Barn Light Electric Co. Online Giveaway!
This company has a neat story. What started out as a hobby restoring antique barn lights has turned into a million dollar business where he now manufactures rustic lights in addition to restoring them. The owner is a retired Army Chaplain as well. Bonus! His warehouse / office is right on the inter-coastal across from the NASA Launch Facility. Double Bonus! All of his stuff is made right here in America? Triple Bonus! OK, enough bonuses. They’ve got a sweet gig going on over there. Not only do they provide lights to individuals like you and I, but they also have contracts with several chain restaurants to supply the lighting for each now store that opens. Not a bad gig.
Barn Light Electric is currently hosting a giveaway called the B.L.O.G. (Barn Lights Online Giveaway). We don’t currently own a home, but we have the only offer on a home that is being approved for short sale so hopefully we can get it by Thanksgiving or Christmas at the least. We’ve been inside a couple times, and it’s pretty nice, but there is absolutely no light in the living room. None. Nadda. So this is a perfect opportunity to pick a light that would look great! Unfortunately, the house doesn’t have a barn look, or anything other than “modern”, so that’s what we’ll be linking to today. Keep in mind, I’m the man of the house so any and all decisions I make today will more than likely be tossed out by the First Lady of the house. Hey, a guy can dream!
First choice for the living room would be this Levon Ceiling Fan. I think it looks awesome and I love how many blades are on it. I know what you’re thinking, “But Chris, there isn’t a light on that ceiling fan!” You’re pretty observant. Fortunately, they having Ceiling Fan Light Kits.
Second choice would be to go with the ceiling fan above without the light kit and instead just place a pair of these Box Table Lamps. Most modern homes include a light switch that controls one of the outlets in the room. If it doesn’t then just rewire it so that it does (duh!). Who says the light has to come from above? I actually prefer the mood that a table lamp offers versus a ceiling light.
Third choice is not for the living room but rather for the kitchen. The kitchen is what we call a “blank slate”. The cabinets are ‘meh’ and we’ll probably end up painting them or something anyway. The appliances are black, so that makes it easy as well. So what we might end up doing is just refacing the kitchen and accenting it with some sweet pendant lighting. We could go with a couple of these nice Ivanhoe Union 14″ porcelain pendants or these Bond Large Pendants that I really like and think would look great in a kitchen, right above the island or dinner table.
If you like what you see and you would also like to enter the contest, visit Barn Light Electric Co. for details and follow the instructions below:
How to Enter:
- Look around online at Barn Light Electric and pick lights you’d love to own
- Feature your lighting picks on your personal blog, and link to the lights if you can!
- Copy/Paste these rules at the bottom of your blog article so others can enter
- Once your personal article is up, you must email your blog link to: contest@barnlightelectric.com to be qualified to win. The contest ends Wednesday, October 12, 2011
- Don’t have a blog? Find out how you can enter by reading the Official Rules
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