Lighting Archives • Maison Mass

Custom Fabric Lampshades

As part of a mantel makeover in my living room, I updated a pair of drum shade sconces with leftover fabric from a reupholstery project to create custom fabric lampshades.

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Planning Your Kitchen Remodel – Choosing Lighting

Lighting is an integral part of architecture and room design – it is necessary to see and perform tasks, it creates a mood or ambiance and can even make a space seem larger and airier. No where is this more important than in the kitchen. A kitchen is first and foremost a work space so you’ll want ample lighting at all the work areas. But a kitchen often is an entertaining space too. So you’ll want to layer in options for softer lighting for parties. Choosing your kitchen lighting will have a big effect on the overall feel of your space – so we’re breaking it all down for you. (more…)

8 Ways to Fix a Home with Low Ceilings

This post is in response to a reader who wrote in asking for tips on what to do with the low ceilings in her home without having to undertake a major remodel. Frustrated by the beauty shots on home & garden sites and shows where the rooms all have impossibly high ceilings, she wondered how she could update the look in her 1970’s Colonial. So we turned to the real estate listings to suss out real homes of the same vintage that effectively used some design tricks to create envy inducing spaces despite being vertically challenged.

If you live in a home built in New England between 1940 and 1990-ish you may be dealing with one of the more unfortunate building practices of the time: the low ceiling. But fear not, we’ve got some tips that will have you raising the roof – figuratively, if not literally. (more…)

Fixer Upper Style Farmhouse Lighting

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I was sick with a summer cold (the worst!) last Saturday and spent the day in bed watching HGTV – specifically, everyone’s favorite show, Fixer Upper. I just can’t seem to get enough of the farmhouse style they create so effortlessly, or of Chip and Jo who seem like people you’d want to hang with in real life.

One of the things that struck me was how important the lighting choices are in the Fixer Upper designs. The fixtures they use are beautiful statement pieces of functional decor. But they also serve to tie the room together. So, in the spirit of the Fixer Upper farmhouse style, I thought it would be fun to pair up some farmhouse lighting looks from the show with lights you can purchase for yourself online! (more…)