Like many other people who are participating in the A-Z blogging challenge I am using the letter G today to talk about a giveaway. It is a giveaway that is actually happening on another blog but the prize is so good that I feel compelled to mention it here!

Lighting By Lux is giving away a cool modern dining room pendant lamp as well as a great contemporary desk lamp. To enter the giveaway you need to “like” the company on Facebook and then post a picture of your dining room light. If yours is the ugliest light, you win the new one. It is valued at more than $500 which is a nice prize for a free giveaway.

Learn more here.

Tags: a-z blogging challenge, giveaway, lighting

I have lived and stayed in a variety of different types of housing. This includes rural, urban and suburban homes in various parts of the country. It includes big houses, small houses and apartments. And what I find is that I’m comfortable in all types of different homes but that there must be decen natural sunlight in whatever place I’m staying in for me to like it.

I’m lucky because the place that I’m in now gets great sun all throughout the day and that’s really special in a place as foggy as San Francisco. One of the major reasons that I haven’t thought seriously about moving to a new apartment is because there aren’t too many places in my price range here that get great natural sunlight.

I was recently daydreaming about getting even better sunlight as I looked through design photos of skylights. I’ve got someone above me in the apartment here so I’m not going to be getting a skylight anytime soon but I do definitely like them. Bathrooms and kitchens in particular are places that I think should have skylights.

What do you think? Do you like skylights and big windows or are you a drawn-curtains kind of person?

Tags: decor, home, houzz, Interior Design, lighting, skylights