Showrooms located in and around Charlottesville
Timberlake Lighting 695 Berkmar Court, Charlottesville, VA 22901 (off Berkmar Drive, across from U Store IT self storage). Helpful sales staff will perform on-site surveys. Carry lighting from over 80 manufacturers.
Builders Lighting 1807 Seminole Trail, Charlottesville, VA 22901 (Across from Rio Hill Shopping Center, not too far from Taco Bell) Phone: 434-97-LIGHT Builders Lighting is owned and run by Nancy Brewer who used to run the showroom for Elite on Market Street.
ECK Supply (Click on "Product Lines") 1150 Rose Hill Dr., Charlottesville, VA 22903 (434) 977-2990 (near the radio station).
Capital Lighting & Supply (Click on "LINECARD") 2390 Hunters Way, Charlottesville, VA 22911 (434) 293-8117 (near the UPS depot on 250 E. on the way to Shadwell)
Ferguson Enterprises Inc. (Click on "OUR VENDORS"). 505 Garrett Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902-5693 (about two blocks from the Downtown Mall) phone: (434) 971-7000. Ferguson is primarily a plumbing supply, but it does carry a number of lighting lines, and I am told, has lighting in its showroom.
Lowe's on Route 29N. Good prices here. Lowe's is a good place to visit first, before you explore some of the websites on this page.
Home Depot The nearest is in Waynesboro. Good prices here too.
Websites
Products you find on these websites can be purchased at one or more of the above local supply houses.
General Lighting
Kichler Lighting Some cool Low Voltage landscape lighting here.
Halo Lighting Mostly recessed and track lighting. residential and commercial
Cooper Lighting Cooper owns some of the other brands on this page.
Regency Lighting This is an awkward website, better to go to Lighting Catalog. You can buy online, or take the part number to ECK.
Lithonia Lighting Nice fluorescent fixtures. Mostly commercial, but some residential
Hinkley Lighting Some classy lights.
Murray Feiss Nice residential lighting.
Minka Lavery, and Minka Olive are part of The Minka Group Residential
Contrast Lighting Some innovative "artsy" fixtures
Capital Lighting Fixture Company
Landscape lighting
Sea Gull Lighting Landscape Lighting
Progress Lighting Landscape Lighting
Hadco - Philips Landscape Lighting Some rugged looking equipment here
Fans and fan controls
Harbor Breeze is sold by Lowe's and others Harbor Breeze website Lowe's website
Kichler Some classy fans here.
Broan Some ceiling fans, but mostly bathroom type fans.
Halo Nice selection
Progress
Lighting nice variety
Lightolier
Lithonia Mostly commercial designs
Minka Lavery
GK Lightrail proprietary system "a fresh approach" Interesting, but not a lot of
selection.
Tech Lighting Some innovation here
Elco Lighting
Innovation here too
Switches and Dimmers
Lutron Electronics has some great products, but its website is a bit heavy on hype. I found I couldn't understand what works with what without looking at the "Service & Support" and "Technical Info" pages
Hunter (in Fans above) has some dimmers too