By Nancy B The smell of autumn leaves and roasted turkey is in the air. Fall is here and it’s time to prepare your home for the holidays and guests. guests. Table and floor lamps cozy up a room better than anything. Add some throw pillows and a colorful mum or some festive decor and you have a cozy place to relax and enjoy with family and friends. We have lots of lamps in … [Read more...]

By Nancy B Our showroom is a lovely place to visit and shop for lighting inspiration, with lights of all kinds on display. Often, it takes seeing fixtures in person to get excited about them. However, our website (Nancybshouseoflights.com) can show you our offering of hundreds of fixtures whereas our showroom holds far less. It would take at least 20 of our showrooms to display all that we … [Read more...]

By Nancy B   We serve many clients who are building and most often they are excited, encouraged, happy, enthusiastic, and anticipating the move to their all-new home. Since my husband and I have lived in the same home for 50 years, I cannot imagine what our clients are experiencing. At Nancy B’s we get excited helping clients with their selections, but I don’t get butterflies in my … [Read more...]

  By Nancy B   During Covid 19 our homes were transformed into more multi-functional spaces. Many started working from home for the first time and many still do. In the past, task lighting was desk lamps, table lamps, under-cabinet lighting and pendants. But these simple lighting products have undergone significant transformations to meet the evolving needs of homes and … [Read more...]

By Nancy B   Helping clients is our pleasure and it takes a great team to provide great residential lighting service. Let me introduce the great folks who are happy to welcome and assist you with any of your lighting needs. George and VT are our repairmen, they will make your old lamps like new. Our repairs are completed on the premises.We don’t take them elsewhere or send them off. … [Read more...]

By Nancy B   Well, another wedding anniversary and cruise were both enjoyed on Norwegian’s Joy the first of the month. We love to celebrate our anniversary but during Spring break can be a bit challenging. That being said, we had a lovely time visiting the following: Rotan Bay Islands, Honduras, Harvest Caye, Belize, Costa Maya, and Cozumel, Mexico. I am blessed to work with wonderful … [Read more...]

By Nancy B   Wow! So many exciting new fixtures seen at Market this year. Lots of mixed metals, with gold and black being the most popular. New materials like faux rock crystal, Capiz shells, fluted glass and acrylics are being seen in lighting fixtures and fans. We see the most changes with ceiling fans. What we used to call Fandeliers (fans with small chandeliers), are now called … [Read more...]

By Nancy B Resolutions. We all talk about them and some of us even make them. This year our resolution at Nancy B’s is to better educate our builders, architects, designers, contractors, and customers on the importance of bulb temperatures. Which LED bulb temperature is right for you? It’s important to decide what activity will take place in a room when selecting the bulb color … [Read more...]

By Nancy B   Hello Friends! This blog has nothing to do with the lighting in our showroom but The Light of the World. I want to brag on my husband a bit. Jim Brewer has just published “While Shepherds Watched”. It is a short story describing how he thought things might have been among the shepherds keeping watch in the fields outside Bethlehem on the first Christmas Eve. We have … [Read more...]