Are you looking to add outdoor lighting to your home? There are so many lighting reproductions available today that are not just style-friendly but style-specific in ways that add architectural richness and detail to your home. Lighting reproductions have been around for a while. Early American fixtures, for instance, have been popular since the 1920s. But as authentic period examples become increasingly rare, today’s best reproductions often replicate those pieces’ quirky imperfections. Yet any of these designs can be rated for use outdoors on the porch, by an entry or alongside a walkway in your yard. Is your home Early or Colonial Revival? You can choose from rectangular lanterns with or without guards, and onion and globe lamps with decorative carry straps for wall, ceiling or post mount. Best of all, these replications are made with authentic materials: tin, terne, iron and copper.

Gaslight Fixtures
If you’re looking for fixtures for a mid to late 19th century home and would like to install real gaslight fixtures, many options are available closely modeled after the flared, multi-paned, lantern, globe and acorn shades popular in that period. If you’re considering both gas and electric options, Charleston Gaslight offers both in a variety of 19th century and Early American styles.

Mission-style Lighting
Arts and Crafts and Mission-era lighting has never been so readily available. If you’re looking for a traditional reproduction, at least a dozen manufacturers base their pieces on true period examples. But for those who are ready to ride the next wave of Arts and Crafts design, others offer sophisticated interpretations of classic pieces in materials like copper and bronze. Many modern versions of reproductions are tailored for specific uses beyond the traditional entry light and lamp post. For example, you can find Mission-inspired bronze footlights at Coe Studios. Brass Light Gallery offers versatile designs that easily morph from entries and porches to column mounts and garden path lights.

Electric-Era Lights
Almost every style made after the 19th century revolves around electronic-era lighting. These styles include everything from Colonial Revival facsimiles and reproductions of “medieval” designs originally found on Tudor and Spanish Colonial Revival homes, to those bare-bulb over-the-garage industrial lights and Atomic Age fixtures re-created from the grooviest lights that ever graced a sixties porch. Clearly, “electronic-era lighting” refers to electric fixtures, but most will accept GU24 bulbs as well. These designs are available in a variety of metals, from cast iron to aluminum to bronze, and boast inventive finishes from black enamel to unlacquered bronze that often capture the look of period pieces.

About the Author…
For the past 25 years Avo Barsoumian has helped home owners with their home flooring and interior decorating needs. He is the owner of Carpet Wagon, a family owned flooring company in Southern California. They have a huge selection of elegant hardwood flooring, beautiful laminate flooring and plush carpeting. Searching for discount laminate flooring for your new town house or a large selection of discount carpet to makeover your older house? Then Carpet Wagon carries everything you need.

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