TIME WAS, folks DIDN'T ASK MUCH fr...

TIME WAS, folks DIDN'T ASK MUCH from their lighting--as prolonged as it illuminated the dark, helped them find the mayo in the back of the refrigerator, or guided their shaky gait after a night of imbibing, they were happy. What more do you ne lighting to do anyway? Today's homeowner it turn rounds out, want lighting to make a design Statement, and they are using the pendant to do it.

"Homeowner are taking more pride in their lighting," says Diane M Smith, sales and marketing assistant at Bruck Lighting in Costa Mesa, Calif. "They are finding that they