LightingShowroom.com is supplying lighting for a large private home in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. Rosemary Wickowski, CEO of Light Styles Internet, LLC said “We have been pleased to find a ready market for our services in Australia. We were selected as the lighting supplier for this large traditional styled home because of our ability to deliver an exceptional variety of lighting styles and because of our extensive experience supporting international clients who are building major projects.”

Boise, ID (PRWEB) December 9, 2009 — LightingShowroom.com has expanded its distribution of high quality lighting products into the South Pacific. It has been selected to supply a complete lighting package for a large private home being built in Maryborough, Australia. According to Wickowski, “The company has historically served customers in North America and Europe. We have been pleased to find that our services are well accepted in Australia as well. In these difficult time, we are fortunate to be serving customers who have not been greatly impacted by the current economic situation.”

Wickowsi said, “LightingShowroom.com is one of the top 5 online retailers of lighting products in the US and has been serving a growing domestic and international clientele of discriminating home owners looking for a full service supplier. Our selection as the supplier for the lighting needs of the Australian site is because of our dedication to meeting the customer’s needs and our extensive experience supporting high end domestic and international projects.”

Anita Turner, the Lightingshowroom lead for the project, said “For this project a key factor was our ability to supply lighting styles that are unavailable in Australia.” Carolyn Diaz, the owner of the home said, “We are very appreciative of your assistance, especially since this kind of lighting is just not available in Australia, where mostly modern lighting is provided on the market. We will be so excited to have unique lighting in our home, which is just what we wanted. If per chance our home is featured in any magazine, your name will be there, as I would encourage others to try the same path that we have taken, to get what they want. You have been very helpful.”

Wickowski said, “The foundation of our business is customer care. We offer good value in our pricing, but
attention to detail, meeting the customer needs, and working hard to anticipate and prevent problems is really
what we are about. Value is the combination of quality products, fair pricing, and best in class customer care.
Those are the things we work on all the time.” She commented that “There have been large numbers of websites that have begun offering lighting products since the economic crisis hit us all. Many approach the market with the idea that all you have to do is have the lowest price. We have found that our focus on the entire customer experience brings us loyal repeat customers and great word of mouth support which allows us to remain one of the top 5 lighting retailers despite greatly increased competition and a difficult housing market.”

Contact:
Anita Turner
Light Styles Internet, LLC
208-433-3900
www.lightingshowroom.com

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Popularity: 36% [?]

Boise, ID (PRWEB) September 7, 2009 — LightingShowroom.com is one of the top 5 online retailers of lighting products and has been serving a growing domestic and international clientele of discriminating home owners looking for a full service supplier. Rosemary Wickowski, CEO of Light Styles Internet, LLC., said “We just finished a project for a large private home and we were getting ready to ship it when Kurt Krause, our FedEx rep, talked to us about going by air. We ship a lot domestically with them but hadn’t considered serving large international orders that way. In the end it was a great solution for us”

Anita Turner, the LightingShowroom lead for international projects said “We routinely ship small international orders by air but in this situation we were dealing with a 16,000 pound delivery of very high end lighting products. We had a lot of worry about loss or damage, customs, duties, and the specter of stacks of paperwork. It was the largest single lighting package we had ever done and the logistics were a major worry. I’m pleased to say that the deal went off like clockwork.” Turner said, “I had assumed that the cost of air freight would simply be too expensive. It wasn’t cheap, but when I looked at all the problems of sending a container by ship it just made sense”.

Kurt Krause, the FedEx Account Executive said, “I knew we could do a good job for them and I was happy to get the chance. It turned out that this was the largest single international air shipment that had ever been sent from Boise.” Krause commented that, “Boise is not a major shipping point for international products so I had to do some extra work to make sure things happened the way they were supposed to, but in the end the combination of Lightingshowroom.com and FedEx made a slick solution for their international client”.

Wickowski explained, “We turned the order over to FedEx on Monday and it cleared customs on Friday and was delivered without incident to the customer the following Monday. Exchange rates and the ability to cut through the complexities of the international paperwork now allow us to compete on a much wider stage than has been possible before this. We look forward to developing the high end international lighting marketplace”.

Wickowski said “The foundation of our business is customer care. We offer good value in our pricing, but attention to detail, meeting the customer needs, and working hard to anticipate and prevent problems is really what we are about. Value is the combination of quality products, fair pricing, and best in class customer care. Those are the things we work on all the time.” She commented that “There have been large numbers of websites that have begun offering lighting products since the economic crisis hit us all. Many approach the market with the idea that all you have to do is have the lowest price. We have found that our focus on the entire customer experience brings us loyal repeat customers and great word of mouth support which allows us to remain one of the top 5 lighting retailers despite greatly increased competition and a difficult housing market.”

