Kitchen Pendant Lighting Tips You Need To Know

Talking all about kitchen pendant lighting tips and kitchen lighting ideas today!

Because, if you want to give your kitchen a fresh, new look, you should consider your light fixtures.

kitchen pendants over island in white kitchen.Our kitchen industrial style large pendants with clear glass shades, see more of our kitchen here.

 

 

Kitchen Pendant Lighting Tips

 

There are dozens, if not hundreds of options for hanging lights in your kitchen.

However, if you’re looking for a timeless, classic look for your light source – pendant lights are the way to go.

Regardless if you have a small kitchen or a large one, pendant kitchen lights are a fantastic way to add some additional design to your kitchen, not to mention some extra light.

As a general rule of thumb, when it comes to the heart of the home, there’s no such thing as too much light.

You can add these fixtures to your kitchen right along with your existing ceiling lights, even if they’re recessed lights, it’s fine.

Whatever your personal aesthetic might be, pendant lights are the perfect solution.

With this in mind, here’s what you need to know about them.

 

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Artificial vs. Real Christmas Trees: The Pros and Cons Your Need To Know

Artificial vs. Real Christmas Trees…let’s get into it!

I know it seems a bit too early to be thinking about a Christmas tree…

But! Here’s the thing – last year when I talked about our love for our artificial Christmas tree at a more appropriate mid November date, most of them had sold out!

So, I made a note on my calendar to bring this up earlier this year…and here we are!

After years of debating real and fake Christmas trees every Christmas season, we’ve made some solid observations.

If you too, are in this artificial vs. real Christmas tree dilemma right now, today’s post is for you!

large pre lit artiificial Christmas tree

 

Artificial Christmas Trees vs. Real Christmas Trees – Pros and Cons

The holiday season is almost here!

Which means some holiday decor decisions are quickly coming up as well.

Year after year, the major question that dominates the Christmas-celebrating world is whether or not to get a real live tree.

There are endless reasons to consider both options, but to make things easier, we’ve outlined the major pros and cons of both of artificial vs. real Christmas trees for you below.

So let’s get into the artificial Christmas tree debate…

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Designer Look For Less: Four Great Home Decor Websites

What are the best home decor websites to get the interior designers look for less?

wallpaper in bathroom from Serena and Lily site for designer looksWallpaper  //  wooden stool   //  bath caddy  //  shutters

 

The best home decor websites – to get the look for less!

 

So, today’s post started out as an update on our beach house remodel…(which is still long over due) you can see a pic of a guest bathroom for this project above.

But, it quickly took a different turn after a long conversation with a good friend.

The gist of the conversation was an answer to her question, “What’s a great place to shop for home decor to get a designer level look?”

I ended up going over several of my favorite home decor online sources with my friend.

This also answered her next question, which was basically wanting to know “how I’m able to do a majority of the shopping for our Rhode Island project, from my home here in Connecticut?”

Through the years I’ve found so many great sources for home decor and home accents online.

Since I literally just shared these with my friend, I thought I’d do a post shouting out my favorites over here as well.Keep Reading