HOT LIST: Hudson Valley Lighting Shops to Illuminate Your Life

Our home’s lighting can affect more than just the atmosphere of a room—it can affect our mood, mental well-being, and energy levels. Although the gleam of natural light shining through a window can offer the most benefits for enhancing your space and mindset, the right artificial lighting can create a bright and efficient workspace in your home office, a relaxing warmth in gathering spaces, and other soothing environments. While temperature and brightness levels play a major part, so do the design and aesthetic of the fixtures themselves. Highly personalized decor is in and many artisans and boutiques around our region offer options aplenty when it comes to handmade, high-end, antique, and other one-of-a-kind designs.

Throughout the month of January at INSIDE+OUT, we’re exploring the theme of Home as a Sanctuary. Our curated interviews and resources aim to inspire spaces that nurture calm and a sense of refuge, no matter the challenges life brings. After you have a look at our hot list below, we hope you’ll check out some of the suggested end links for other ways to create inner peace from the outside in.

Coil + Drift | Catskill NY | @coilanddrift

The innovative and artful lighting designed in Coil + Drift’s 3,000-square-foot studio is also produced in-house by their own art production team. Find a variety of sconces, flush mounts, pendants, and more that are simplistic yet complex in bold hues, durable brass, and elegant glass.

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Finch | Hudson NY | @finchhudson

Vintage lovers rejoice! For truly unique nostalgic flair, Finch’s vintage and antique offerings feature globally inspired or sourced designs. Italian alabaster lamps, German floor lamps from the 1980s, and much more await in a variety of style preferences: romantic, retro, post-modern, and more.

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Hudson Valley Lighting Group | Various Locations | @hudsonvalleylighting

Although this acclaimed lighting company is not a boutique, we’d be remiss not to mention their Hudson Valley roots, which are honored in their thoughtfully designed products like the Gardiner table lamp or the Pine Island wall sconce. Find products at local retailers or online through their site.

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Hammertown | Pine Plains + Rhinebeck NY | @hammertownbarn

Hammertown is a local favorite, with three locations in Pine Plains and Rhinebeck, NY, and Great Barrington, MA. A destination for interior designers and home owners alike, each shop has beautifully curated the rooms, furnished as entirely realized spaces full of heart and soul, including lighting. Ask to see their full product lines.

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Hundred Mile Home | Rhinebeck NY | @hundredmile

When you want something that truly makes a statement, Hundred Mile browse the designer lighting options at Hundred Mile Home, featuring collaborations with brands like Roda, whose suspension, wall, and table lamps act as functional art, and Paola Lenti’s colorful textile-based designs.

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l & m studio | Catskill NY | @landmstudio

This collaborative porcelain studio features a variety of unique, modern pendant lights, desk lamps, and other sleek designs created in-studio from design to glaze to finished product. Known for their durability as much as their eye-catching aesthetic, each original piece serves as functional art.

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Niche Modern | Beacon NY | @nichemodern

Niche’s distinctive collections of modern pendant lights, lamps, chandeliers, and more are handmade by experienced glass artisans, with elegant designs defined by clean lines, gorgeous hues, and pristine clarity.

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Quittner Home | Germantown NY | @quittnerhome

This husband-and-wife-owned lighting and home decor brand offers distinctive lighting that’s rooted in historic forms. Find a selection of antique lighting like crystal candelabras or art deco desk lamps, as well as their own Quittner Collection of products with clean lines, soft edges, and heritage hues.

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The Shop: With Bridgehouse Vintage and Ida’s Eye | Hudson NY | @bridgehousevintage | Inside+Out Spotlight

The Shop in Hudson features two fabulous shopkeepers, Bridgehouse Vintage and Ida’s Eye and a 6,000-square-foot, tri-level shop on Warren Street. Ask for Judy Fertel of Bridgehouse Vintage – she specializes in lighting! Whether you’ve got a historic home, are keen on mid-century mod style, or simply want one-of-a-kind lighting, the vintage lighting options at The Shop offer a nostalgic look and feel. Browse a revolving inventory of lamps, pendants, and more in various retro styles.

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Whimsy Home | New Paltz NY | @whimsyhomelamps

Although studio visits are by appointment only, you can browse online to find Whimsy’s hanging, wall, and table lamps, which live up to their name through fun and colorful patterned shades—from florals and illustrations to illuminated vintage postcards and maps, all handmade by designer Jasmine Redfern. Check out her unique wooden nightlights inspired by 1950s-’60s roadside signs.

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Wolberg Lighting Design | Kingston NY | @wolbergelectric

Although this century-old company has a few locations upstate, you’ll find a Hudson Valley showroom right in Kingston, with product lines offered by hundreds of manufacturers. From chandeliers and table lamps to kitchen island and pool table lighting, their expansive selection offers solutions for nearly any need.

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Woodstock Lighting Lab | Woodstock NY

From sleek, minimalistic LED lamps to steampunk wall charger lamps and even DIY kits, you’ll find a wide array of lighting options at this Woodstock shop. Owner Eric Chenault brings nearly three decades of professional lighting design experience to help others find the best option for their needs.

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Fed-On Lights Antiques | Saugerties NY

This is your go-to place if you are updating an old house and want authentic lighting for your historical home. Chock-full of fixtures, walking into this antique boutique is a whimsical experience, with lamps and overhead lighting of all sorts gleaming. Tiffany-style glass, lanterns, milk glass, chandeliers—you’ll find plenty of options to remind you of yesteryear.

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