In many cities across the country, long-shuttered manufacturing facilities are finding new life as retail stores, restaurants, and even living spaces. Just north of Minneapolis in the historic Warehouse District, the Designer’s Guild Building offers its tenants thoughtfully planned and preserved spaces with high ceilings, large picture windows, exposed brick walls, and rustic wooden beams spanning the multi-story atrium entrance.
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Working from home has its perks. If you’re a blogger or a consultant or anyone who works from a home office, people tell you all the time how lucky you are. In reality, the job has its downsides. You can never really escape the office because it’s always right there.
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One of the more enjoyable aspects about being a blogger for Barn Light Electric is that I get to chat with a lot of customers and hear about their projects. I learn something new just about every day.
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In typical spring fashion, March is being fickle. Mother Nature can’t quite let go of the frost just yet, but she teases with sunny days that make us long for flip flops and tank tops.
Spring will be here before we know it and right on its heels will be summer with its heat and humidity. Spring is a great time to consider installing ceiling fans in your home or place of business. Already have ceiling fans? Take a closer look and ask yourself — is the style outdated? Is the fan as energy efficient as it could be? Would it be more functional with a light kit? Is it just plain ugly?
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I have a longstanding love affair with barns. I grew up in the south where we had a big old barn that was better than any playhouse my friends had. My sisters and I spent countless hours there holding club meetings amongst the hay bales and watching barn swallows tend their nests in the eaves. On a rainy day, there was nothing better than a picnic lunch in the hayloft listening to the rain patter on the tin roof.
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If you’re a follower of design blogs, you’ve probably kept up with the chatter on this year’s design trends. From the crowning of Radiant Orchid as the color of the year to the trend of mixing metals, fabrics, and colors in a space, this year seems to be about choosing pieces you love and worrying less about making everything match!
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