SUMMER GAME NIGHTS WITH STYLISH GAME ROOM LIGHTING
Lake houses, beach houses and mountain houses… it’s finally your time to shine! As families begin to retreat to vacation homes for annual reunions and much-needed R&R, we’re thinking about the sweet summer memories that are ma...
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Summer Custom Series: Large-Scale Fixtures
Unique large-scale fixtures hung from ceilings and walls can give an expansive space an anchor point for the eye. At Hammerton we pride ourselves on our exceptional value engineering and custom capabilities that make these breathtaking pr...
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Summer Custom Series: Dressed Up Drums
Materials such as art glass, parchments, eco-resins, acrylics, rawhide, semi-precious stones and mesh can add unique colors and textures to drum shades. With thoughtful design, drum lights can be dressed up with subtle details and elements ...
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Nature Inspired Outdoor Lighting
The Montrone Legacy Gardens is a private oasis set on 2.5 acres in the heart of Salt Lake City, Utah. This one-of-a-kind multi-million dollar landscape project, designed to serve as a backyard entertaining space, is a true work of ...
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Bulb Basics – What to look for today
To achieve the right lighting, you not only have to choose the right fixture for the right application but the right bulb, too. Clients often come to us with lighting dilemmas such as bulbs burning out too quickly or a fixture not e...
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Hammerton Studio – Oversized Pendants
With any hospitality or commercial project, budget always defines design scope. Hammerton Studio's oversized pendants stretch that budget further to outfit large spaces without compromising on design or quality.
Pendants are so versatile...
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Dreamy Kitchen Lighting
Visit any American home and you'll find the kitchen is at its heart. A place for family gatherings and cooking lovingly prepared meals, kitchens bring people together and connect surrounding spaces to help merge the home's overall design an...
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Perfect Powder Rooms
Particularly in small spaces like powder rooms, thoughtful design details - including lighting - can make all the difference.
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Bright Stairway Ideas
Stairways are transitional spaces in the home best lit from above with bright lighting. Fortunately, there are no requirements that the lighting itself be merely practical or utilitarian. Instead, stairwells are an ideal opportunity to take...
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2015 Dallas Market New Product Preview
New Designs: Three bold new collections nod to today’s most popular styles and spotlight the world-class talent of our artisan fabricators in sconces, pendants and ceiling fixtures. These new looks – all 100% USA handcrafted -- bea...
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WARM UP YOUR HOME WITH CANDLE LIGHT FIXTURES
As our days start cooling down, there’s nothing quite like coming home to the warm glow of a custom candle light fixture. Once relegated to rustic spaces, candle light fixtures have taken on a fresh, new form and a distinct contemporary a...
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BEAUTIFUL COVER SCONCE DESIGNS
Cover sconces are one of the most common wall-mounted fixtures for task and ambient lighting, but they don’t have to look it. Here are a few recent Hammerton custom cover sconces that might expand your perception of this fun...
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PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: CHARLES RIVER WINE CELLARS
We love to feature American artisan manufacturers who share our high standards for aesthetic and functional design. Charles River Wine Cellars is an excellent example.
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LIGHTING DESIGN INSPIRATIONS FROM ARCHITECTURE
“Where do I start?”
This can be quite a daunting question when considering custom light fixtures for your home. Usually, the best first step is the most straightforward: simply consider the home’s architecture and...
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COLORFUL GLASS FIXTURES ADD A POP OF DESIGN INTEREST
Thoughtful use of color can empower interiors with energy and an invigorating sense of joy and tranquility. Colorful light fixtures can come in many shapes and sizes, as well as in dozens of materials, from reflective mica to b...
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PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: GLENWILD RESIDENCE
Breaking from the norm is a regular occurrence at Hammerton. For this custom hilltop home in Park City, Utah, Hammerton collaborated with interior designer Leslie Schofield and architect Mike Upwall to strike a unique balance be...
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MATERIALS WE LOVE: ECORESINS
You may not have heard of ecoresin before, but you’ve most certainly seen it. This translucent co-polyester sheet material can be found almost everywhere you look. In the interior design world, it’s most often used as a decora...
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USING MATERIALS TO BRIDGE LIGHT FIXTURE STYLES
Lines and shapes may give lighting designs form and structure, but materials bring them to life. While silhouettes engage the eye, it’s often the materials comprising those shapes – their textures and colors, the way they r...
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PLATED FINISHES: THERE’S A BETTER SOLUTION
If you’ve ever wondered why Hammerton doesn’t offer chrome or other plated finishes as standard options, just google ‘metal plating facility + Superfund’ and you’ll see 71,700 reasons why.
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MIXING MATERIALS IN LIGHTING DESIGNS
At Hammerton, we’re passionate about exploring – and expanding — the boundaries of lighting design. To do this, we’re continuously broadening our palette of design elements – shape, form, composition, space, texture and, o...
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ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE AS INSPIRATION
Anyone familiar with Hammerton’s design sensibility can see how architects Frank Lloyd Wright and the Greene Brothers have significantly influenced our work.
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COAXING NATURE FROM GLASS
At Hammerton, we’re passionate about using commonplace materials to create uncommon lighting designs. While glass is certainly a conventional material, using it artistically to evoke nature inspired lighting designs is not.
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ALCHEMY, HAMMERTON STYLE
A designer client who recently toured the Hammerton manufacturing facility marveled at the dichotomy of what he saw in our shipping and receiving area. On one side stood the latest delivery of raw material — raw sheet metal, tube stee...
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THE NATURAL REALISM OF HAMMERTON SILHOUETTE LIGHTS
There’s no better way to bring a rustic lighting design to life than with a natural landscape or a beautifully crafted animal motif. Hammerton’s Log & Timber Collection offers a variety of lighting designs that boast gorgeous...
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