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Posts tagged “lighting”

Look!: Covering Recessed Light Fixtures
Washington DC

Add some zen to your office lighting with this design idea from Tulsi Holistic Living center in DC. The rice paper gently sways and softens the harsh light of the recessed office lighting. We thin...

Inexpensive Lamps from Pier 1
Washington DC

We got a mini-catalog in the mail today from Pier 1 and were pleasantly surprised by some of the offerings. Though the focus of the "val-u-versity" mailer was obviously back to school shoppers, we ...

Stuart Haygarth's Recycled Chandeliers
Washington DC

It's Green Month on AT, so we're on the lookout for ways to reduce our garbage and reuse materials that we already own. The current issue of Dwell features the inspiring work of Stuart Haygarth, wh...

Sha-Do Lamp by Peter Buning
Washington DC

Why wallpaper when you can create fun and funky patterns on your walls with the click of a switch? The Sha-Do Lamp, designed by Peter Buning Fixtures, creates geometric shadow patterns on your ceilin...

Green@Home: Everything Old is New Again
Washington DC

Name: Colleen Location: Washington DC Profession: Foreign Service Officer and AT Blogger That is your intrepid blogger circa 1978, visiting the cool pad of a very cool aunt. Though the paneling an...

Atelier Candelabra from Smith & Hawken
Washington DC

We don't know what we love more about the Atelier Candelabra, its ornate handcrafted iron curls or the smooth elegance of its blown glass shades......

Hot or Not? Innermost Bigoli Lamp Shades
Washington DC

Spirals of tubular mesh and wire make up this crazy lamp shade from Innermost. We noticed that it's one of those items that everyone (and we mean everyone!) instinctively reaches out to touch. But ...

Look!: Ikea Room Divider = Anthropologie Chandelier!
Washington DC

We recently bought an Ikea Hultet room divider and have been stalling on installing it. We were wondering whether to paint it, how high to hang it (so the pets don't destroy it), and all the other us...