Industry Inspires Lighting Fixture Designs

For a few decades now, architects and designers have gone to industrial suppliers such as Granger to specify lighting fixtures that had an "industrial" look or feel, often with raw galvanized finishes, mill finishes, exposed connectors and other details seen as "honest" expressions of functionality. With the public's growing appreciation of this appearance, several manufacturers now produce somewhat more polished pieces that utilize many of these components while fitting into residential settings where close proximity of the viewer would otherwise reveal some of the industrial fixtures' rough edges. A recent article in Old House Journal illustrated many of these fixtures and their sources. Adding small details like lighting fixtures is a comparatively low-cost way to re-invigorate a space without massive remodeling. Here are some links to sources (some from OHJ article + mine):
http://www.rejuvenation.com/collections
http://www.countrygearltd.com/
http://www.wilmettelighting.com
http://www.pwvintagelighting.com/
http://www.b4itwascool.com/
http://www.urbanremainschicago.com/
http://getbackinc.com/
http://www.conantmetalandlight.com/

Not just any Lavatory — Read it as a New Form

It could be a holder of ancient liturgical tomes, but no — it's a splash block for a stream, and it won't hold water. Liquid is meant to run off the tilted surface into the slot in the center. Not for every bath but no doubt a delight in the right setting — by Antonio Lupi from 3 Rings.

A gracious Gothic Revival in Brookhaven

English bond brick and elegant drip cap accent entry. We need to see this level of detail in more traditional home designs.

Victorian Homes ideabook on houzz.com

traditional exterior design

I agree with Becky, a landscape architecture grad of UVA who posted these pics, regarding a couple of favorite Victorian era homes in Atlanta. By the way, she does a design blog at