Niche Modern Lighting

The Spring 2012 Sample Sale Giveaway Winner is…

… Shelli Decker! Congratulations on winning a pendant light of your choice from all of us at Niche Modern! We’ll be in touch with you shortly.

Thanks to everyone who shared interest in the sale and especially those who came out to see us at our studio in Beacon. We had a WONDERFUL time with all of you and hope you enjoyed it the same. We couldn’t have done it without all of you.

Shelli Decker is the winner of our Sample Sale Giveaway!

Shelli Decker is the winner of our Sample Sale Giveaway!

UPDATE: SAMPLE SALE THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

We’re hosting a Sample Sale in conjunction with the city-wide Beacon Open Studios event on April 28th and 29th. Our warehouse doors will be open at 12pm on Saturday and Sunday, and will close at 6pm each day. Take 50% – 80% off all of our pendant samples throughout the two days! We’re also excited to be offering live demonstrations in our glass studio throughout each day. Expect refreshments as well!

On top of that, we’ve got some more exciting news! We’re offering 20% off all pendants on our website from now until the end of day on Sunday and giving a pendant away at the end of the sale! Click through the image to receive the coupon code and to be entered in the giveaway!

Come out and check out the sale or view our glassblowing team on the shop floor!

50 - 80% Off All Glass Pendant Samples and Factory Seconds

50 - 80% Off All Glass Pendant Samples and Factory Seconds

For Whom the Bell Jar Tolls!

Here’s a peek at a gorgeous installation in Vancouver by David Drummond Clarke Interior Design. Those Niche Modern Bell Jar pendants in Crystal really sparkle against the soft white theme throughout the kitchen and the warmth that the timeless Edison style bulbs are known for really comes through. A great combination of styles! We loved this one! (Photographs by Susan Hall Photography)

Bell Jar Pendant Lights hover over a kitchen island

Bell Jar Pendant Lights hover over a kitchen island

Niche Modern Bell Jar Pendants fill the kitchen with just enough light

Niche Modern Bell Jar Pendants fill the kitchen with just enough light

A Vancouver kitchen and island lit by Niche Modern Bell Jar Pendant Lights

A Vancouver kitchen and island lit by Niche Modern Bell Jar Pendant Lights

Sample Sale/Beacon Open Studios Coming at the End of April

We’re hosting a Sample Sale in conjunction with the city-wide Beacon Open Studios event on April 28th and 29th. Our warehouse doors will be open at 12pm on Saturday and Sunday, and will close at 6pm. Take 50% – 80% off all of our pendant samples throughout the two days! We’re also excited to be offering live demonstrations in our glass studio throughout each day. Expect refreshments as well!

Come and check out the sale or view our glassblowing team on the shop floor!

 

50 - 80% OFF OUR ENTIRE PENDANT LINE

More details to follow…

Field Trip Time at the Niche Modern Glass Studio

We had such a blast this week when my daughter’s 2nd grade class came to visit the glass studio at Niche Modern! We put cones around the work station as a safety precaution but the kids were so completely spell bound as they watched Adam and the team work with the glass that they were literally frozen in place. One of the teachers commented about how beautiful our team is to watch because they move around each other as they work in a kind of complicated, wordless dance that is so graceful it seems choreographed. One of the 8 year old girls was especially excited to meet Annie and see living proof of what she called: “an awesome girl glass blower!” We were reminded of how special our Niche Modern crew is and how inspiring their teamwork and collective skills are. Who knows: maybe a seed was sown and a future glass blower will emerge from this field trip one day!

Glass blowers Adam, Ian, and Annie create a piece of art

Glass blowers Adam, Ian, and Annie create a piece of art

132 Countries: A Niche Modern Milestone

Last week we hit a breathtaking milestone here at Niche Modern when our analytics report showed that 132 countries visited our site! When we started selling our fixtures in 2005 we used to pack them in our living room and bake cookies for our FedEx driver who endured double parking, two sets of elevators and sometimes even held a screaming baby while I refilled the tape gun! We were a family affair in every sense of the word! A lot of growth has happened since those early days, in both family and company (which are one in the same here) but still, it’s amazing to think that from our living room to living rooms across the world our work is touching the lives of other people and cultures on a global level… Goosebumps!

