Dau Spot Picture Lights by Zaneen Lighting

Zaneen Lighting gives art collectors another great choice for ceiling lamps that can double as picture lighting. Dau Spot overhead lighting is designed by European artist Flemming Bjorn. You can install these modern cube spotlights easily.

If you install them to point at prize photographs, family heirlooms or contemporary art you will love the effect! These art lighting fixtures are placed far enough away to keep even the most heat-sensitive wall art safe. Dau Spot by Zaneen Lighting is the right picture light because they will give your display visual impact and optimal color rendering. You can choose this ceiling lighting fixture instead of other picture lights that must be installed on the same wall as the art piece at 25 to 35 degrees.

You may have framed poster-versions of “Spring” by Lawrence Alma-Tadema in your traditional decor living room. These contemporary ceiling lights are so unobtrusive that their modern shape will not be jarring to the rest of the decor in the house. If you are an artist, why not showcase your canvases in your hallway? Simply install Dau Spot overhead to engineer drama.

Remember that the accent light for pictures should be three times as bright as your ambient light. Balance your room contrast just like any museum curator. Zaneen Lighting’s Dau Spot is ideal for thought-provoking modern photography by Carrie May Weems too. I am especially fond of her red and black portraits, “From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried” for a private library.

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From the Valley of the Hudson comes something new: Picture Lights. Hudson Valley Lighting has two new lines of picture lights, the Woodbury and the Vernon series, coming out in June 2010. Finally, another company is offering picture lights besides House of Troy. I mean, competition is good, because it forces people to pick up their game and offer better products and quicker delivery dates. The Hudson Valley picture lights come in aged brass, distressed bronze, historic nickel and polished nickel.  The width of the fixtures range from 8” to 42”, with most of them utilizing T-10, 25 watt bulbs.

What I like about this forthcoming line is their sturdy, no nonsense design. The Woodbury Family has the beveled look, while the Vernon group features the canister shaped shades. All of these fixtures are supplied with eight feet of cords and inline switches, so these are plug-in fixtures, not hardwired.

Check back on our website www.affordablelamps.com later for pricing. Or call me at 1-800-MY-LAMPS.

Hyde Park’s allure is timeless. Your visit – unforgettable.

What is in a name? House of Troy usually picks it names for fixtures base on local geography, so I am assuming they are referring to a Hyde Park, Vermont, where the above quote was lifted from. So I guess that makes these timeless picture lights fixtures, in polished brass, antique brass, weathered brass, or oil rubbed bronze. The Hyde Park picture lights (product page: http://www.affordablelamps.com/hot-hp-lights.html) come three sizes, 8”, 16” and 30”, using one, two or three 40 watt T10 bulbs respectively. But I suspect that the real reason they chose the Hyde moniker was that the arms that hold up these lights bent and deformed, like Hyde himself. In a sense, House of Troy has created a dark alter ego to their Slimline variety, a picture light for the gothic in taste. If you fall into that batch of fiends, then this is the fixture for you.

Baring that, if you live in the country and just want a nice picture light, then these will do just find. Now, try to enjoy the daylight.

And now for something completely different, courtesy of House of Troy. In the picture light category, though in actuality these are library lamps, comes the Custom Direct Mount Lights from House of Troy.  As demonstrated by the illustrations below, these are customizable lighting fixtures designed to be mounted directly onto your book shelf, display case, art case, chalk board, trophy case, or other piece of furniture where you desire a fixed installation light fixture. Great for boats, RV’s, mobile homes, classrooms, hotel lobbies, or government offices like the DMV. So if you fall into any one of those categories, I expect a call from you for a quote for one of these. Operator is standing by (me), and will direct you to a salesperson (me again), who will help you order this Custom Direct Mount for (fill in blank) ___________. Then customer service (still me) will send you a tracking number when it ships. As for the price, that’s custom too!

So get out those pens and draw me a picture, and then fax it over to me at 310-473-0961, and then the person who specifies (Donna, at House of Troy) will quote the sales person (me) and then he will quote you! Is that cool or what?

Anyway, how about these nifty pictures? I love a blog with diagrams, it breaks up the monotony.

One thing you may not know about House of Troy is that they are one of our top sellers. Consistently, for the number of order we receive, they are always in the top three. And when it comes to picture lights, House of Troy has always been number one. The Direct Wire Slimline LED Picture Lights (product page: http://www.affordablelamps.com/hot-dsled-lights.html) has been one of their staple best sellers for as long as I have been here (4.5 years). And now, House of Troy has improved on a classic, with more finish options (satin brass, satin nickel, oil rubbed bronze & antique brass) and 14” and 24” lengths. Bust most importantly, these are now LED fixtures. LED is without a doubt the safest way to light your art (OK, maybe fiber optics as well, but that can cost more). LED’s give off virtually no heat, so if you have pastels, charcoal, watercolors, acrylics, oil paintings or even just pencil or pen and ink sketches, this is the way to go. I know of what I speak, because I am an art collector, and have been for 40 years. These 4 watt LED modules are worth every penny, in energy savings, and in safety. This is the new wave of lighting for most collectibles. In the next few years, most galleries will go this route, so why not beat them to it? Call me for specifics on this, and I will share my expertise with you. (1-800-MY-LAMPS).