Play Capitol Lighting's new contest and win $500 worth of Fanimation merchandise, including outdoor ceiling fans.

BOCA RATON, FL - AUGUST 7, 2012 - Capitol Lighting, one of the nation's leading retailers of name-brand lighting with eight showrooms in New Jersey and Florida and worldwide at 1-800Lighting.com, today announced its latest contest:  Capitol Lighting Pin and Win. 

Capitol Lighting, in partnership with Fanimation, is sponsoring a Pinterest contest that will award one winner with a $500 Fanimation credit, good toward any outdoor ceiling fans or other products sold by Fanimation at Capitol Lighting. 

To enter the contest, customers must follow Capitol Lighting on Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/capitollighting); create a Pinterest board titled "Capitol Lighting Pin and Win"; pin Fanimation products found at 1-800Lighting.com; tag each pin with the hashtag #CapitolPinandWin; and email a link to the board to pinandwin@1800lighting.com.  After a month, Capitol Lighting will pick a random "pinner" and award the pinning winner a $500 Fanimation credit.  

Visit America's favorite home lighting store's website at 1-800Lighting.com and discover the latest indoor and outdoor ceiling fans and other products by Fanimation. 

About Capitol Lighting and 1-800Lighting.com

For more than 85 years, the lighting experts at Capitol Lighting have helped customers find the perfect lighting fixtures and lighting accessories from the largest collection of lighting—from contemporary ceiling lights to traditional light fixtures, modern chandeliers, table lamps, outdoor ceiling fans, and more—at the most affordable price available.

The company's eight New Jersey and Florida lighting showrooms are the offspring of a family retailing tradition that dates back to 1924 when Max Lebersfeld, an electrical contractor and immigrant from Austria-Hungary, opened a light fixture store in Newark, N.J.  Four generations later, Capitol Lighting has expanded the concept to four locations in New Jersey, four in Southeast Florida, and worldwide online at 1-800Lighting.com.

Among their many awards, the readers of New Jersey Monthly magazine recently voted Capitol Lighting as the "Best of New Jersey 2010" for "Where to Shop for Lighting."  Additionally, peers and fellow industry professionals have nominated Capitol Lighting for the seventh time for the prestigious ARTS Award for "Best Lighting Showroom" in the East Atlantic. 

To find the best prices on your personal lighting project, or to request a quote for your next commercial lighting project, please visit Capitol Lighting's website at www.1800Lightingcom or call 1-800-544-4846. 

Visit Capitol Lighting on Facebook at wwwfacebookcom/CapitolLighting1800Lighting and Twitter at wwwTwittercom/1800Lighting.  You'll see great information and receive special offers and coupons for Minka Aire ceiling fans, fixtures, and more.