My name is Dwain Matin, the new owner of Katie's Colonial Lighting, I am looking forward to working with our Katie's Colonial Lighting dealers and customers in the future. My experience with Katie's Lighting products is from a retail and a consumer viewpoint. When my wife and I built our dream home in 1999 we used a number of Katie's Lighting fixtures, this gave us first hand product knowledge. Our day to day use of Katie's Lighting has made us believers in the quality of the product.

I have spent the past 20 years in both physical store and online retail of Home Decor products. As both a physical store owner and an online business owner in the past, I understand the delicate balance between the two. We are committed to providing all our dealers with the resources necessary to create a great customer experience.

Please Be Patient With US During This Time Of Transition.

Dwain Martin

The full-length feature film stars Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch and many other A-list actors, and is directed by Steve McQueen. According to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), Twelve Years a Slave is the story of "A man living in New York during the mid-1800s [who&91; is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the deep south." It is based on the true story of Solomon Northup, whose personal account of his experiences are chronicled in a book by the same name. The charictaristically long Victorian subtitle of the book holds more potential revelations about the plot: "Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, From a Cotton Plantation Near the Red River, In Louisianna."

The agent of the production company also alluded to the fact that Alice Baker, the set director for Twelve Years a Slave, has used Katie's Colonial Lighting products in other movies she has helped direct. He did not name the films, but KCL light fixtures can be spotted in a number of blockbusters, including The Alamo, National Treasure, The Patriot, Tom Hanks' John Adams mini series, and many more.

When asked why he thinks movie producers are so keen on KCL fixtures, our owner and operator, Rich Lavy responded, "Authenticity, affordability, and the fact that it is all American made...made by hand." "They also seem to like that we do custom orders," he added. Usually KCL products are electrified for use in the average consumer's home, but the studio in question requested that these particular chandliers and sconces be made for burning candles rather than electricity. "This is pretty typical when we receive orders from production studios," Rich said.

http://stores.ebay.com/katieslighthouse

At Katie's Light House we have some very strict quality control standards. We don't send you anything we wouldn't be proud to display in our own home, confident that it will last long enough to become an heirloom in its own right. Items that don't make the cut go into our scratch-and-dent inventory. They are joined there by the various experimental designs and finishes we build as part of the process of developing new products. Rather than throw them away, we auction these items off on ebay, where they can often be had for a significant discount relative to brand new items. Our ebay store also has lamp parts, kits and primitive tin nick-nacks!

Click the link below to access our ebay store.

http://stores.ebay.com/katieslighthouse