Working from home here in Germany has been a real nice experience since back in New Hampshire I live in the country and do not have easy access to a city there. Here I live in the city so I can take quick breaks throughout the day (without the hassle of a car) to grab [...]
Archive for the ‘lighting’ Category
Hello friends! I’m taking off on Friday since it’s a holiday here in Germany, everything will be closed, so we are entertaining relatives in our new flat. That means that my little decor8 blog will be closed! But on Monday morning the door will fly open once again to welcome you with a whole new [...]
Hi Everyone! While our favorite Haus Maus Holly gets settled in Germany, she has asked some of her blogger friends to fill in for her. I’m Becky, and there is a little more info about me here. My biggest problem when I blog is that I tend to use really lame puns and rhymes that [...]
I am so happy that Bleu Nature has their site up in English in addition to French. I first wrote about them a few years ago but many readers (including myself) walked away feeling a bit frustrated because it was then only in French. Things have changed!
The Bleu Nature collection includes furniture and home accessories [...]
I’m wrapping up another piece for the Boston Globe today, this time I’m showing some pendants and chandeliers. One that I’m including is the stunning Coral Pendant from Design Within Reach. I found this fantastic image on a blog called As I See It — the blogger makes a good point about this particular light [...]
I’m so excited to share some rather unique lighting with you this morning from Domestic Construction in Brooklyn who just launched their new store on Etsy yesterday! It’s fully stocked with dozens of darling upside down tea and coffee cup pendants so go ahead, have a spot{light} of tea.
These are so sweet, they have that [...]
Alissa Coe and Carly Waito met in school and upon graduating in ‘04 fro the Ontario College of Art and Design, they formed coe&waito to create porcelain objects from their Toronto studio. I really like seeing two creative souls bond and form a business together, it’s inspiring to me as I’ve always wanted to partner [...]
Do you shop Shades of Light? I ordered lighting for a client there back in ‘05 but haven’t returned to shop them since. I still get their catalogs though, obviously they really treasure that last purchase 3 years ago. I was flipping through their new catalog, you know in that sort of careless way when [...]
I’ve mentioned Nice and the work of Caitlin Holcomb a few times already on decor8, so when she wrote in this morning sharing her latest creations, I was both excited and inspired to see what she’s been up to lately.
Caitlin has created a special collection of one-of-a-kind pendants and lamp shades using delicate vintage trims, [...]
I never tire of peeking in on what’s new over at Roost Living, a site that showcases the work of emerging talent within the UK with some of the most fantastic items for sale. Their ceramics are so delicate and beautiful, I can’t stop staring at this pendant light…
The textural white earthenware Blaue Blume Tea [...]
























