About Light Styles:
The Light Styles of Boise showroom, was founded in 1999 and the e-commerce site, www.LightingShowroom.com, was begun in 2005. The combination of the two companies sells residential indoor and outdoor lighting products from major manufacturers. Through the website they are one of the few lighting retailers able to serve both domestic and international lighting buyers.

Contact:
Anita Turner
Light Styles Internet, LLC
208-433-3900
www.lightingshowroom.com

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Popularity: 57% [?]

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 www.LightingShowroom.com, a leading lighting e-commerce site for home lighting products, is expanding its distribution from its traditional market, the US and Canada, to begin offering lighting products to England, Scotland, and Ireland.

Boise, ID (PRWEB) August 23, 2009 –Rosemary Wickowski, the CEO of Light Styles Internet LLC, commented that “The Lightingshowroom.com website, www.lightingshowroom.com, is one of the top lighting destinations on the web making Light Styles a premier distributor for home lighting products nationally.” She said, ” We have had an increasing level of interest from international buyers in the past year and currency exchange rates have made it possible for us to compete successfully for large international jobs. We have been able to sell high end products directly to Europe and we plan to expand our support for those upscale markets”.

Anita Turner, customer care lead said, “Over the years we have handled quite a few international orders so we have developed the expertise to deal with the problems posed by such things as customs, duties, taxes, and so on. The kind of complications that keep most US based home product retailers from serving the international market.” She said, “I wouldn’t call it a boutique business because the projects tend to be fairly large but it is a market segment that requires special expertise. We work with the manufacturers to make certain that the products are configured for the proper electrical systems, for example, just one of the issues we face. We also do extensive inspections, packaging, and crating so that we don’t get products half way around the world with problems.”

Wickowski said, “The move to advertise our products in the UK allows us to leverage some unique skills and experience we have developed in dealing with large or complex projects and builds on the experience we have supporting large domestic projects.”

Wickowski said “The foundation of our business is customer care. We offer good value in our pricing, but attention to detail, meeting the customer needs, and working hard to anticipate and prevent problems is really what we are about. Value is the combination of quality products, fair pricing, and best in class customer care. Those are the things we work on all the time.” She commented that “There have been large numbers of websites that have begun offering lighting products since the economic crisis hit us all. Many approach the market with the idea that all you have to do is have the lowest price. We have found that our focus on the entire customer experience brings us loyal repeat customers and great word of mouth support which allows us to remain one of the top 5 lighting retailers despite greatly increased competition and a difficult housing market.”

About Light Styles:

The Light Styles of Boise showroom, was founded in 1999 and the e-commerce site, www.LightingShowroom.com, was begun in 2005. The combination of the two companies sells residential indoor and outdoor lighting products from major manufacturers. Through the website they are one of the few lighting retailers able to serve both domestic and international lighting buyers.

Contact:

Anita Turner
Light Styles Internet, LLC
208-433-3900
www.lightingshowroom.com

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Popularity: 60% [?]

1. For dark corners, use metal can up-lights. They can be purchased in a variety of styles and only need to be plugged in, with the light directed at the dark area. These are small and work great in a potted floor plant or on the top of a chest or armoire. Be sure to camouflage the fixture and just enjoy the light.
2. Install under-cabinet light strips in the kitchen, desk area, or workroom. The light will shine directly on the work area and make any task easier. Switch them off when you leave the job.
3. Add a decorative lamp to a bookshelf. It will not only break up the long line of books, but make it easier to find what you’re looking for.
4. Place a small decorative lamp on the kitchen or bathroom, tucked into a corner. (Be sure to keep it away from any water!) It can serve as a night light but also be decorative.
5. Be sure that every room in your home has a light connected to a dimming wall switch at the entrance. You’ll be able to turn it on when you walk into the room, then adjust the lighting as you find your way.
6. If your table space is limited, install a reading light on the wall near the bed or lounge chair. Reading will be a pleasure!
7. Remove boring ceiling fixtures and install can lights around the room. While you might need to bring in professional help for this one, it will be well worth it! You can direct the light to artwork, reading nooks, or work spaces.
8. Light your artwork with small fixtures attached on the top. There are many styles designed just for lighting art. Find them at a local home center, attatch it to the frame of the art, and plug in to the wall.
9. Install a dimming wall switch to control the light and fan on a ceiling fan. For even more convenience, purchase and program a remote control to turn the light or fan on and off.
10. Install a motion sensor on outdoor light fixtures to control the light when people walk too close to the house. Or, at a dark hallway or staircase, or in the garage or attic so that you never have to enter the space in the dark.
11. Add a light sensor to an outdoor light. You’ll have light whenever it’s dark outside, but the light will go off at daybreak.

