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We’ve blogged before about the wonderful shade designs from A’ Homestead Shoppe . Located in the small, northern Indiana town of La Paz, the company has made a reputation with its homey, folk-art style shades and lighting. We talked with product development team member Cathy Clough to learn more about the company and its products. Q: It’s wonderful...
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Here's a fun How It's Made video segment that shows how the incandescent light bulb is put together. Like a lot of simple things, there are more steps involved than you might think!
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CNN story on the trend of the tiny home. These are ultra-small homes on the order of 150 to 250 square feet! ...
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I pulled these surprising tidbits from an in-depth article on the physics of glass which appeared in the New York Times : 1. How glass transitions from a liquid to a solid form is an unsolved riddle that still incites fierce debate within the scientific community. 2. That story about old glass window panes being uneven because their molecules are still...
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LAMPS PLUS is sponsoring a sweepstakes in Home Magazine for you to win one of ten Stacy Garcia giclee pattern plug-in swag chandeliers. Just visit the Stacy Garcia sweepstakes page at PointClickHome.com and fill out the entry form. The sweepstakes ends November 11th at noon, Eastern time. After you enter, be sure to browse our entire line of Stacy Garcia...
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Saturday's Home and Garden feature from the LA Times showcases a couple of our local residents' endeavor to transform their 1960 fixer-upper into a tropical resort. With Bangkok's Sukhothai Hotel as the inspiration they incorporated plenty of lighting and plants into their plan. Take a look at the pictorial . I think they do achieve a lush, relaxed...
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Do you like to have as many plants and as much light as possible in every room you enter? Do natural patterns and textures make you feel relaxed and at ease? You may be into biophilia , a movement in architecture that explores mankind's love of nature. The phrase was coined by Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson , PhD, in his 1984 book by the the same...
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Way back in 1939, FDR set aside August 19th as National Aviation Day, a day to reflect on the history, development, and sheer wonder of flight. So, every year we celebrate Orville Wright's birthday and the ways he and his brother Wilbur changed our world forever. For you aircraft aficionados out there, I wanted to point out a couple of ultra-cool items...
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Angelo Surmelis, host of HGTV's 24 Hour Design and Rate My Space recently used a LAMPS PLUS Casa Surveyor ceiling fan in a retro kitchen update. Read all about it at HGTV and view the updated look online: Updated Retro Kitchen Angelo also has a blog you should check out: Angelo Surmelis blog .
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Builder Jeff Click, a member of our LAMPS PLUS Professionals program , sent us some great photos of a house he's just completed. The home is located in the SilverHawk development in Oklahoma City. Says Jeff, " You can check out a cool photo tour of some of your fixtures we've used...I think that's about 80% stuff you all (LAMPS PLUS) supplied, inside...
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