Niche Modern sees website visitors from 132 countries

Niche Modern sees website visitors from 132 countries

Niche Modern Pharos Pendants at Olive and Ivy in Arizona

Olive and Ivy is a fantastic restaurant in Scottsdale Arizona featuring 75 Amber and Crimson Niche Modern Pharos pendants at staggered lengths throughout the main dining room. This was a job we did back in 2006 but we weren’t able to get there in person until this winter. The food is sublime! If you ever find yourself in Scottsdale and have time for lunch, the apple caponata bruschetta is especially amazing. I know it’s a pretty sweet benefit to my life at Niche Modern that I get to travel the world and drop in on these inspiring establishments displaying our lighting but if I don’t stop eating in this decadent style I’m never gonna be ready for bikini season! ;)

The Olive & Ivy Restaurant & Marketplace in Arizona

The Olive & Ivy Restaurant & Marketplace in Arizona

A Great Spread of Our Pharos Pendant Lights in the Olive & Ivy Restaurant

A Great Spread of Our Pharos Pendant Lights in the Olive & Ivy Restaurant

Cheerio London! Niche Modern Returns Home to New York

We’re back from London and settling into the hardest part of winter in New York: the very end! So many feasts for the eyes as well as the belly in London. Some other highlights, after our lovely lunch at Pollen Street Social, included a dinner at Jamie Oliver’s restaurant Fifteen where our Niche Modern Turrets are strung across the back wall with flare and the stunning Harry’s of London on scenic, posh South Audley Street in Mayfair where a Niche Modern Sola 36 with Gray Solitaire glass is prominently displayed. It was a huge treat for us to see our work in person in these creative, breathtaking environments.

Turret Pendants hang over a dining room table at Fifteen restaurant in London

Turret Pendants hang over a dining room table at Fifteen restaurant in London

Harry's of London, designer shoe maker in London

Harry's of London, designer shoe maker in London

Harry's of London features one of our Sola Modern Chandeliers

Harry's of London features one of our Sola Modern Chandeliers

NICHE MODERN AT LONDON’S POLLEN STREET SOCIAL: YUM!

We’re visiting London this week and the rumors are true: the food is amazing all around. We dug in at Pollen Street Social yesterday and were completely enchanted by the warm, minimal interior where 25 (!!) Clear Niche Modern Solitaires are featured in the dining room. Both the service and the meal were absolutely incredible as well. I had a dish with tender Jerusalem artichokes, spiced aubergine and roasted ceps. I won’t even get into dessert for fear of drooling on my laptop…We were truly honored to see our work at this magnificent restaurant. I took a quick, inconspicuous pic with my cell; sorry for the quality!

 

25 Clear Solitaire Pendants hang throughout the dining room at Pollen Street Social

Pollen Street Social in London shows off 25 of our Clear Solitaire Pendants

Niche Modern Spark Chandelier Finds Its Home Sweet Home!

Since we launched our chandelier line several years ago we haven’t had the opportunity to see too many pictures of installations in private homes. So we were really excited and grateful when Matthew, one of our customers, sent this picture of the Spark Chandelier in his living room. We think it looks absolutely fantastic and we’re honored to share it!

A Spark Chandelier hangs high in a private residence

A Spark Chandelier hangs high in a private residence

Spark Chandelier in the living room and Aurora Pendant Lights above the dining room table

Spark Chandelier in the living room and Aurora Pendant Lights above the dining room table

Niche Modern Aurora Pendant Lights above a dining room table

Niche Modern Aurora Pendant Lights above a dining room table