This post updated: One of the most read posts at Hawk Hill is our tutorial on how to convert a light fixture to a plug-in style lamp, but for some of the applications where a portable-chandelier lamp comes in handy, it can be easier and safer to use a different method than the one described…
It’s no secret to anyone who visits my home or business that I love equestrian decor. Even so, I used to be surprised when my birthday rolled around each year and casual friends seemed to always think the perfect gift for me was a picture or painting of a horse. It made logical sense, I…
You’ve made the leap to your own home- perhaps even your first time taking the exhilarating ride of being a home owner, and you’ve done it on your own: How do the rules for decorating a “master bedroom” change in a climate where 15-20% of houses sold each year sell to a single woman? Standard…
This delightfully absurd pairing is a bit of your own creation, dear blog readers. 80% of Hawk Hill’s visitors surf in for articles related to A. chandeliers or B. equestrian style and design. I’m naming you enablers, just a bit, because in replying to your comments and keeping my mind brainstorming in these areas I’ve…
This blog can practically be read as a tribute to chandeliers, decorating with chandeliers, the decorating of chandeliers, and the reselling and hacking of chandeliers, but one thing regular blog readers might not know about me and my chandelier fixation is that I frequently use chandeliers for utility lighting. I visit thrift stores and Habitat for…
Within a week of signing the lease on my tiny studio apartment in Seattle, I had one of my favorite vintage chandeliers shipped to me from Missouri. Determined my new life had to have at least one chandelier, I converted it from a light fixture to a lamp with a plug and set about finding…
This project is so simple it made my one-step style-hacks category! If you need a light fixture that is just a bit “more” than average- this might be the perfect project. At home in nurseries or girl’s bedrooms, It added a snowy woodland forest feel to my elegant grey on grey master bedroom at Hawk…
This post updated: In homes built prior to about 1985, builders often did not install wiring for an overhead light in common spaces. I suppose it was fashionable at the time to have lamps warmly lighting a living room- but in today’s multi-purpose living room, it’s far preferable to have an option to flip a…
This post updated: If chandeliers were a love language, it would be the one I speak most fluently. I love chandeliers and gravitate towards them (going so far as to book exotic vacation rentals primarily based on the coolness of the chandelier in the suite!). At one point, nearly every room (including bathrooms) at Hawk…
