Lighting has always been driven by technology and available sources of energy. As tech got more advanced there was an explosion of innovation in the shapes, styles, and placement of light fixtures and lamps.

The entryway or porch light looks right when it illuminates the style antecedents of the house. Early lighting designs in copper or iron have been joined by lantern types patterned on those in French monasteries, English castles, and California’s iconic Arts & Crafts houses.

Based on the idea that rustic materials—punched tin, seedy glass—make for a period type, Farmhouse Style is a new lighting craze.

They still make pushbutton switches.

Great sources for finding vintage onion lanterns.

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

When original lighting fixtures flicker and fail, restore them to good working order by rewiring.

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