For more than 20 years, the good folks at Southern Living have inspired us with their annual Idea House. With an ensemble of talented architects and designers descending upon a new location each year, a showcase home is born chock full of color, texture, and creativity.
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We follow many blogs here at Barn Light Electric. We call it work but it’s actually loads of fun and a wonderful way to spot trends not only in lighting but in all sorts of home design. When we spotted some of our galvanized Union Stem Mount lights in the Brown Eyed Fox blog, we knew we’d found a kindred spirit. Here we talk with Carissa about how she created a laundry room that she actually enjoys being in every day!
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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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As the seasons change and the fall chill beckons us to spend a little more time enjoying the outdoors, that means we also spend a little more time prepping our mudrooms for the extra use! If you don’t have the luxury of an extra entry-way mudroom, you can always incorporate these pieces into your foyer or living room to transition them into functional, stylish spaces!
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In many homes, the laundry room is often an afterthought. Where can we tuck a washer and dryer and, if we’re lucky, a deep sink for hand washing and a table for folding? The basement is often the target space for the laundry room thanks to its out-of-sight location, yet many basements lack natural light or any sort of ambiance. This basement, however, is not only bright and inviting but convenient, well organized, and well illuminated.
Most laundry rooms are not blessed with abundant amounts of natural light. Often relegated to the basement or an interior wall or closet, the laundry room must be illuminated by more artificial means of lighting but that does not necessarily mean boring, big-box-store fixtures. Check out this bright white laundry room that is indeed blessed with some natural light coming in from the next room. But to supply the necessary “did that stain I pretreated really come out on the first try” lighting, a beautiful porcelain barn light hangs from above. This shade resembles our Ivanhoe® Sky Chief Warehouse Porcelain Pendant, one of the most popular fixtures in our line of Ivanhoe® Porcelain Pendant Lighting.
