After searching for affordable and elegant wall sconces with no luck I decided to make them myself. Took a little more cash than I expected to develop the prototype and ran into a few issues but pleased with the final results. Notice how the corner wall sconce has a silver half moon shape on the globe. Since the silver crown bulb only protects from a 90 degree approach I taped the globe to determine the correct coverage when approaching from a sharper angle and then spray painted it with a metallic silver to match the bulb. Ordered the parts from grandbrass.com
What New Mexico Architects Make for Themselves
Hexi Lamp Shade
We bought a danish light fixture to use as a bedside lamp. Simple cantilevered number with teak wood, a steel frame and a pretty silly doily on it. We needed to do something about that doily. The solution was wrapping suede laser cut with hexagons. It gives just enough light to not trip over our cats as we prep to doze off to sleep.
Dining Table and Light Fixture
In the film Irma Vep, a group of filmmakers gathers around a narrow table, eating, drinking, smoking, and laughing in a chaotic communion. Inspired by this cinematographic dining experience, Paul Fehlau designed and built this dining room table. The table seats six people with three on each side and is fitted to the dimensions of his dining area. When seated there you feel like you are on top of each other. There is no room for manners at this table only the enjoyment of important things, those being food and friends.
The table measures 28″ wide by 70″ long and 30″ high. Impeccably made from beautifully selected pieces of maple, the table has no screws, but was assembled with a router and biscuit joiner. The light fixture centered above the table is from a single slab of maple and continues the theme of simplicity, intimacy, and dispelling facades by keeping everything exposed, including cables, bulbs, and attachments.
