In the race to finding the greenest way to illuminate our nights, a new company has come up with a new refinement of old technology to serve our needs. Will it be enough to save you even more money? F...
Why buy a fancy planter light when you can turn a plant you already own into a lamp? Or how about that cool wine bottle that you’ve been hanging onto? Or maybe a mason jar or a birdhouse? Yes itâ€...
These tree stumps are a side table and a light! Made from fallen sycamores and miscellaneous light bulbs these side table lamps are a creative, beautiful and functional....
We just saw this pendant over at Green Your Decor, and thought it would look great over a dining room table this fall, especially if you're going with really natural tabletop decor....
We're big fans of atmospheric lighting (we rely on lamps in our living room and never use the overhead lights). So we're right on board with Daniel Becker's Spark system, a series of energy-efficie...
Studio Mesila is a Tel-Aviv based design collective that specializes in sustainable design and creative reuse of materials. Their lamps use buttons, ribbons, leather, woodscrap and clothespins to dr...
Check out this cook green gadget: the PUYL is a combination bicycle pump and portable light. But the simply clever part is that the light’s battery is charged as you pump…...
In the TV show Man Shops Globe, Anthropologie buyer Keith Johnson travels the world shopping for the store - dream job, anyone? In this week's episode he commissions a chandelier, which is later bou...
What's not to like about rope light? It's cheap, easy to install, and available in energy-efficient LED format. If you're looking for a way to light your kitchen cabinets, add some ambience to a bed...
Domestic Construction's tea cup cluster lamp was a big hit last year across the blogosphere and among Etsy devotees. Now the design duo's come up with a new upcycled cluster lamp, this time using gorg...
We attended a wedding over the weekend here (which we'll post about later this week). At the reception, each table had a terrarium as the centerpiece which added color and texture. We loved the id...
Winnie Lui's White Chandelier for Innermost is a trash-to-treasure exercise from the jewelry-turned-lighting designer, who has made 50 limited edition pieces in white and black. It's just one in a l...
Philips — the large Dutch electronics manufacturer — announced last week that it submitted the first entry for the L Prize, a contest run by the Department of Energy that plans to award ...
I've heard many interior designers express disdain over the quality of light emitted from fluorescent light bulbs. However, incandescent bulbs will be phased out starting January 2010, unless someon...
Dutch designer Enina Waelstham of Mormels Design has created a unique collection of lamps out of recycled paper that she's pasted over various found objects, like coffee cups. Once she has the right...
Our DIY wedding is getting closer, but the challenge of lighting remains. The dinner will be held on a gravel road, lined by olive trees, with the nearest power outlet a good 200 yards away. We've a...
We thought we'd seen chalkboard everything: chalkboard walls, chalkboard doors, etc. But we'd never seen a chalkboard lamp until we spotted it at Green Depot a few months ago......
As of today, the European Union has imposed restrictions on the sale of incandescent bulbs across Europe in its effort to lead the fight against global warming. Stores across Europe will no longer b...
If you are a regular reader of our tech-head brother site, Unplggd, you may have seen these but we recently noticed them in a friend's home where they hung over her kitchen island. It was the unus...
We love this shoji lantern not only because it is serene and beautiful, but also because it is eco-friendly. This lantern features handcrafted mulberry paper with pressed orchid tree leaves stretch...
Materials: Plastic Cutlery (Forks, Knives & Spoons) and Energy-Efficient Light Bulb Price Point: $250 "FUSAO [fyoo-sey-O] - the organic co-mingling of plastic cutlery = the FUSAO lamp. clear plasti...
Can we just say that we love love love stuff that is made from stuff that would otherwise be discarded? Especially when it's made into something that bears little resemblance to its former incarnat...
One of Apartment Therapy's favorite shops, Scout, is featuring the work of Ted Harris in a month long event. It begins today, with an opening reception at 6pm. Chicago designer Ted Harris is known ...
Yesterday, I got a tour of the new line Canvas from Ochre owner Andrew Corrie. As a board member of Aid to Artisans, Andrew's interest in sustainable, quality furnishings and handcraft has formed a f...
Electricity can be scary. Didn’t anyone see Shocker? But it turns out rewiring a lamp is easier than you might think. Plus it’s a great way to repurpose something you have around the house... ...
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