That's because store lighting is designed to make items look as good as possible. The lights in your home, by comparison, only have to keep you from tripping on an area rug.

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Amos Judd & Son, whose owner sold the store’s building on Baltimore’s “Antique Row” earlier this year, is merging its operations with Wilson Heritage Lighting in Towson. Jay Judd, 52, the ...