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For the past two Halloweens, we have had no front porch light. Instead of a porch light, we had to run an extension cord out the window or out the door to power a floor lamp. Why no porch lig [Read More]

Jessica spent a large chunk of yesterday (and part of last night) painting. Thus, the walls are all but finished. When we were picking out wall paint a couple weeks ago, I was reminded again that the most difficult and stressful part of home improvem [Read More]

Originally, the idea was to have wall sconces flanking the mirror and two matching (or at least complementing) pendant lights located roughly where the two old ceiling light fixtures were. It proved difficult to find pendants that fit our taste and o [Read More]

As big of a hassle as it was to install, I am totally in love with my new kitchen ceiling light.  I finally got the thing installed and working this morning.Because the light electrical box was kind of sunk into the plaster ceiling...and the cei [Read More]

I have the rest of my kitchen ceiling installed. I installed the bulk of it a few weeks ago when the new cabinet was going in.  The remaining pieces needed to be cut to size & put up....and to get motivated to do that took me a while. But, i [Read More]

I may have posted pictures of these when I first bought them a few years ago (okay, 5 years ago). But, here you go again. Photos of the lights going up in my kitchen.I made one little discovery the other day. For some reason when I ordered the lights [Read More]

When we were choosing the lighting for our master bedroom we had a lot to consider. There are two types of lighting that you need to consider when choosing your lighting options. They are: Work / Task Lighting Ambient Lighting Work / Task Lighti [Read More]

I've run into a tiny snag in the kitchen ceiling installation. I'm replacing the light in the center of the room. I know the the electrical in the kitchen is new-ish, so I thought for sure all I'd have to do was pull down the old light & put up [Read More]

i’ve been looking for some round pendant lights that are modern and interesting, and bocci (based in vancouver) has a great design by omer arbel. Cast glass with a frosted central cylinder to house the lightbulb. I love the shape and the look [Read More]

The hot tub is up and running and we love it! This is a Bullfrog spa with jetpaks. The Jetpaks are interchangeable so that you can move your favorite jets to your favorite seat location. The Clusterspray jetpak is in the left in this photo; the Oscil [Read More]

If you haven’t, and you feel so inclined, we’d certainly appreciate your vote! Our living room is posted under “Julio B - Portland, OR.”  The prize is $1000 in Rejuvenation lighting.  Winning would mean we’d have prett [Read More]

My apologies for my long absence from my blog. There wasn't much going on with the house and I needed a break. So...let's see what I need to catch you up on...DH has been busy around the house. He has been trying to come up with a design for an outdo [Read More]

An article in today's New York Times underscores what many of us are finding with the new LED Lighting products: they aren't quite there yet. I agree with the analysis, but have issue with the conclusion (or lack thereof). Traditional news stories [Read More]

I guess it is just the Murphy’s Law of old houses, or any house for that matter, that when you fix one thing, you create three more different problems.  Case in point would be our back porch light.  I guess you really can’t call it a po [Read More]

I just received this flyer in the mail. Lightworks is having a sale starting Jan 2nd. I really like this place.br /br /If you live in the Twin Cities and own an old house, it is a must stop. Over the years, I have had them build me a new hallway ligh [Read More]

When most people are putting things like: “New set of pots and pans, Christmas gift for Susie” on their shopping list for this Friday, I am listing things like: “New set of light sconces for the Living Room, faucet for the kitchen s [Read More]

Buffet Lights The room that we call the library, which I have profiled here, is rapidly becoming what I can only think of as a thirties style room. Fine with me, I am more than happy with how the room is coming together. There are deco elements in [Read More]

When we were picking out light fixtures for the house we forgot to include a light for the hall, so we opted for a cheap white light that was just laying around. It had been removed from either one of the bedrooms or the living room. For the past yea [Read More]

The electrician and a couple of carpenters were at the house today putting in lights and doorknobs. The cleaning crew was also there making everything look nice. It certainly makes a huge difference to get all the plaster dust off of everything, espe [Read More]

A lot has been done out at the house since we were there on Friday. The painting is done, the closets all have shelves, and a few more lights are up.The concrete was poured yesterday or today; it was difficult to tell which day they did it, but it lo [Read More]