My Review of White Canvas 24" Wide Four Light Pendant Chandelier

My Review of White Canvas 24" Wide Four Light Pendant Chandelier

Originally submitted at Lamps Plus

Modern simplicity is exemplified by this drum shade pendant chandelier. A 1/8" thick acrylic diffuser at the bottom of the shade prevents glare. The design includes extra cable and cord for a versatile hanging height.

• 10 feet adjustable overall hanging height.
• 32" pre-set...

White Canvas 24" Wide Four Light Pendant Chandelier

Gorgeous!

By renovationbloviatrix from Blacksburg VA on 2/25/2010

 

5out of 5

Pros: Quality Construction, Great Illumination, Easy To Hang, Easy To Change Bulb, Attractive Design, Stable Design

Best Uses: Over Table, High Ceilings, Primary Light Source, Decoration

Describe Yourself: Midrange Shopper

Pros: This is over my dining room table in an open floor plan and works perfectly. It makes a striking statement, but doesn't get in the way or look as showy or ridiculous as some designs might. The shade does not obstruct the view across the room because it is not very tall. It is an outstanding choice for a space that is modern or transitional, which are the two styles I needed to encompass. I wish there was a smaller "mini-pendant" version for my kitchen island. A smaller version would also have been just what i wanted for the reading lights on each side of our bed.

Cons: It is a bit tricky getting the shade leveled with the 4 suspension wires, but it is worth messing around with. the adjustment mechanism is easy to operate, so it just takes some time and patience. (Beside the obvious reason, it has to be leveled so the diffuser inside won't look crooked when the light is on.) i will point out that the center electrical cord should be longer than the 4 suspension wires. My electrician installed it with that cord hanging straight. I had to ask him to adjust it so it would have that graceful sigmoidal curve, which meant it ended up a bit higher than i had intended it to be, but that is an insignificant detail when the fixture is so beautiful.

I chose this partly because i am getting ready to sell the house and wanted it to be stylish but not over the top. We are moving to an apartment and I wish I could take this with us.

(legalese)

My Review of Tiburon Halogen 22" Wide Bathroom Light Fixture

Originally submitted at Lamps Plus

From Minka Lavery, this bathroom light fixture features a brushed nickel finish and etched opal glass. The trio of lights are adjustable side by side only.

• Extends 8 3/4" from the wall.
• 6 1/2" high.
• 22" wide.
• Includes three 40 watt G-8 halogen bul...

Tiburon Halogen 22" Wide Bathroom Light Fixture

Beautiful and versatile fixture!

By Renovationbloviatrix from Blacksburg VA on 2/12/2010

 

5out of 5

Pros: Attractive Design, Quality Construction, Great Value, Great Illumination

Best Uses: Small Rooms, Primary Light Source, Decoration

Describe Yourself: Midrange Shopper

This works well over a wall-mounted medicine cabinet because the lights extend out from the wall enough to shine in FRONT of the mirror, rather than along the top of the medicine cabinet like several others I tried to use. It is not obvious from the photographs on-line that it has that "reach". Also, each lamp "unit" can swivel in any direction, independent of the others, so you can tilt one or two toward the mirror, another toward the shower, etc. Each one can rotate and point up to the ceiling if you would rather have indirect lighting.

(legalese)

Stone is The Best

I love this new stone facade - i love the whole renovation, but the stone ("Westchester Ledge") is the very best.

If you take a look at the before, the bad resolution is a good thing otherwise your retinas would probably dissolve. The new stone is surrounded by new paint on the old siding, new gutters, new storm door in cranberry on the front door. Since this picture was taken, i also replaced the door hardware, which i will post another time. The roof is a synthetic shake shingle that comes with a 50 year warranty.

And the driveway - - - who would have ever thought that an asphalt driveway would be such an incredible upgrade?

Nothing is happening because nothing is happening.

I thought by now I would have triumphantly posted pictures of the completed exterior.  But you can blame Hurricane Ida on me.  We had shingles delivered on Friday and the roof work was supposed to start on Monday.  Instead, we had 4.5 days and nights of driving, soaking rain.  The pallets of shingles are sitting in the yard, sinking into the mud.

They will (as you might guess) go on the roof.  Shown here.  You can see that the siding was removed (weeks ago) and the surface has been prepped for the stone facing.  Which will go on after the roof is complete.  Someday.

Today was a beautiful sunny Saturday.  By about 2:00 it occurred to me that it would have been the perfect opportunity to tile the front step before winter sets in.  But I don't have the tile or any sort of plan, and I am getting ready to go out of town on Monday, too, so it would be a 2 day window.  Kinda tight.  So I am going to have to let this nice weather go to waste.  I am hoping for a very mild December.

I don't know - is this an attractive front step, or could it use some improvements??

I LOVE THIS CLOCK!!!!!!!!!

Got it at the Salvador Dali Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain.  Coolest art museum ever.

Could NOT leave without one.  End of story.

It ain't modernism, but here is a finished room.

Well, it is about as finished as it will get while I live here, anyway.  Of the 5 small bedrooms in this house, this is one of the teeny-tiny bedrooms.  It has been a real challenge to figure out how to get ample sleeping space into these rooms and still retain some other function, given that we don't have permanent residents for any of them other than the master bedroom.  

Starting out, the room was a nearly literal blank canvas - beige carpet, off-white walls, ugly ring fluorescent ceiling light, and a nasty traverse rod with off-white curtains.  Nowhere to go but up.

Goal number one was to fit in some bookcases to house some of our increasingly anachronistic books, and still have guest(s) sleeping quarters.  And goal number two was to make it blend some modern and some traditional, since the bookcases, side cabinet and chairs are traditional-to-antique.  

I chose this dusty green paint just because it is one of my favorite colors, and I had not used it anywhere else in the house.  The exciting bargain for this room was finding these curtains at Bed Bath & Beyond on clearance for $15/panel.  These determined the rest of the color scheme, which is gold with a bit of orange.  I got the double rod and rings at

 BB&B also, and re-used sheers I had taken down from another room.

I found the daybed frame online.  It struck me as the perfect transitional style between modern and antique.  The bedspread is from Linen Source, also online.  I like the swirls - much more modern than the traditional floral patterns you usually find on this type of spread.  I had to rip off the back of the bed skirt and sew it onto the end that would usually be the pillow-end of a twin bed.  

Underneath this daybed is a trundle, so two people can sleep in this room.  People without cat allergies.

I wedged the daybed between the two crappy bookcases from Office Depot.  They look decent this way, so it is not completely apparent what pieces of shit they really are.  I am so tired of buying "assembly-needed" things that look good in the store, but when you start assembling them you realize the

 materials are only slightly better than very dense cardboard.

I pulled out some of my framed stuff from my old house, which was really traditional style, especially compared to this house.  I think they work okay here.  

This pendant 

lamp is from Lowe's, and replaces a white Chinese paper globe that was hanging on a cord.  

The mirror is one I got from a friend when I was still in high school and her family was moving 

to Taiwan.  Long ago I stripped the black paint from the frame and found this lovely paint underneath.  I touched up the gold part with some craft paint.  

 

The rest of the room is other old furniture we had on hand, including this cool clock from my in-laws.  When I need to soak up some calm, this is a good room to get some.