Blog for Farmhouse Steel Light Fixtures | Steel Lighting Co.

When you walk into many laundry rooms, you’ll see the same scene: a single, builder-grade light fixture hanging from the center of the ceiling, giving it its all but falling spectacularly short. Matching your socks becomes a bit of a guessing game. Black clothes...

There’s a point in most projects where lighting becomes critical. Perhaps you've gotten all the design details and alignment right. The materials are ready, then lighting enters the conversation, and suddenly you’re juggling timelines, budgets, and availability at the...

Lighting is usually the last thing on the renovation list. Paint colors, furniture, flooring, all of that gets planned out first. The light fixture gets an afterthought, something grabbed off a shelf without much consideration. But time and again, customers tell us...

I didn't pay much attention to lights at all until I realized how easily they can be misused. One will walk into a beautifully remodeled kitchen that feels slightly off and, more often than not, it's the light fixture. It is either trying too hard or it's utterly...

Flush mount lighting is one of those things people just don't think a lot about until after they've made the wrong decision. I totally get it: it doesn't have the drama of a chandelier or the obvious character of a large pendant. It just sits up there and does its...

Choosing the right ceiling lights is one of those tasks that seem deceptively simple until you're standing in the lighting aisle of your favorite big box store at 7 p.m. On a Tuesday night, feeling overwhelmed, and just grabbing something that feels roughly right....

There's something about the way a room feels when everything is just…right. The furniture is cohesive, the colors blend well, and the room feels less like a collection of objects and more like a thoughtfully assembled whole. Nearly always, the lighting in that room is...

 Walk past a place that makes your jaw drop, and the first thing you’d notice is the lighting (doing all the heavy lifting, of course). You may not immediately notice the signage or even the landscaping, but the lighting? It will definitely catch your eye. ...

While homeowners spend hours thinking about their kitchens, living room ambiance, or even their bathroom sconces, they sometimes give virtually no thought to the garage lighting. They simply install a bare bulb screwed into the ceiling and call it a day. It's a...

Granted, most homeowners spare some effort into designing their living room and making sure the kitchen feels right at night, but the hallway is an area that often ends up with leftovers. It's easy to think of it as just a functional space, but the right light fixture...

There's a certain kind of evening in late spring I look forward to each year, when it's warm enough to be out on the patio until after eight. You drag a chair out, maybe fix a cold drink, and settle in. The problem with most patios is that as soon as the sun goes...

Most garages are underlit. Not because people don't care, but because lighting is usually the last thing on the list when you're setting up a garage. You get the shelving sorted, maybe a workbench, and the lighting kind of just... stays whatever it was. One bulb in...