“(Keep Feeling) Fascination”

The lyrics of the Human League song from the glorious 1980’s was more than likely the inspiration for Varaluz lighting Fascination Contemporary Three Light Ceiling Light (product page: http://www.affordablelamps.com/var-165s03.html), if you read their product catalog. Using hand forged iron and recycled glass bottles, this gestalt of lighting genius is techno modern, clever, and attractive, like the era that inspired it.  And I should know, because I lived through that time, and the colors of this ceiling light are exactly like the clothing of the 80′s, shimmering, sleek and sensual.

The Varaluz fascination uses three 100 watt bulbs, measures 19” by 20”, and is finished in cool textured Nevada.  There are matching mirrors, sconces, chandeliers and vanity lights also available, so you can do your entire home in that quirky, kinky, pop art décor style.

For contemporary ceiling lights, this Varaluz three light fixture will get the party started.

For your Boardwalk apartment, townhouse or condo, you must have the Parker Place Modern Swing Arm Wall Lamp (product page: http://www.affordablelamps.com/mf-wb1392-bs.html). This clean, downlight wall swing arm lamp can be utilized in the bathroom, hallway, kitchen or bedroom, it’s that versatile. The Parker Place measures 12″ tall by 6.25″ wide and extends 12″ from the wall, and needs one 100 watt bulb to fire it up. It has an almost nautical flavor to it, yet is all modern, all the time.

So complete your Monopoly on modern lighting fixtures with this utilitarian, all metal finish fixture from Murray Feiss. You get a choice of brushed steel or dark bronze, to boot. How cool is that?

A fusion of modern style with a touch of the old Thomas Edison flavor, the Clark Modern Pendant (product page: http://www.affordablelamps.com/wil-600clkp.html) is the super choice for tall buildings with high rise apartments, penthouses or townhomes. These cylindrical marvels of simplistic design come in your choice of Antique Bronze, Polished Nickel, or Satin Nickel, with a choice of clear, white, or smokey Havana Brown glass. Great over a wetbar, kitchen island, or just hung al fresco, this deceptively unassuming piece of contemporary pendant lighting will make it easy when you have a gathering of your super friends together. These fixtures are supplied with 6 feet of field-cuttable cable, and use one 40 watt bulb each. Wilmette Lighting has made the ideal retro-contemporary fixture right here, measuring 4.4” by 8.1”. These are great as a retail store fixture, and for restaurant lighting as well, but I’m sure you guessed that already.

When you look the photo provided for the Extended Bars Table Lamp (product page: http://www.affordablelamps.com/hub-26-9392.html), you notice what looks like a Navajo or Southwest motif in the background. Frankly, I don’t see that as the best décor usage for this cylindrical table lamp. Instead, it reminds me of the 1950 style lamps that I grew up with, sort of a minimalist design of wrought iron surrounding the oval glass, for a clean, suburban feel, like that seen in the movie Blast from the Past. These wrought iron Table Lamps measure 18” high by 8.5” diameter, with a 7” base. They are, like all Hubbardton Forge lamps, made to order, and feature wrought ion construction, and use one type A 150 watt bulb, or the CFL equivalent. So, even if you do live in the Southwest, recapture that 1950 vibe. It is always hip to be retro.

By definition, the unique luster of pearls depends upon the reflection, refraction, and diffraction of light from the translucent layers. So the ET2 Pearl Six Light LED Wall Light (product page: http://www.affordablelamps.com/et-e20920-10.html) is aptly named, as this LED Lighting fixture does exactly that. This wonderful ET2 Lighting fixture measures 8″ square and extends 2.5″ from the wall and uses six 1W LED, 3000°K (included),  is ADA Compliant  and of course, is an energy saving fixtures, which is great for tax credits and lowering your power bill. So invest in this little Pearl of wisdom, and get the Pearl Six Light LED Wall Light mounted up on your wall, before the mollusks find out what you done with their shells!

You can sub title this section, “Under Cabinet Lighting for Dummies” but that would be overstating the obvious, as most of us out there in the décor field are pretty much, if you pardon the pun, in the dark about lighting under the cabinets. What do you choose, Xenon, LED, or halogen? The answer to that question depends entirely on what it is you want to light up in the first place. In the case of Xenon, Kichler Lighting features very clear light of three 12-volt 18-watt Xenon bulbs in an ultra-low profile fixture, which is modular, sort of like LEGO. Just snap them together, for the length you want. Xenon is brighter than LED, but not as hot as regular halogen fixtures. If you have fruit, potatoes, or pastries, keep them away from these types of fixtures. Kichler Xenon Under Cabinet Lights (product page: http://www.affordablelamps.com/kic-10566.html) are perfect for when you need to see, like for cooking, food preparation, chopping, or similar tasks. The fixture measures 22″L x 5″W x 1″H, uses three 12-volt 18-watt Xenon bulbs, and installs front-mount, under cabinet or above cabinet. This system is nearly idiot proof, but that never stopped me yet.