An earlier post focused on the new laws aroung light bulbs and I mentioned how LED would likely by the winning technology for our future. Here’s an article from Fastcompany.com that explains the inner workings of an LED light bulb: Fifty Bucks For A Lightbulb? Say Hello To LED Bulbs The prices on LED light bulbs has already begun to shift downward – I recently purchased one from a big box retaile for under $20. The color isn’t that great, especially when compared to the incandescents we’re used to that have a more reddish hue. But the technology is definately more promising than...

Here’s a website posting to some information that will hopefully clear up a few questions about the new laws going into effect for energy efficient light bulbs. http://shine.yahoo.com/green/truth-light-bulb-law-200200491.html The question comes up around here quite often as to what is going to happen. As  you’ll read from the article the change is going to happen, but it won’t be abrupt.  Higher wattage bulbs will be phased out over time: “Old incandescents will not be taken off store shelves on January 1, but phased out as they are sold off. The old 75-watt incandescent...

So often the lights we sell get picked up or sent away and we’re only left with our imaginations to wonder how they fit in with their new surroundings. So, its always a great treat to find our fixtures beautifully photographed in their new setting such as I’ve found here: http://remodelista.com/posts/steal-this-look-mill-valley-loft-style-kitchen Its also a great endorsement that Allison, the homeowner of the project, is also an editor at Remodelista – a great source for design inspiration and product sources. We sell a lot of industrial lighting for kitches for several reasons....

In June of this year Frank Donegan published a wonderful in depth profile of PW Vintage Lighting in the Maine Antique Digest. The article is titled In the Trade: Adam Watson, PW Vintage Lighting, Great Barrington, Massachusetts and gives a pretty good look into what our business is about. Frank did an excellent job of showing how we are different from most other antique dealers. Great job...