Form Plus Function

Good home lighting makes a tremendous impact on how we feel.
Although it’s often treated as an afterthought, lighting seriously influences how  you, your family and your company feel about your home.
The right home lighting can make your surroundings feel spacious, clean and welcoming. It is instrumental in setting the mood of any room in the house.
Warm light makes people want to linger, slow down, move closer together, just like around a camp fire.  (No wonder Fast Food restaurants have bland, bright, even illumination. They are anti-lingering!) More »

Access Lighting Wall Light 20300

Looking for an affordable,  contemporary wall light with an industrial flair,  the Poseidon wall sconce  (20300)  by Access Lighting is an obvious choice. With a price tag of $72 it has a lot to offer: good looks, quality, sturdiness and the straight-forward choice of  incandescent lamping, which of course allows you to use energy saving outdoor CFLs.
We sell a LOTS of these outdoor lights and have yet to see one returned! Incredible, but true!
It’s available in black, Satin Nickel, White and “Stone”. It’s rated for outdoor use, but can of course be used indoors as well.
I recently saw a whole row of them in white used in a spa. They actually looked very elegant in the serene surroundings.

We have dealt with Access Lighting for quite a number of years.
Access Lighting offers a wide range of affordable lighting choices from outdoor wall sconces to halogen floor lamps and sleek, contemporary desk lamps. Their emphasis is on contemporary lighting in a surprisingly affordable price range.

Ok, so there are people, who take photos of castles and wildlife on their trips, I get carried away with – light fixtures. I walk into a store or a restaurant and just have to take pictures! Munich was a paradise for me. Great lighting EVERYWHERE.

This cafe in Munich had a row of one of my favorite pendant lights over the counter: The Brera pendant light.

Shaped like an Ostrich egg  the Brera pendant light from Flos takes its name from an altar piece by Piero della Francesca from the Pinoteca di Brera in Milan. The egg hanging over the virgin Mary’s head is probably the most famous egg in the entire European art history.

Achille Castiglione designed the Brera family of lights that includes a pendant, a wall light, and three floor lamps  in 1992 when he was 74 and still fully active in his  creative career.

The Brera does not just stand out for its name. It is a beautiful classic piece with a strong presence. It has an  acid-etched opaline glass diffuser that distributes the light in a very even manner.

The top diffuser support  has its own unique profile that lends a graceful quality to the overall design.  The casually draped cord adds its own charm to the Brera Suspension.

This design masterpiece was designed by Achille Castiglione in 1992 and has found its home in many residences, offices , restaurants – and cafes all over the world.