Interior Lighting

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Switchplates with Style

Make an electrical outlet or switch disappear by painting or wallpapering it to match the wall. (Wallpaper gets dirty fast, so make two and store one for later.) Alternately, these decorative covers turn the switch plate into an architectural detail.

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Wire-Arm Chandeliers

Exceptional early American lighting is still made by craftspeople like Chris Burda, owner of Period Lighting Fixtures in Clarksburg, Massachusetts.

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Lighting Whimsies from Another’s Junk

How to create a light fixture from salvaged metal.

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Gaslight-Era Lighting Fixtures

They still make gaslight-era lighting fixtures.

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Pushbutton Switches

They still make pushbutton switches.

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Lampshades Come to Light

Those 1920s designs mislabeled “Victorian” are pleasing to our eyes–but don’t you want to know what really shaded your 1886 or 1905 lamp?

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Traditional Trades: Brass Light Gallery

For more than 40 years, Steve Kaniewski of Brass Light Gallery has been producing works of art in light fixtures.

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6 Ways to Integrate Modern Lighting into Old Houses

High-tech lighting illuminates places that period lamps don’t reach.

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A Timeline of Lighting History

Learn more about what influenced lighting designs between 1865 and 1970 with this illustrated timeline.

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100 Years of Lighting Designs

A look at how lighting fixtures changed over the course of a century.

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The Best Chandeliers for Colonial-Era Houses

Chandeliers are the apex of “colonial” lighting, but many beloved designs date to after the Revolution, even well into the 19th century.

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Room-by-Room Lighting Guide

Good lighting does more than just illuminate a space—if that were the case, we’d all be content to light our rooms with nothing more than a bare bulb on a string.

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High-Tech Lights with Old-House Style

Newfangled lighting systems, once the scourge of old-house renovation, have become period friendly—or at least less obtrusive.

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Kitchen Lighting: Antique or New?

Narrow down the choices with these tips on what to look for in vintage and reproduction lighting.

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Traditional Trades: Reproduction Lighting

One couple’s passion for beauty evolves into a vocation to produce period-inspired lighting.

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New Looks in Light Fixtures & Shades