Mid-Century Lighting: Making Your Interior More Stylish
HISTORY In the years following World War II, the U.S. enjoyed a period of unprecedented prosperity. Veterans returned from the...
Adding Texture to Interior Design
Texture is crucial to quality interior design. It creatively disrupts monochromatic palettes. It links complementary pieces and patterns. Texture adds...
Lighting Design
Retro Glamour
Retro designs usually revisit the 1920s through 1940s. It picks up memories of Art Deco, Craftsman period, and the G.I....
Color Trends
Building a Moody Interior: Rich Pigments in Decor & Lighting
Creating lighting effects against rich colors is a major trend in contemporary interior design. Deep emerald, rich blue, warm beige,...
Color Trends
Glittery Gold in Lighting Design
Gold makes a clear statement. Gold sends a not so subtle message of warmth, wealth, and mastery. It shines best...
Playing with Geometric Patterns & Shapes in Lighting
Geometry is fundamental to interior design. The design is a function of proportion, pattern, and shapes. Historically, those patterns and...
Starling Chandelier Makes Any Interior Remarkable
For decades, choices in chandeliers were old school. Traditional brass and glass hung in colonial Williamsburg designs or extravagant imitations...
Metallic Accents and Lighting Design
Brass, copper, stainless steel, wrought iron, and more! Metallic accents draw attention, highlight other textures, and break up a design...
Lighting Design
Retro & Industrial Light Fixtures and Design
Retro looks back: Everything old can be new Retro and Industrial décor dominate current trends in home and workplace interior...
Lighting Design
Brass Lighting: Trending Strongly in 2018
Brass Lighting Décor: Trending Strongly Brass never disappears from the interior decorator’s portfolio. Successful use of brass in design depends...
What’s out in 2018
Fluorescent Lights Interior designers and home-owners are choosing other eco-friendly lighting alternatives, for instance, LED lighting. Mirror Lighting Mirror lighting...
Authentic California Homes - Get Inspired
“There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.” Edward Abbey Brittany...
Decor Trends
Lighting Design Trends for 2018 from The Vault
RETRO & INDUSTRIAL STYLES The upgraded industrial lighting presents a different material composition from the original retro and industrial style...