let there be new lights

over the past couple of weeks we have been working on replacing all the lighting in the house.  we looked for lights FOREVER and finally decided and moved on them all at once.

i must say it is looking a lot brighter in the house with all the new fixtures.

first we started with mudroom/studio and the two bedrooms.  we have pretty low ceiling heights so we couldn't use pendants in the rooms.  we wanted a fixture that would attach directly to the ceiling and be clean and modern.  for the 3 rooms we selected the Kulla light from Ikea.

the Kulla works out perfectly.  it has a bit of relief from the ceiling which allows for light to be cast up and down in each room.

mudroom / studio -  i know it doesn't look much like a studio yet but it is getting there... one step at a time.

guest bedroom - which is in the process of a bit of make over in that we ordered additional black on black fir tree wall paper for the one wall.  isn't the halo it casts nice?

 

 

 (boo relaxing in the make shift cat hospital)

master bedroom - (if you could call it that) with the new fixture.  it is amazing how much these fixtures transformed the feel of each room and the house.

(sorry for the dark photos - we don't get much light here in the winter!)

we also added additional fixtures in the kitchen, over the island, and in the dining area, over the table to create "spaces" within the space.  because our living area is one larger area we used the drop in the pendent fixtures to create intimate areas for interaction in the larger living space.

 for the living areas we purchased fixtures from Resolute which is a small lighting manufacture here in seattle.

kitchen island lighting - the lights over the island are clear, hand blown glass.

i LOVE them.  each of the pendant is made of a clear, thick glass filled with tiny bubbles.  we are going to switch out the bulbs with edison bulbs but haven't yet gotten the chance.

dinning area - over the table we dropped an Anon Incalmo Pendant, also from Resolute.  this pendant is also made of three pieces of glass, 2 clear and one yellow that were fused together during the fixtures creation.

 

 

i am also in love with this fixture.  the POP of yellow, in an other wise white and wood room is great. i just love the way the new fixtures look in the house.  they have done a lot to bring our vision together, which sometimes during the remodeling process can seem so far away.