New Jamie Young Lamps

Have you seen the new Jamie Young lamps lately?  They have some beautiful new fabrics...

If you are not familiar with Jamie Young, check it out. It's a really cool line.  Well-made and not too terribly expensive.  Plus you can swap out the shades to create different looks.

Here are some of our favorites:

We'll be posting these up in our Jamie Young Lamps section by the end of this week.

PS Did you notice the slideshow? Cool heh? We just discovered it on Picasa. It's free and super simple to use.

Gorgeous Beach Shell Chandelier from Currey

We're crazy about this new beach shell chandelier from Currey & Co. Isn't it marvelous? Can you see this with a white linen couch and white-washed floor? You'll need a very high ceiling though. This chandelier is huge!

The size is 37rd x 64h and the price is $5750 including shipping, a little expensive, perhaps, but oh it's so worth it.

This will be posted on our Currey Chandeliers section soon so please check back for more info.

Contemporary Lighting Ideas

Lighting Design

 

Living Room Lighting
In the atmosphere of the living room is one of the most important parts of your home has become, but people will often get confused, while the interior lighting . In this case, it is always, they suggested to go with the modern techniques of style, because there is a very simple but modern look of the living room. Of course, it is advisable for this simple but attractive lighting systems that go into the living room, modern lighting collections. Read on to learn more about modern living room lighting by this article.

 

Dining Room Lighting
Modern lights give your dining room a perfect combination of elegance and simplicity. Also due to their simple design, they are easy to maintain. Without further efforts, such as antique lighting is necessary for modern lighting and keep and maintain a functional dining room. Thanks to its simple exterior, and even a brush to clean these products do not have much time and effort. Because they are a compact design, they also add grace to your dining room and capacity for good lighting, also act as a primary source of light in the work area.


Kitchen Lighting
The contemporary kitchen lights are the most popular lighting used in the kitchen developed in those days. Of these, the most frequently used lamps lighting kitchen geometric shape with clean lines. The best part for the modern kitchen lighting, which go well with any kind of simple home decor and the theme is moderately priced compared to the antique kitchen lighting systems.


Bathroom Lighting 

 Bathroom lighting is available as bulbs in white, rounded dwellings made of glass, a strong influence on diffuse lighting illuminates the smallest imperfections of the face and help us to maintain easy to give. They are the best places by narrow valleys. It can be wall lights, light boxes in or near the bathroom cabinet light is used, but are usually located near the sinks.

Outdoor Lighting Ideas

Outdoor Lighting

Outdoor Lighting
Your outdoor lighting setup is sure to be enhanced with these great flowing pendant lamps. These outdoor lighting fixtures make a bold statement if that is what you are looking for in your outdoor patio design. I like the long tapered outdoor lighting fixtures that hang vertically. The vertical flow is appealing for me as it appears as a light sculpture as opposed to traditional outdoor lighting fixtures attached horizontally to a roof or awning.


Outdoor Lighting
Outdoor lighting is very proud of the fact that most contracts and delivered within 24 hours after ordering.  Outdoor lighting  is known reputation as leaders in their field of close working relationships with engineers, architects, outdoor lighting designers to achieve, contractors, distributors and owners to their destination, a leading innovator and leader in outdoor lighting industry.


Outdoor Lighting
Another great outdoor lighting  Hinkley outdoor lighting Company. Inspired use of nature in their outdoor lighting collection is unique. Add an unlimited idea of colors and four different seasons to millions of different models used Hinkley Lighting all this lead to a feeling of serenity that only nature can create inspired. Drive way with outdoor lighting, step lighting, interior, and the use of light not only to the shadows, you can improve your outdoor spaces.


Outdoor Lighting
Outdoor lighting is usually on sidewalks, stairs and roads installed and pointed trees, walls and fences. Typical low-voltage outdoor landscape lighting needs only three components: transformers, low voltage cables and lighting fixtures.Outdoor sunlight are certainly an interesting opportunity, not just for saving purposes.


Outdoor Lighting

Mood Lighting Ideas

Mood Lighting

Mood Lighting
As you probably know, can unless it is purely functional lighting also affect the mood of the room in three different ways.First ambient or general lighting can have a major influence on the mood of the room. A brightly lit room projects a positive, optimistic mood. This will be good for office or home gym. A dark room is cozy and romantic. You can search for it in the dining room or day. Many people make the mistake of lighting in their homes is just one extreme or another.

