There Are LED Lights In Your Future!

US demand for high efficiency lighting is forecast to increase more than 10 percent annually to $11.7 billion in 2017, supported by technological improvements and regulatory changes designed to lower electricity used in lighting applications.



Demand for LEDs will grow the fastest of any high efficiency lighting product through 2017. Increased penetration in many residential and nonresidential building applications, as well as in the outdoor lighting market, will support advances. While the high initial price of LEDs has hindered their adoption in many traditional lighting applications, technological innovations that reduce costs and improve performance will make these products increasingly competitive.

New From Uttermost

Elton Table Lamp

Lamps Collection

By Uttermost

Cat: 26271

Size: 7.5" w x 7.5" d x 38.25" h; Shade: 12"h (Overall) 9"w x 17"d (Top) 12"w x 20"d (Bottom)

Lead Time: 2 - 4 Weeks

New Paris Designs From Pummer Natural By Design

We have exciting information about the January international furniture show in Paris. Clause Pummer tells us that these are new designs that will be featured in his showroom and available for North American buyers.

Consumers will be looking for “Natural Luxury” seen as security and simplicity in one’s home and a slowing down to offset the fast and confusing world outside. The home becomes an oasis of peace and tranquility – a private mental spa.

“Natural Luxury” is seen as a harmony and balance of nature and complements this with a clear combination of colors and elegant materials. Stony shades of grey are accentuated by delicate and classy hues of coral and red, while a luminous red combined with classic black in wood and lacquer provide for the intended elegance.

Pictured here are some new designs that exemplify the “Natural Luxury.”

The Darius chair with its straightforward and classical silhouette fits in nicely with other designs and woods. Lacquered in stone grey or black, this stylish chair made of solid beech wood is brought out to its full beauty.

Timeless in design, extraordinary in the mix of materials and elaborate in production, the Stanley desk and tall sideboard perfectly reflect the “Natural Luxury” theme. European wild oak is combined with black linoleum and forged iron to make a practical and stylish line of furniture. With two deep drawers and a linoleum-covered writing surface the Stanley secretary desk is the deal workplace for your office at home. The two-door sideboard offers useful storage space in all living areas.

 

The teardrop-shaped lights of the Fadi series are uniquely pieced together with deep black soapstone and polished aluminum. Through a painstaking process holes are drilled nto the stone and then filed and polished. Traditional craftsmanship implemented with the modern design makes for an exciting mix, taking up the cross-cultural concept. Fadi creates a unique play of lights as an individual lamp or as a chandelier with five fixtures.

Inspired by nature, the spherical lampshades of the Colon lamp hang like a bunch of grapes from the ceiling and with six or twelve lampshades provide the right amount of light for living rooms. The Latifa pendant lamp with its calabash shape appears rather classic and timeless and reflects the light to provide a unique ambience through high-gloss nickel-plated lampshades.

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Charles Loomis, Inc.

How many have heard of Charles Loomis, Inc.? The company is headquartered in Kirkland, WA and turns our stunning light fixtures.

Charles Loomis says it "...adorn(s) Malls and Retail Stores with gigantic fixtures that deliver dramatic visual appeal and provide intriguing paths of light. Whether we create a comfortable romantic glow, a fantasy in light, or a bright sparkling atmosphere, our mandate is to always consider the appropriate light level for the environment."

We see these fixtures in various Oregon and Washington locations and most of us don't know anything about the company. Here's a fixture that was hung in a Nordstrom's wedding salon:

In Oregon you'll see Charles Loomis fixtures at Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Alison Hotel, Benson Hotel, Broken Top Resort, Nike World Campus, Ashland and Eugene Public Libraries and many more including residences.

Charles Loomis designed this twelve by six foot diameter glass Chandelier for the entry to Neiman Marcus for Schnitzer West at The Bravern, an exclusive collection of retail stores such as Neiman Marcus and Jimmy Choo.

The glass diffusers consist of one hundred and twenty "ribbons" in four shades of amber with sparkling glass frit.