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Every year, we routinely work with hundreds of Hammerton customers on various residential and commercial design projects. And along the way, we’ve seen it all — the good, the bad and the ugly. Our attention to the details of decorative ...

To avoid major mishaps, make sure to keep the following tips in mind when creating your outdoor lighting design. Remember the Importance of Scale, Proportion and Style: Since outdoor environments are often large and open, it’s importantThere are many factors to consider when creating an outdoor lighting plan. From the initial sketch to the final installation process, planning, selecting and placing custom outdoor fixtures may seem like a daunting task....

Interior designers are often faced with projects that demand unique solutions. If a room requires something outside the box when it comes to light fixtures, consider double drum designs. There is an endless list of reasons to consider addin...

As a leading custom lighting designer and manufacturer, Hammerton routinely works with top design professionals across the country on a wide variety of custom projects, from one-off signature chandeliers to entire custom packages including ...

Decorative dome lights are a great source of soft, ambient light and are also ideal for distributing light in a large area. These versatile fixtures can be fashioned as either flush-mount or semi-flush mount ceiling lights, pendant li...

No decorative lighting material exudes contemporary style more than optical glass. Blown in concave or convex shapes with qualities that magnify reflected light and spread lumen output, optical glass gives the illusion that it...

Good lighting can make a world of difference in the design of a well appointed wine room. Your cellar’s overhead lighting can spotlight your wine collection while simultaneously setting a relaxing atmosphere for your enjoyment. When it...

Chandeliers Are for Formal Spaces: Decorative fixtures are no longer relegated to our most formal rooms. Breaking the “design mold,” chandeliers are making extravagant appearances in unconventional areas, including bedrooms, bathroomsIn the world of design, lighting rules are sometimes meant to be broken. Whether you’re designing a formal dining room or a gourmet kitchen, your options for light fixtures are virtually endless. Before you nix a decorative lighting pla...

The common denominator among great mountain interiors is striking that elusive balance between reassuring warmth and surprising design. Hammerton “raised the bar” design-wise for this mountain modern home. Located in Beaver Creek, C...

When it comes to troubleshooting design and fabrication issues or building custom light fixtures from virtually any material, Nate Anthony is your guy. A Hammerton artisan for nine years, Nate possesses...

Our Seriph Collection features slender contours of hand-sculpted steel crafted into graceful scrolls, organic serifs and whimsical knots. Hammerton’s modern interpretation of old-world scrollwork pays tribute to a time-honored aesthetic,

The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia are underway, and every four years this international sporting event sparks our passion for winter sports. Did you know that you can celebrate your favorite winter sport with a Ha...

Our time at the January retail lighting market was simply incredible! Encompassing over 1 million square feet of space and thousands of product lines from major lighting manufacturers, the Dallas International Lighting Market is the...

Of course, the rules for task lighting may vary from bathroom to bathroom. A lot depends on how large your mirrors are, as well as your bathroom’s interior décor – bright colors enhance lighting, while dark colors subdue them. AccordinGood task lighting can make the difference between a bright and a dark (literally!) start to your morning. Since bathrooms function as our main grooming centers, it’s important to make sure your task lighting evenly illuminates key areas,...

Since so many homes today have casual side entrances, it is easy to overlook your formal entryway décor. However, it’s important to keep in mind that the entry is the first area guests see when they visit your home, so overall design and...

  – We design and engineer every fixture to ship securely, assemble seamlessly and install easily on-site – We ship each fixture in a crate that is custom-built onsite to accommodate the unique requirements of that fixtuAt Hammerton, meticulous attention to quality and detail extends well beyond the production facility. We also take several extra steps to ensure our light fixtures look as good coming out of the shipping crate as they do going in. For examp...

Dressing up the ceiling with an eye-catching chandelier is an easy way to dial up the aesthetic appeal in any kitchen. A chandelier transforms what’s traditionally viewed as formal lighting into a functional fixture for the kitchen, and Brilliant chandeliers are often relegated to our home’s more formal areas, while in the kitchen —  “the most utilitarian room in the house” — we usually settle with predictable pendants or function-focused ceiling lights. But in ...

Indeed, no material diffuses light quite as beautifully as mica. The sparkling effect of mica’s crystalline structure, combined with the subtle variations in color and opacity that naturally occur in the material, lends an ethereal softneMica is a remarkably versatile mineral that is widely used in literally thousands of industrial and consumer products. The roof, drywall and paint in your home, the fenders and motor starter of your car, your microwave oven, computer, home ...

Take lens materials, for example. Lenses are often incorporated into fixture designs solely to assume the functional role of light diffusion, with little concern for aesthetics. But a lens can also be deployed as a “mood maker” that crWhen it comes to good interior design, more often than not, less is more. This rule applies to every aspect — including decorative lighting. Often the most interesting fixtures are those that showcase one particular design element — for...

Hammerton is more than beautiful American-made light fixtures. Our selection of furniture, artisan crafted with sustainable woods and eco-friendly finishes like our lighting, makes it possible for clients to achieve consistent...

  This dining light from the Hammerton Contemporary collection is hung high enough to accommodate the centerpiece and allow an unobstructe...

Often, clients will ask us to incorporate a specific fabric, lens material or finish color into a fixture in order to extend certain interior design elements into the decorative lighting. However, many custom designs require more creatiDesigners looking to extend a particular aesthetic through light fixtures often turn to Hammerton to work with customer-specified materials. We can build ceiling lights with just about any type of material required, from the simple and stra...

That’s why we offer Hammerton customers the ability to modify the size and scale of virtually all of our catalog fixtures – so lights can always fit their intended space and purpose. That means we do a lot more than simply alter the rodEver notice a light fixture that just doesn’t fit the space it’s in? This is a common mistake, perhaps most frequently made in the dining area. A significant sum will be spent on an oversized custom dining table, and then an off-the-she...

Distinctive ceiling fixtures – from eye-catching  flush mounts to dramatic chandeliers – are great features to incorporate in master baths. These days, it’s easy to let jetted tubs or steam showers take center stage in a bathroom d...

Ambient lighting provides a room with overall illumination. As the American Lighting Association explains, every room needs a central source of ambient light — but that’s just the beginning of perfecting a room’s ambient lighting. A b...