Tips:

1. Use a lamp, up-light, and ceiling fixture all in one room. The layers of light will add interest and provide numerous lighting options.
2. Be sure to keep the light bulbs clean with frequent dusting. The light will be cleaner, too.

Popularity: 59% [?]

In the retail world, it is important for the customer to know if the retailer they are purchasing from has integrity. With online retail, the absence of face-to-face contact makes this fact even truer than ever. To reap the benefits of selection and price available only online while still protecting oneself, customers must keep an eye out for retailers without integrity. To help with this, here are certain things that all customers should expect from a lighting retailer with integrity.

Reliability: Knowing that an order for a crystal chandelier will arrive in just as timely a manner as a few small pieces of bathroom lighting is reliability. A retailer with integrity won’t be willing to lose their reputation over any transaction, no matter what its size.

A Relationship: The idea that every customer is a client is what a lighting retailer with integrity abides by. With the right lighting merchant it doesn’t take a bank breaking purchase to make a customer feel like they are getting top-notch service. When a trusting relationship is built between a retailer and a customer, they both win.

Responsiveness: Top lighting retail stores will respond to customer input and feedback as soon as possible. The first transaction could always be the last. Quality lighting retailers know this and take steps to make sure that everything goes perfectly on each order. If something is amiss with a pendant lighting order for example, they work immediately to fix it.

Satisfaction: A satisfaction guarantee means that if the customer isn’t happy with their purchase before a specified date, the retailer will do everything necessary to fix it or accept the return if that is what the customer requests. Quality retailers stand behind their guarantees; other don’t.

Whether it is a purchase of a big crystal chandelier, or a small order of ceiling lights, don’t accept anything less than integrity and kept promises from your online lighting retailer.

Popularity: 38% [?]

Purchasing lighting online is a new experience for many consumers. Lighting is not something that many people are experienced in purchasing in the first place, and buying sight unseen can be intimating. That being said, online lighting retailers are still the place to go for the largest selection of lighting available. The trick to getting the perfect indoor or outdoor light fixtures for your home is knowing the secrets of online shopping before you buy.

Know what you’re looking for. In most cases, you won’t be able to see how the lights you want actually fit into a room until you purchase them. This is why it is so important to measure the place of installation carefully. Always measure to get an idea of the size of the fixture and how it will be positioned in the room.

Don’t trust a cluttered website. A cluttered and poorly laid out retail website is a warning sign for consumers. If the lighting company didn’t take the time to create a logical and easy to use website, they probably aren’t going to be very good any other aspect of service. Look for lighting retails sites with clearly defined menus and easy to search categories. Outdoor light fixtures for example, should have its own section and be searchable by type, style, price, brand, etc. If you have searched for more than a few minutes on a site without finding the type of lighting you are looking for, it’s probably a poor quality site.

Understand shipping costs and customer service. The shipping and return policies of any site you purchase from should be easily found. If these policies aren’t listed anywhere that is easily visible then the vendor in question could be one of those retailers that will try to sneak in a hefty shipping charge for that bathroom lighting order late in the checkout process. As far as customer service goes, if there is no phone number listed on the site for customer questions or comments, avoid the retailer. If they won’t list their phone number, there is probably a reason why.

Popularity: 31% [?]

Changing over to compact fluorescent light bulbs is now widely known as an easy and green way to save energy and reduce a household’s environmental impact. As a result, the popularity of these compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) has been on the increase in the past few years. With more and more households converting their light bulbs to these energy efficient and long lasting bulbs, now is a great time to catch up with the rest of the country and make the conversion.

All lighting applications ranging from bathroom lighting to ceiling lights can benefit from the switch from incandescent bulbs to CFLs. Despite their substantially higher cost when compared with incandescent bulbs, CFLs pay off in the long run with the reduction in energy usage. An average household using these bulbs can save hundreds of dollars over a 5-year span vs. using incandescent bulbs. They use anywhere from a third to a fifth of the energy it takes to power a similarly sized incandescent bulb. The cost of purchasing CFLs is mitigated over time, as the life span of the compact fluorescent is around 8 to 15 times longer than an incandescent bulb. After just a year or two they have paid not only themselves off in energy savings but in replacement costs.

