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Brilliant Cobalt Blue Nautical Lighting for Florida Beach Home

Porches, Garages, & Home Exteriors, Residential Inspiration Betty 6 Comments on Brilliant Cobalt Blue Nautical Lighting for Florida Beach Home

When Tom and Susan replaced their wooden decking and added a porch on their Palm Coast, Florida home, they knew the fading exterior light fixtures would also have to go.

“The plastic fixtures were getting really old looking and the plastic was eroded from the combination of wind, sun, salt, and age,” Tom explains. “They were about eight years old and whatever we put up had to be beach-friendly because we don’t want to replace fixtures year after year.” The couple’s home is just south of St. Augustine, Florida, and is subject to the wear and tear that accompanies our famous Florida sunshine. Susan spotted an ad for Barn Light Electric in Coastal Living magazine and knew she’d found the look she wanted for their new outdoor living area.

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Vintage-Style Lighting Brings Age-Old Character to New Lake Home

Home Tours, Residential Inspiration Betty 5 Comments on Vintage-Style Lighting Brings Age-Old Character to New Lake Home

Many stout-hearted homeowners tackle major renovations with big dreams. But sometimes, even with the deep pockets that big dreams require, some renovations are doomed from the start. When Jeff and his wife Stephanie, of Columbus, Ohio, purchased a cottage at Indian Lake, they initially planned a major remodel of the structure. But when they discovered the foundation was severely deteriorated, they decided to tear it down and start over.

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Classic Barn Lights for Pennsylvania Barns, Carriage House

Porches, Garages, & Home Exteriors, Residential Inspiration Betty Leave a Comment on Classic Barn Lights for Pennsylvania Barns, Carriage House

The holiday season may be over, but will it take until spring for your checkbook to recover!? If you’re ready to spruce up your home or office for the new year but are watching the bottom line, take a lesson from today’s Featured Customer, Jeff in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Jeff wanted to add some much-needed lighting to his array of outbuildings on the property and looked to our line of Discount Barn Lighting for the solution.

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Classic Porcelain Barn Lighting Dresses Up Porch, Garden for Wedding Vows

Porches, Garages, & Home Exteriors, Residential Inspiration Betty Leave a Comment on Classic Porcelain Barn Lighting Dresses Up Porch, Garden for Wedding Vows

When a friend was looking for a place to hold a wedding, Mary and Randy of Titusville, Florida, came to the rescue. They opened up their home and tropical garden setting to the happy couple for both photos and vows. In the months leading up to the wedding, Randy busied himself running electricity to the garden area so that lights could brighten the evening event. Mary and Randy were very familiar with Barn Light Electric, their hometown lighting store, so they started purchasing lights to spruce up their garden and porch.

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Interview with Canadian Designer Alykhan Velji

Bathrooms, How-To, Style Guides Betty 2 Comments on Interview with Canadian Designer Alykhan Velji

If you follow the Barn Light Electric Facebook page, you may have noticed a photo yesterday from one of our favorite north-of-the-border designers — Alykhan Velji of Calgary, Canada. We featured Aly’s special touch in a previous blog post when he created a nursery using a sophisticated palette of grey and white then highlighted the space with brilliant yellow accents. Aly has worked his magic again in a child’s space, this time a bathroom, where the color yellow makes another splash.

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