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Guest Blogger | When Old Meets New: Vintage Touches for the Contemporary Home

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Living in a contemporary home and appreciating history don’t have to be mutually exclusive. In fact, the real design magic happens when old meets new, or when a vintage aesthetic gets a mod twist. The marriage of past and present is an important part of the Barn Light Electric ethos, which, with the help of highly skilled American artisans, has spent nearly a decade reviving the lost American art form of hand-spun porcelain lighting. Today, when most have abandoned this craft for less-expensive manufacturing methods, BLE is the only company in America producing traditional porcelain enamel lighting made for the present-day lifestyle.

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Bold Schoolhouse Lighting Offers Inviting Industrial Look

Commercial Spaces, Restaurants, Bars, & Breweries Betty Leave a Comment on Bold Schoolhouse Lighting Offers Inviting Industrial Look

Pizza places tend to be some of the most family-friendly restaurants you can find. In the world of design, that often translates to bright, colorful spaces with rugged materials that can handle high traffic. When the owners of the Trattoria Pizzarelli restaurant in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, started planning for a new location, they wanted to create an inviting, family atmosphere but one that offered an upscale industrial look.

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Schoolhouse Lighting Adds Character to Basic 80’s Colonial

Home Tours, Residential Inspiration Betty 2 Comments on Schoolhouse Lighting Adds Character to Basic 80’s Colonial

So what do you do when your dream house is a 1920s Craftsman style home but you live in an 80s-era Colonial?

You renovate! And then you start a blog to share your successes, and stumbles, with the world. That’s what Teresa of Life and Renovations did when she and her husband purchased a home almost two years ago in the suburbs of Pittsburgh.

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Schoolhouse Pendant Lighting Easy to Customize for Distinctive Look

How-To, Lighting 101 Betty Leave a Comment on Schoolhouse Pendant Lighting Easy to Customize for Distinctive Look

Barn Light Electric was born from a passion for vintage-style lighting. Inspired not only by the designs of early 20th century lighting, our owners also appreciated the durability and craftsmanship they saw in pieces found in antique stores, at estate sales, and even when poking around old buildings. They have built their business recreating many of these time-honored styles while offering new materials, finish colors, and customizing options for a fresh twist on old favorites.

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Guest Blogger | HGTV’s The Cousins Dish on Kitchen Lighting Tips

How-To, Residential Inspiration, Style Guides Betty Leave a Comment on Guest Blogger | HGTV’s The Cousins Dish on Kitchen Lighting Tips

One of the biggest perks of working with seriously talented interior designers and builders is that I glean a wealth of insider knowledge just by being in their presence. Working with HGTV’s The Cousins, Anthony Carrino and John Colaneri, is like getting a crash course in all things home and design, from the basics all the way through the hard-learned tricks of the trade. And there is no place in the home that The Cousins shine brighter than in the kitchen.

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