Right or wrong, we bucked the realtor's advice and chose not to use oil rubbed bronze lighting in my in-laws' house for resale. The reasons were threefold:
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| Dining Room pendant |
2) Dark. We were getting rid of most of the 1970s dark brown and didn't want to add any back in, especially at eye level. We wanted the metals to blend with the new light finishes, not connect with and bring the remaining dark finishes to the forefront.
3) Dull. ORB fixtures have tan or amber glass shades, diminishing the light offered by the fixtures. The dull glow of such fixtures will not be advantageous to the feel of the home, which, additionally, has low ceilings in every room but the living/dining, and not a lot of natural light.
The challenges were to choose something contemporary without being too 'out there' for buyers with more traditional tastes, and, of course, not to spend too much money. Attractive, and with some interest, but not overbearing or expensive.
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| Entry fixture. The ceiling height dictated the choice of a flush mount. |
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| Bedrooms and hallways have similar fixtures, just in different sizes for proper scale |
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had a piece break off when being loaded in, or being taken from, the dishwasher. The pusher sleeve assembly fits into the lid, and that now-non-existent piece pushes against another component that causes a chain reaction of moving parts down the handle of the bowl and onto the base, resulting in a triggered switch that enables the appliance to actually run when turned on. It's one of the "safety feature
. Like the food processor, it is a valuable and well-performing tool that we use often in our kitchen. But also like the food processor, it has a plastic lid with parts too vulnerable to breakage. A couple weeks ago, I did something to the lid during normal and careful use (which I can't even remember) that resulted in breaking one of the side clips that locks it onto the bowl. (I think I dropped it into the sink.) Since it still had one other side clip, and when in use, was otherwise locked into the main part of the appliance with a bigger locking piece, it didn't cause any problem. 
by Ken Davis. One of the two main characters of this book is Edgar, a raven born with cloudy vision. He had a wonderful mother, though, who loved and trained him, flying with him to teach him to recognize shapes and smells, and who told him of a loving Creator. The basic survival training stayed with him, but not what she told him of love or hope, when she died tragically, leaving him to face the terrors of his blurry world alone. 
It sounds like it might be cutesie and a little hokey, but not at all. I didn't really find this to be a book particularly written for young children. There is so much to retrieve from the stories, and so much depth, that I thought it might be beyond Prince CuddleBunny. I thoroughly enjoyed the fictional stories intermixed with passages of actual Scripture, but thought he might be just enduring it in order for me to stay with him longer. 
for the party with her kindergarten friends (the only year she wasn't homeschooled), and another with for the party with cousins and grandparents. Of course, I can't find the pictures...or remember what the 2nd one wa
stuck, with a dab of frosting, on the ends of those foil-wrapped 'axles' completed that look easily. 