Mood Lighting
Second, the lighting mood is expressed. For example, some lights have to be traditional, others contemporary. Games between these species are usually called transitional mood lighting. As with the furniture you choose, or the color of the walls, floors and carpets, the type of lighting should be adequate in the mood for the rest of the equipment. You can also try using a light sculpture, which acts both as an accent light and a work of art.

Mood Lighting
Third, you can provide accents of mood lighting in different parts of a room for functional reason, but simply because they add a dramatic context. For example, you can light up on the leaves of a tropical plant gloss and presents the interesting interplay of light and shadow. You can also Artifact accent painting, sculpture or other means.


Mood Lighting

Fabulous Lighting from Jonathan Adler

One of the biggest challenges we face as a small online retailer is finding good stuff to buy.  It's so hard, let us tell you.  We have to find things that are inexpensive enough, pretty enough, and nice enough in person so when the customers receive them, they'll be happy.

You think it's easy?

Ha!

Fortunately the lamps from Robert Abbey fit those criterias.  They are so well-made and well-priced, we never have been disappointed.

Here are some fabulous pieces from the Jonathan Adler collection for Robert Abbey:

These items will be posted on our site soon!

Animal-themed Lamps from Barbara Cosgrove

We've been seeing a lot of animal-themed decor lately. Some are very tastefully done, lots are not...

We've always loved Barbara Cosgrove lamps. They take traditional styles and put a modern twist on them, and the overall effect is quite glamorous. We've seen them displayed in very upscale places like the SLS hotel in Beverly Hills and many five-star hotels in Vegas.

Here are some new animal-theme lamps that were introduced recently. They are not expensive at all (about $200-$400 per pair).



This pair of foo dogs lamps are MARVELOUS in person. It's one of our favorites.

This will be cute in a kid's room...
You can see the rest of the collection at Barbara Cosgrove or visit our modern lamps section.

Modern Pendants from Lights Up

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you'll know that we have a soft spot for pretty, colorful things. We love decor that is fun, happy, and bright.

Our sales rep emailed us yesterday about Lights Up, a lighting company based out of New York. We love the line and thought we should share it with you. They make pretty, colorful pendants, which are really inexpensive and really fun. Lightsup's lead time is 10 days. The fabric can be customized.

Here are some of our favorites:








The fabric selection is adorable. Here are a few (you can see the rest on the site).





These pendants, as we mentioned previously, are totally inexpensive. They run between $200-$400.

To see the complete line, check out Lights Up web site. We'll be putting them up on our lighting section soon, so check our site in a few days...

Three Very Glamorous Chandeliers

You probably think that we are being lazy when there are only "three" items on our list instead of ten. What is it about lists that always have to have ten items in it anyway?

So we are going to buck the trend by only have three items in our list. Mainly because right now there are only three chandeliers that we think are worth mentioning, and the other reason is, well, we really are lazy today. It's been a long week.

We promise to bring it to ten eventually.

Here are our three favorite chandeliers this week. We like them because they make such a statement without being too expensive (they run about $1500-$1800).

This one is from Oly Studio. It's called Flower Fall Chandelier.


This one is from a small designer in Los Angeles called Marjorie Skouras. We saw this in High Point and it is lovely indeed.


This one is from Made Goods, one of our new favorite vendors.

Unique Pendants from DK Living

We think lighting is one of those things that's really hard to shop for. You either get the generic, boring stuff at Home Depot or Lowes or you get the really high-end stuff at specialty stores.

So we were a little excited when we saw these at DK Living. This company sells furniture and accessories that are simple but very unique. The prices are very reasonable too. They run between $200-800 for the fixtures.

Here are some pendants that are quite lovely...
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This one is a mesh-wire in silver. It 's only $200.
We love this glass pendant. It's so simple and clean-lined.
This picture is terrible, but the pendant looks adorable in person. The bubbles are being tied together by very thin wires. It runs about $700 or so.
We just like the simplicity of this pendant.
This one is very glamorous. It's about $800.
The pictures are not so great, sorry. They look much in person though.

Very Modern Lighting from Nuevo

We just saw some very cool lighting fixtures from Nuevo that we thought you might want to check out. This is a Canadian-based company and they make amazing barstools, modern furniture and lighting. We like their lighting collection quite a bit. It's are not too expensive and they are very unique. If you have a modern theme for your home decor, it'll be a great fit.

Here are some samples:

Now, because these are not too expensive they are not made of Murano glass or crystal or anything like that. They are made of acrylic, actually. They do look pretty cool though, and if you are in the mood for something fun but you don't want to spend a lot of money, it might be a good choice.

http://www.nuevoliving.com/ (this is a trade site only and you'll need a password to get in).