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Featured Customer | Porcelain Enamel Lighting Adds Unexpected Whimsy to Farmhouse

Porches, Garages, & Home Exteriors, Residential Inspiration Betty 2 Comments on Featured Customer | Porcelain Enamel Lighting Adds Unexpected Whimsy to Farmhouse

Take one “sad-looking house” on a farm in Virginia, add in a recent retiree with a great eye and sense of delight, and you get one amazing makeover!

“I have admired Barn Light Electric fixtures for a long time,” says Susan of Lexington, Virginia, “and when it came time to renovate, I bolted to your website for inspiration.” The original understated porch was removed and a new porch was added along with new roofing, vertical siding, a new door and windows plus an addition to the left of the house. With an interest in vintage lighting, Susan chose porcelain enamel fixtures for her new porch — the Benjamin® Seaside Radial Wave Reflector Stem Light and the matching Goodrich® Seaside Radial Wave Reflector Gooseneck Light.
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Featured Customer | Original™ Gooseneck Barn Light Graces Home in Historic Merida, Yucatan

Porches, Garages, & Home Exteriors, Residential Inspiration Betty 4 Comments on Featured Customer | Original™ Gooseneck Barn Light Graces Home in Historic Merida, Yucatan

Like many retirees, Wes Prince was looking for a change of scenery. But unlike those who simply retire to a sunny locale to relax, Wes took on a renovation project that would send most homeowners running for a condo. Wes sold his loft in Atlanta, and, along with his new bride Lola, packed the Jeep with a five-month-old Golden Retriever and a Chihuahua then drove 3,000 miles to Merida, a 500-year-old city on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. It was here in this historic city that Wes and Lola tackled the complete renovation of an old ruin that would become their dream home. On his first trip to the area, a friend took him to see the house.
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Featured Customer | All Weather Gooseneck Fixture Delights This Southern Gal

Porches, Garages, & Home Exteriors, Residential Inspiration Betty Leave a Comment on Featured Customer | All Weather Gooseneck Fixture Delights This Southern Gal

Few renovation projects are truly complete the first time around. For Amanda, in Atlanta, Georgia, it took several years, in fact, to get her garage reveal-ready for her blog called Dixie Delights. When she purchased her home, the original garage door was solid wood and 40 years old. She backed into it a couple of years ago knocking it off the track and knocking renovation plans into overdrive.
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Porcelain Barn Lights Star in Remodel on TLC's Bakery Boss

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In business for more than 50 years, the Friendly Bake Shop of Frankfort, New York, was struggling. Too few options in the display case, a dingy, dated space, and three generations of family members with differing ideas on how to move the family business into the future.
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Barn Pendants, Wall Sconces Add Spice to Mexican Restaurant

Commercial Spaces, Restaurants, Bars, & Breweries Betty 2 Comments on Barn Pendants, Wall Sconces Add Spice to Mexican Restaurant

Earlier this week, we visited with designer Cheryl Sottile in a post featuring a kitchen renovation in the Florida Keys. Cheryl infused tropical hues into the space with our Dino Pendant Lights in a creamy Jadite finish. Today, we cross the Sunshine State to visit another one of Cheryl’s project sites, this time in Sarasota where she tackled transforming a former oyster bar into a Mexican restaurant.

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