Recently, Niche Modern's Terra Pendant lights were incorporated into a Henrybuilt kitchen project, for a private home owner in Texas, by interior designer Janet Gridley. We are big fans of the Henrybuilt aesthetic which emphasizes thoughtful, modern design with exquisite materials made the good old fashioned way: by hand!

We were happy to learn that this particular project is a LEED (green building certification program) targeted construction which is especially meaningful to all of us here at Niche Modern who firmly believe that incandescent bulbs can and should be considered eco-friendly when compared to the glaring and often untold hazards of CFL's (compact fluorescent lighting).

You can read more about the politics behind incandescent vs CFL bulbs here: click here.

Congress is scheduled to vote on the repeal of the bulb ban placed in 2007, as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act, that would phase out many incandescents from the marketplace by 2012. While Niche Modern's incandescent bulbs fall in the "specialty" category and are therefore protected from such laws, this is nonetheless an issue close to our hearts as we feel very strongly that consumers should be given much more honest and transparent information from the bulb manufacturers and the media at large before making a choice when it comes to bulbs. And of course the operative word here is: CHOICE.