pendant lights and porcelain enamel pendants showcase styles ranging from stem mounted to cord hung. Customers often ask: what are the differences between cord hung and stem mount pendants?

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American Made Lighting | Hand Crafted, Customized to Last

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With the US economy still struggling six years after the recession took hold, more consumers than ever are focusing on American-made products. From locally grown foods and craft beer to clothing and yes, even barn lighting, consumers are realizing that the American-made label translates not only to jobs but to an amazing range of quality products. There is even a growing movement, reported today by CNBC, among American manufacturers to create and export their products as part of a strategic growth plan.

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