Showing posts with label Lighting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lighting. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Before and After: 8 Arm Chandelier

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The shades on this great chandelier were anything but. At the moment of discontinue a light bulb went off.... literally.

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Introducing our 8 Arm Brass Chandelier with Decorative Blue/Gold Sleeves and 25w Exposed Round Bulbs, Included. 

Click here for spec's and price.


Thursday, January 27, 2011

Las Vegas - World Market

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On day two of the show and placing orders like crazy. Vendors are stepping up their game this year and I am so excited for the shipments to start arriving. Some lighting highlights....

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I'm a big fan of the natural materials (travertine, marble, leather, and wood) on these sconces and lamps. They will mingle perfectly with vintage lamps at the shop. The chandelier below has been around for a little while but I couldn't resist it this time. Its a departure from our look but so yummy!

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More to come....

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Featured Items of The Week

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The brass lamps above are new, from Visual Comfort, but the shades the arrived in were a little.... sad.

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The proportion was all wrong for the scale of the base and the simple white taper was classing them down a bit.

I paired them with a classic drum shade in white linen with a 1/2 " black top trim and a 1" black bottom trim and wah - lah.....

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A star is born!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Fornasetti Ex Libris Lamp Shades


I had a few pieces of this beautiful wallpaper left over from a project and I knew it was too special to toss. It took a little while but a couple of weeks ago I finally got an idea.



I decided to make a pair of square shades for the Vaso Quadro Crystal Lamp from Empiric's exclusive line of lighting. You can expect to see more shades made with precious wallpaper coming soon. I'm inspired!


Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Empiric on Tori & Dean

A perk of the job for me is seeing our pieces on production sets and on the finale of Tori & Dean last week, their new family room was over flowing with Empiric pieces. James McGowan, Tori's friend and designer, was having a dilemma with the long wall opposite the windows. Ultimately the enclosed bookcase and framed African Bird etchings, above, were the perfect solution.

In the center of the room they used a gorgeous convertible bar cart. Fully extended, along the back of the sofa as a console table, it divides the two seating sections and allows for additional lighting.


Over the mantle they positioned a large mirror made from tin ceiling tiles (which they painted white). I love the symmetry of this focal wall and the fabric they used for the curtains. Although not from Empiric, I also adore the red Chesterfield sofa in this vignette. The coffee table they purchased is made of Pecan. Slow growing fruit wood is rare to come across in furniture made today and is very expensive. Every once in a while we strip a vintage piece and discover a rare wood such as this with beautiful grain.


They scrambled to put this together and, despite the time crunch, James did an amazing job transforming this room from a dark den to a light airy room catered to family and socializing.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Illuminated Table Top



My favorite element of design is lighting. It makes my heart literally sing. Little known fact, when we opened the Culver City showroom we were contemplating only selling lamps. One night mid construction I had a dream that 2e wanted to name it Lighten Up. I woke up with the giggles. 3 years later I'm still giggling and still obsessed with light! Today I posted on the store blog about overhead fixtures to highlight the amazing tablescaping you all are sure to create. I am not hosting this year but if I were I would probably do something similar to last year....



What a great memory!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

More Boston: The Library Sconce


Empiric began carrying the Boston Library Sconce in recent months and the more I look at it the more I love. And I swear, it isn't because they are named after a city so close to my heart.. :)





They would also be gorgeous mounted above the headboard in a bedroom. Available in Antiqued Brass and Bronze for $325 ea.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Before & After


Ages ago I ordered these very tall Barbara Cosgrove wood lamps for the shop and found them to be extremely drab. I had custom granite linen shades made, using coral scalloped ribbon trim, and lacquered the bases in a high gloss Chinese Red. Wah-Lah..

They lasted exactly one minute on the floor so I didn't get much time to really enjoy them but luckily I snapped a few pic's as they went out the door.

Here are a couple of vintage lights I am currently loving at the store...




I prefer vintage pieces to most of the lighting out there but refinishing a new lamp and designing a custom shade can make it equally unique and give it that special one of a kind feeling.

Get inspired!

Friday, January 30, 2009

Bling!


I am ordering new lighting for the shop today and came across this bedazzler appropriately named Bling. With the exception of my wedding rings I usually stick to more earthy bling but sometimes I dream of a girly room all me own to lay around in feather slippers, sipping champagne and burping up bubbles. Not burps but actually blowing bubbles from my belly. I would invite my cat, Gorgeous Georgii, and Whitney Port, my girl crush du jour. In this fanatsy I look like Robin Wright Penn circa Forest Gump but I dance like Usher. I kinda feel like a chandelier dripping with misshapen glass beads could really get this sort of party started.

Well, whatever your idea of bling is, I hope you have a weekend chock full o fit.