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let there be light!

It’s hard to know where an idea comes from. I’ve always remembered a glass bauble necklace on a woman at an evening event I attended…

And I’ve admired glass and lucite lamps for years now and wondered if I should splurge…

I’ve noticed the trend to funky retro light fixtures in brass and glass orbs - sometimes all bunched up…

Sometimes cascading like a waterfall…

I like them but they just aren’t me.

Nice in a picture, but they wouldn’t suit my home and many like it.

So when I started work on my new lighting collection, I got the idea of doing a more traditional chandelier shape but for a new look, featuring uncut glass balls rather than the typical cut crystals…

I’m really happy with the result and hope it catches your eye too. It definitely satisfies my desire for a glass-ball light fixture but I keep thinking about that darned necklace. Or this one…

And how about these earrings…So lovely!

But back to lighting fixtures… I found this picture in a magazine file from a number of years ago. I believe the fixture is pink.

And it’s remarkably like the open lantern in my new line! I guess it sat somewhere in my subconscious all those years…

I have black and bronze lanterns in a few places in my home - some with glass, some without - but I love the idea of red…

Red lanterns are hard to find and yet we see them in designer rooms all the time…

They bring a bit of whimsy to a room and yet feel classic at the same time…

We incorporated a brick-red lantern into the cobistyle line and I love it. It’s just different enough to be special.

Keep your eyes open for more glimmering ideas in Lighting stores this Spring!