Cable Lights – DIY Guide to Buying and Designing Cable Light Part 2
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Cable Lights – DIY Guide to Buying and Designing Cable Light Part 2

There is a huge variety in lights available for cable systems. They come in different widths, for cable separations from 2″ to 36″. You can also adapt lights for other systems to work on cable using a Freejack connector from Tech Lighting or a uni-plug adapter from Bruck Lighting. Because the cable is the same…

Cable Pendants – DIY Guide to Buying and Designing Cable Light Part 3
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Cable Pendants – DIY Guide to Buying and Designing Cable Light Part 3

Lightweight pendants can be suspended from cable. Some pendants come with the connecting components already part of the pendant. Any of the Tech Lighting pendants that have a product number starting with 700K can be used on cable without an adapter. You can also adapt lights for other systems to work on cable using a…

Asian Caravan Blue Willow Canton Cachepot Planter

Asian Caravan Blue Willow Canton Cachepot Planter

The Asian Caravan Blue Willow Canton Cachepot Planter is just beautiful! It is 13″ long x 7.5″ wide and 9″ high. My smallest bathroom trash can is 9″ high, so this could work! I did an earlier post looking for Blue Willow Bathroom Accessories with limited success. This is more what I was looking for….

Blue Willow Light Switch and Outlet Cover Plates

Blue Willow Light Switch and Outlet Cover Plates

3dRose makes a few versions of cover plates for light switches and outlets. They fit right on standard toggle switches or outlets. Just unscrew the old ones and screw these on. 3dRose Blue Willow Light Switch Cover Plates on Amazon 3dRose Blue Willow Double Light Switch Cover Plates on Amazon 3dRose Blue Willow Outlet Cover…

Besa Lighting with Iridescent Dicro Swirl Glass
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Besa Lighting with Iridescent Dicro Swirl Glass

This month is the Trend Issue of Better Homes & Gardens magazine. It has about a dozen pages about “What’s next in Home, Garden and Food”. Effervescent Iridescence We’ve always been drawn to the bright and shiny. The rainbow-esque look of iridescence improves everyday items and our mood. After the warm, serene rose gold trend,…

Blue Willow China – It’s really not hard to find now!
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Blue Willow China – It’s really not hard to find now!

In the late ‘70s, A&P Grocery Store let you buy a plate, cup and saucer in the Blue Willow Pattern for 99 cents any time you bought $10 worth of groceries.  They were made by Churchill.  I bought eight. The other pieces cost more. I bought some, but mostly mixed in the white dishes I…

Enhance Your Home with Blue Agate –A Beautiful Natural(ish) Mineral

Enhance Your Home with Blue Agate –A Beautiful Natural(ish) Mineral

Agate is a natural mineral with beautiful bands or stripes. It is a type of Chalcedony, which is Quartz. Every slice of Agate is unique. It occurs naturally in shades of white, blue, red, green, yellow, orange, brown, pink, purple, gray, black or even iridescent. Often Agate is dyed. Brightly colored Agate is rarely natural….

Indoor/Outdoor Blue Willow Pagoda Rugs from Dream Decor
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Indoor/Outdoor Blue Willow Pagoda Rugs from Dream Decor

I found these area rugs with a modified Blue Willow pattern. The Asian motif is hand-hooked in two shades of blue with off white. They are made of Courtron Polypropylene, for use on a covered porch, so they will stand up in the house really well. The rugs are hand-hooked in two shades of blue…

Blue Willow Memory Foam Contour Toilet Mats
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Blue Willow Memory Foam Contour Toilet Mats

Blue Willow Pagoda Pattern Memory Foam Contour Mat When I was looking for bath mats, I found these contoured Blue Willow Pattern mats to go around the toilet. They come in two versions of the traditional Blue Willow pattern. Blue Willow Scene Toilet Mat I know. Some people really hate the look of a mat…