23 budget friendly lighting fixtures from Amazon. YES, AMAZON!

Interiors

23 budget friendly lighting fixtures from Amazon, in a variety of styles and finishes. #amazonprime #amazon #lighting #budgetlighting #hardwiredlighting #chandeliers #pendants #wallmount #flushmount www.pencilshavingsstudio.com
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23 budget friendly lighting fixtures from Amazon, in a variety of styles and finishes. #amazonprime #amazon #lighting #budgetlighting #hardwiredlighting #chandeliers #pendants #wallmount #flushmount www.pencilshavingsstudio.com

Feb 8

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INTERNET! My obsession with Amazon continues. I fell down the rabbit hole of lighting on everybody’s favorite internet superstore and could not believe my eyes. There are SO MANY good lighting choices over on ye olde Amazon and most are budget friendly. Like REALLY budget friendly. So I pulled together a roundup of my faves. […]

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Rattan Pendants are having a moment

Interiors

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Jun 27

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Are you noticing the rattan trend happening everywhere lately? I’m particularly keen on rattan pendant lights – there’s something so beachy and fresh about them, and the bell shape feels crisply contemporary with a nod to natural fibers. I’ve seen them in pairs over kitchen islands, or solo over dining tables. But they’re equally at […]

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Quick Project: Lighting Upgrade (or, how I still mourn the loss of incandescent light bulbs)

Interiors

Colorful Red Lamp from Lamps Plus at Pencil Shavings Studio, boy nursery, modern nursery, preppy, navy, Benjamin Moore Lucerne www.pencilshavingsstudio.com
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Colorful Red Lamp from Lamps Plus at Pencil Shavings Studio, boy nursery, modern nursery, preppy, navy, Benjamin Moore Lucerne www.pencilshavingsstudio.com

Sep 4

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Internet, can I tell you something? Several years ago when the government decided for us to phase out incandescent bulbs and switch to the LED light bulb, I went in to hoarding mode as I absolutely adore a blazing 100 watt incandescent bulb. Bring on the light! Heck, if they’d made a 500 watt bulb, I WOULD HAVE […]

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Carlton Landing: How our lighting choices shaped up

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Aug 18

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One of the hardest parts of making decisions when building or finishing out a house is knowing whether the choices you’ve made really will be the best ones. Will the scale be right? Will the color(s) be great together?  We analyzed every last detail of our choices for the lake house at Carlton Landing to […]

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