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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Lightingshowroom.com is supplying crystal chandeliers for a modern update of the site of Princess Diana’s ancestral home. Rosemary Wickowski, CEO of Light Styles Internet, LLC, said “We were pleased by the selection of LightingShowroom as the supplier for the project as it leveraged our extensive experience serving high end international clients, but long distance support has required some unusual steps to meet customer needs.”

Boise, ID (PRWEB) September 27, 2009 — 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. Wickowski said, “Our selection as the crystal chandelier supplier for a lighting update of the site of the ancestral home of Princess Diana is because of our dedication to meeting the customer’s needs and our extensive experience supporting high end domestic and international projects.” Wickowski said, “Keeping the styling and classical traditions intact while updating lighting fixtures is an interesting challenge.”

Anita Turner, the LightingShowroom lead for the project said, “Color, finish, and style are always the critical factors in any large lighting project. In this case communication about the details was more complicated than usual. This project was to create a crystal chandelier package for a modern treatment of Princess Diana’s ancestral homesite. A key requirement was to maintain the classical traditions and styling while taking advantage of modern crystal technology, design, and manufacturing.” Turner said, “One of the most interesting challenges was getting sample approvals. During the early phases of the process the decision maker was traveling throughout the Mediterranean on a yachting vacation. This required us to coordinate the shipment of samples for arrival at a series of ports of call as the trip progressed.” Turner commented, “The extensive color pallet and crystal quality available in the modern chandelier makes it possible to achieve really stunning effects but sample approval is key. It is amazing that today’s freight and communication systems make it possible to coordinate tasks like that around the world with relative ease.”

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.”

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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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            From garden and pool parties to a good old fashioned BBQ to a quiet evening with friends, the nicer weather is encouraging more and more people to gather. If you will be entertaining this year we encourage you to give the lighting of your entertainment area some careful consideration. Whether old lights can be adjusted, new styles purchased, or even the addition of a simple dimmer switch, the correct lighting can greatly enhance the atmosphere at your next gathering.

            Grab a pen and paper and take a few minutes one evening to look at the lighting of your areas. Take a careful look at some of the typical problem areas and situations below:

-                          Note places where there are deep shadows. Should those dark spots be dark?

-                          Can existing lights be redirected or can a hidden light help alleviate the dark zones?

-                          Look for overly bright spots. Those flood lights for example. Do they create a bright glare for people sitting on the deck?

-                          Are steps or other possible tripping spots illuminated properly? Adding deck lights may be just the ticket.

-                          Are wall lights putting out the proper amount of light? A simple bulb change or even a good cleaning can greatly change the way the light is cast.

-                          Lastly, look at the overhead cover (if any) of your area. The addition of an outdoor pendant light can be an unobtrusive way to provide lighting and decorative focal point to an outdoor entertainment area while not impeding daytime shade/sun exposure.

Now, take those ideas and issues you noted on your paper and check out lightingshowroom.com . You will get some new ideas and options you had not previously considered. Then invite all those friends over and enjoy the new, properly lighted, area you created! Have fun!

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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.

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The term pendant lighting covers a wide variety of light fixtures that hang from the ceiling. In truth, there are many different types of pendant lighting that are made to fit different indoor and outdoor applications.

There are two general types of pendant lighting - the type that are inverted and project light upwards and outwards, and the type that projects light downward. Downward projecting pendant lights are an excellent solution for areas such as kitchen islands, which require additional focused lighting for cooking preparation. Desk areas and other work areas can also benefit from this type of focused light to help reduce eyestrain during tedious work.

Other areas can benefit from inverted pendant lighting, which creates ambient light to fill the room for general purposes. Ambient lighting is helpful in creating a warm and comforting glow in any part of the house. Done correctly, ambient lighting can work together with other lighting to create an atmosphere with glowing light all around and focused light where it is needed.

Billiards tables have long since used pendant lighting to keep the games going late into the night. Pendant lighting for pool tables comes in a variety of styles. The most common solutions are made of metal and glass combinations that hold three downward casting lights onto the table. Individual mini pendant lighting combinations are also becoming increasingly trendy for illuminating pool tables for those who want a modern, minimalist look in their billiards area.

Outdoor pendant lighting is an option for those who want to skip the traditional wall mounted exterior lights in lieu of something more original. These outdoor pendant lights can be mounted from posts or from a truss of the house.

Whatever the application, pendant lighting has a distinct solution available to meet every need. The next time you are looking to solve a lighting problem, think about how a pendant lighting solution could be utilized within the space. More often than not, you’ll find it could be just the option you’re looking for.

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Pendant lighting, or for those unfamiliar, those chic hanging light fixtures that are so common in modern homes, make wonderful additions to any home. Why pendant lighting is so nice is that, as opposed to movable and bulky table and floor lamps, pendant lighting does not take up any of the area reserved for foot traffic and counterpace. They provide the ability to reach difficult areas and spaces not accessible or simply impractical for other types of fixtures. A precisely placed pendant lighting can drop in right where it is needed. In addition, by adjusting the light closer to the usage area, it provides more light up close, in a way that ceiling lights are not be able to provide.

You’ll see pendant lighting utilized in a number of ways. Most frequently, they can be seen in the kitchen as an intelligent solution to provide light over kitchen islands and countertops. They work well in tandem with recessed ceiling lights to provide lighting to a modern and contemporary kitchen. They are easy to install in old construction kitchens that may still use large fluorescent lighting. When the time comes to replace those outdated kitchen ceiling lights, pendant lighting provides contemporary and easy replacement solutions.

Pendant lighting is also easily utilized for a number of other areas. Desk areas, bar areas, pool and poker tables, anywhere where top space is valuable and quality light is necessary, pendant lighting are great additions.

Pendant lighting can be found in upward and downward projecting style depending on whether or not light output needs to be maximized for projects or minimized for ambiance. Every style from modern to Tiffany stained glass and novelty are available to match the décor of any space. Upgrade your space now or consider their many uses in your upcoming new construction project.

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Sell, sell, sell is the motto of most lighting retailers. While this may bode well for their sales it does nothing to encourage a positive customer relationship or foster customer loyalty. Unfortunately in the online retailing world, there are many retailers that feel that operating online gives them the right to operate with ambiguity and indecisiveness in their customer service. There are however, a select few retailers of ceiling lights and outdoor light fixtures that are approaching the industry in a ‘new light,’ so to speak. This new way of doing business is really a revolution in the industry and it stems from a basic philosophy; care about every order, every time, not just the customers who have ordered more than once.

A quality retailer knows that every pendant lighting order is a chance to build a new long-term relationship with a customer. Perform well on the pendant lighting order and watch as they come back and order a crystal chandelier the next month. Ignore a new customer’s concerns on the first order and they won’t be back to shop with you again.

The lighting business is one in which price competition is difficult and in many instances price differentiation is very limited and inflexible. The real difference in lighting retailers comes in the form of quality and responsive customer service. This level of customer service involves offering advice and lighting solutions for those who are in need. It continues with reliable and expedient order fulfillment and is finished with a commitment to post-purchase satisfaction. Getting these right means a satisfied customer who will return for their next crystal chandelier or outdoor light fixtures for their new yard.

On your next light purchase, look for a retailer who has a solid commitment to customer service and satisfaction, through all stages of the ordering process.

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