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Tag Archives: lighting

Lighting Decisions

August 28, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Lighting is a big focus right now, due to the fact our electrician will be starting work in less than a week.  The existing fixtures are okay but not original to […]

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Lighting Fun Times

September 1, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Tonight we tested out some lighting options with two different downlights Rob wired up to an extension cord. That way we could take them into any room we wanted to […]

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Lighting: lots of lights

September 12, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Here we are at Arch Street Lighting in Old City looking at LOTS of lights!

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A Big Weekend For Lighting Decisions

September 20, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We spent a lot of the evening discussing various light fixtures options… And we have some decisions! It’s kinda scary to think we’ll be ordering fixtures this week (committing to […]

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Front Door Fixture

September 21, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Here’s the lantern fixture we picked for the front entrance… nice, big & bright!  Currently due to the nature of our electricity (in repairs aka not working) we have no […]

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Kitchen Lighting

October 24, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

The housing is huge… The actual light is only 2″ square.. There are seven in the kitchen ceiling. Clearly someone removed this warning prematurely… We put it back in though.

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