Longer lasting bulbs add convenience in changing hard-to-access ceiling lights as well as bulbs placed in outdoor light fixtures. These are bulbs that can be hard to access due to heights and placement. The benefit of CFLs is the fact that they don’t require constant changing year after year. Households that have ceiling lights in excess of 10 feet high will appreciate the savings in time and effort.

For an average of around $100 or less, a US household can change over most, if not all, of their regular incandescent light bulbs to the compact fluorescent lighting. This small up front investment should not hinder the savings that will return over the next few years.

Popularity: 36% [?]

Lighting for your house is difficult enough, finding the right light for a bathroom is a challenge in itself. Bathroom lighting serves a very distinct purpose and is a mini case study in lighting dynamics. Bathroom lighting needs to particularly effective in lighting up a person’s face as they look into a mirror. Haphazard handling of this task can result in lighting that creates unnecessary and distracting shadows.

Vanity lighting is the primary source of useful light in a bathroom. The term useful simply characterizes the light that is helpful in highlighting the face for the purposes of cosmetics application, and daily personal upkeep. Vanity lighting is typically mounted above the mirror and projected down in front of the mirror to minimize shadows from light sources projecting on the sides or in back of the person who is utilizing the sink and mirror area.

Vanity and bathroom lighting works best when the fixtures are opaque and created a pleasant and bright glow. Clear bulbs can be harsh and create a high amount of glare that can make it difficult to use the mirror clearly. The ability to control the light in the room with multiple switches and/or dimmer switches is handy to brighten or dim the bulbs and are helpful depending on the day as well.

The best way to approach bathroom lighting is with simple preparation. Knowing the space available with which to work will dictate what size light fixtures will be able to fit into the area. It is also important to take into account the angles and color schemes of the bathroom that will help to determine the strength of light that will be needed to provide adequate luminance. Dark surfaces will absorb more light and may require additional or higher wattage bulbs over light colored surfaces.

Popularity: 21% [?]

It may still be true that a house can’t be built online, but there is no reason why many of the materials can’t be ordered online. If you have a new construction project being built and are looking for light fixtures to fill an entire home, don’t count out the web as your best bet to order all the lights you need. From your bathroom lighting to your outdoor light fixtures, the web has them all.

Nobody considers online retailers as anything new anymore, but people still tend to think of them in terms of smaller items. Need a CD or DVD? Go online. Pick up a sweatshirt or new pair of slacks? Go online. Need to order custom ceiling lights for every room of a new home? This is where many people don’t consider online retailers an option. This is an attitude that needs to change.

When you go online you are not only getting a wider selection of modern pendant lighting, bathroom lighting and every other kind of lighting you could need, you are also getting it in every finish and size you need at a great price. Large purchases like those made for new construction can oftentimes receive a bulk discount depending on the circumstances. Shipping is no problem either, with straightforward shipping promises that ensure your new crystal chandelier gets to the house on time and ready to be installed. It’s no secret that building projects almost always suffer delays. With a trusted online lighting retailer though, your lights will not be causing any additional headache.

The same goes for large quantity upgrades in older homes. Changing out the light in your home can do a lot for not only the value of the home, but for its atmosphere and ambiance.

If you are looking at a large lighting purchase, go online to see what kind of savings and selection are available to you.

Popularity: 24% [?]

There is one essential problem with buying all of your lighting from the home & garden store or even your membership only warehouse store… you’re going to have the same lighting as everyone else. You may not think that having the same fixtures as everyone in town is all that bothersome to you, but nobody likes to walk into their friends’ house and see the exact same furniture pieces, wall colors and lighting as your house. Talk about unoriginal style you’ll say.

The large warehouse store and ‘one-stop-shopping,’ outlet just can’t offer the necessary amount of selection on ceiling lights, outdoor light fixtures or bathroom lighting. They certainly can’t offer much variety on a beautiful crystal chandelier or modern contemporary pendant lighting. Instead, they have a large pile of boxed ceiling lights sitting in a pile with a sale sign on them, and by the end of the week, you’ll have the same lighting as most of the state. You have to go online to find what you need.

By going to the large warehouse store not only are you getting the same product as everyone else, but you’re also are not guaranteed top quality or the proper fit of lighting. Each room in every house is different and requires different lighting. Buying your bathroom lighting from a warehouse store does not take into account anything about the size, shape or style of your room or bathroom. You are simply forced to purchase whatever they currently have displayed.

Going online is the best way to get the selection you are looking for. Whether it is a set of simple flush ceiling lights or a new crystal chandelier for your entryway or dining room, going through a trusted online retailer is the way to get exactly what you need. Fit each room with unique lighting that will have your friends wondering what your secret to uniqueness is.

Popularity: 36% [?]