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The other night, I went to a friend’s party, and the apartment glowed. Candles and lamps peppered each room, and fairy lights twisted around tables filled with cheese and crackers. The vibe reminded me of https://www.cafecluny.com” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Cafe Cluny (above), a restaurant https://cupofjo.com/2011/03/22/our-first-date/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>we’ve loved forever.
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Also, https://balthazarny.com” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Balthazar! You might even say the lighting is https://cupofjo.com/2020/08/18/vocab-word-of-the-day/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>crepuscular.
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Alex always says he loves “Mad Men lighting.” Inspired, I remembered reading these tips from https://cupofjo.com/2022/10/25/8-things-pilar-guzman-and-chris-mitchell-swear-by/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Pilar Guzmán in the https://yolojournal.substack.com/p/bric-a-brac-37″ rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Yolo Intel newsletter:
After a few times at our Brooklyn house for dinner, a couple who are old friends finally pulled us aside to ask, “How do you get the lighting to glow like this?” The short answer, and a perennial tip of ours, is alliteratively easy to remember: Lots (a dozen sources in a single room is not uncommon), Lateral (sconces, lamps, and accent lighting that hits you at or below eye level from all sides), and Low (warm, sub-3000KW bulbs — or nothing higher than a 25-40 watts if you still use incandescent).
Noted! In our living room, we have mostly overhead light, so table lamps are now on my holiday wishlist. Here are three pretty ones:
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How cute is https://bit.ly/3DRC2RR” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>this?! It has a real personality.
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I LOVE this https://amzn.to/3gPYhOP” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Stockholm-designed concrete number (and here’s https://shop-links.co/cipHjcKlMmQ” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>a “steal” version from Target).
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Lastly, the British shop https://www.pooky.com/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Pooky has tons of cool prints and patterns, and you can mix and match lampshades and bases. How cute is https://www.pooky.com/collections/table-lamps/products/gingembre-table-lamp-in-blue-and-white-ceramic?variant=40924140863693″ rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>the combo above?
What lighting do you have in your home? Any https://cupofjo.com/2022/01/18/life-lessons/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>pro tips when it comes to creating glow? (https://bit.ly/3zzZ7WJ” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>A portable lamp also seems like a cool idea!)
P.S. https://cupofjo.com/2021/12/07/12-winter-blues-tricks/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>How to beat the winter blues and https://cupofjo.com/2021/03/02/brooklyn-brownstone-apartment-tour/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>an apartment with the prettiest paint colors.
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