More today on those Allen + Roth lights from Lowes.
My clients the Bodines had a very dark kitchen and wanted to update. Their space was originally very dark and looked like this…
We had decided on lighting from Ballard designs (the Newport pendants from Ballard and the Calisse for the dining area) to help transform the space…

And paint, lots of creamy white paint. Simply painting can do so much in a dark and dated kitchen, they already had nice black counters and simply need to add the new backsplash AND lighting! After searching and searching for less expensive options we were in agreement, the Ballard lights looked best and were worth extra money out of our overall budget. See how great they look in this mockup…as you can see I was in love, the Bodines were in love, we even ordered the lights!
But then I spotted the Allen + Roth lighting last week (in my defense it JUST came on the scene I believe, i hope! ha) and she emailed me after that post (darn its like computers, always something better coming out!?)…We were hesitant to flake because we loved the Ballard likes so much but we realized we could save approximately $400 by going with the Lowes lighting..Always flexible and open to trying something else, especially to save some money we needed for another room, we decided to give it a try and so i did a little mockup to see how it MIGHT look…(never exact or to scale but it helps to visualize).
And voila! We were pretty encouraged by the little visual. So they went to Lowe’s and brought home two sizes to show me (in case you are wondering this is how the sophisticated process of e-decorating works, we text and email photos back and forth and tweak and tweak until we get the perfect room)..It is not full service design, the client must do some leg work but it pays off!
Turns out they look even better in person! They werent sure what size to get so brought them both home and emailed me to help decide…
So clearly those are the old pendants on the left…the one near the fridge is going to go away by becoming a regular ol can light (recessed) …I like the big version of the Lowe’s pendant so much more..do you??? so there will be two large ones over the bar! I think it will look amazing because they are clear and it wont feel too heavy looking into the family room.

So it was easy peasy for the Bodines to get the validation they needed to move forward…so see if you have a lot of get up and go, e-decorating can really be the affirmation and direction you need to do projects yourself and save lots of money by not hiring a full service designer but also NOT making a lot of costly mistakes by going totally on your own. And yes in the end we waffled from my first recommendation (luckily they were able to cancel the Ballard order) but i am never afraid to try something new if we stumble across it (in this case Lowes just put these out and in some cities they arent out yet) and can go the extra mile to do something that looks just as good or better and save money!
The big triple (single stem) will go over their harvest table in the eating area…

I can’t wait to see their space come together…and the best part..by being flexible we saved $$$ to put toward their new sofa for the adjoining family room..we are doing multiple rooms in t his open space so every little bit counts.
Remember to email me with any questions about e-decorating and working with me online..i would love to help you with your home!






























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