Antique Light Fixture

Antique Light Fixtures – Is the Antique Look Right For Your Home?

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Antique Light Fixtures

Lighting fixtures have come a long way since Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. Ornate fixtures were created to hold the candles along the walls of various structures such as houses and public meeting places. The fixtures often conveyed status-the more decorative and well-crafted, the higher up in the food chain the owner was.

As time went on these early fixtures have become antique light fixtures, and have been passed down through the generations, with many being available for purchase at antique shops and furniture establishments.

For many modern day homeowners, antique light fixtures are just what they need to complement their home’s decor package. Some of the more popular styles of antique light fixtures include American Vintage, which was manufactured in the early part of the 20th century and includes a wide variety of fixtures. Early Electric, as the name implies, consists of light fixtures that coincided with the invention and use of the light. And going back a little farther in time, gas lighting fixtures represent the mid-19th century periode.

Antique Lights and Antique Lighting Fixtures

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Light Fixtures

Antique lighting fixtures are an excellent way of enhancing your home. For example, antique lighting sconces are great to create this effect. When lighting your dining room for instance what do you want? To light the kitchen antique lighting pendants are perfect over islands, open counters or sinks as they are a good source of light under which to perform kitchen tasks. These can be supplemented by lights over cabinets that don’t light the ceiling.

Lighting fixtures near the bed will be needed.

Some dealers offer advice on the best way to light a room and on which antique lighting fixture or fixtures to choose. It is often a combination of a central lighting feature plus sconces and table lamps. The fill-in light effect is also important. The budget available which naturally greatly influence your choice of antique lighting fixture. There are plenty of Internet sites that offer a wide range of antique lighting fixtures. Such sites and showrooms may also offer antique lighting for the exterior of the house such as lanterns and post lights, hanging lights and sconces for your porch.

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