Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Pendant Patterns

One of the Fire Farm staff, Bob Griffith, brought in a picture of one of our pendants he made for his granddaughter. Instead of the usual frosted bulb, Bob put a clear bulb in the fixture which threw some spectacular patterns on the ceiling and nearby walls.

Click here to visit the Paper Ceiling Pendant (Body Type P) stock product page.
(Note: This fixture is modified slightly from our stock version in that the interior is painted white, and the exterior painted forest green.)





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Thursday, January 21, 2010

How to Decorate Like it's 1956, part 6

[This is a recurring post dedicated to highlighting snippets of "Chapter 7: Lighting" from Fire Farm's copy of the Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book, published in 1956. To see all posts from this series, click here.]

Aaand we're back in the New Year with another pair of primo, prodigious, possibly pedantic paragraphs. Plus an illuminating illustration, of course. This week we learn the effects of dark- and light-walled rooms, and how they should inform your lighting decisions.



Adjust light brilliance to color

"Shiny and light-toned surfaces throw back the light, while dark surfaces soak it up. If you choose dark walls, plan to use more lamps and bigger, brighter bulbs. Keep the ceiling color light, so light will reflect. Average-size rooms need at least five lamps distributed around them, assuming there are pale walls and ceilings in the rooms.

Some ways to add light to a dark-walled room are by the use of mirrors, translucent shades or groupings of spot-lights, as shown in drawing here."

[Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book. Des Moines, IA: Meredith Publishing Company, 1956. Print.]

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Monday, January 18, 2010

Sun + Wave = Awe

An Orion Wave on a shop table, waiting to be shipped out -- lit only by the morning sun coming through the window.

Coming to work in the morning to discover moments like this = Priceless.

Click here for Project 22802-01 (Orion Wave).

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Think Big with Fire Farm

At 11 feet in diameter and 3 feet tall, these cylindrical shades, which just went out the door, rank as some of the larger lighting sculpture/fixtures we have built to date.

Their scale required fabrication in four sections to fit in the truck and through the door. We estimate it will take about one hour to install each one, and each will weigh less than 450 lbs hanging. Each fixture uses high-efficiency T5 fluorescent bulbs.


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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Lois Retires from Fire Farm

One of the first employees hired after Fire Farm's move from California to Iowa, Lois Ott is now our first retiree. After eight years in the Production Department, Lois will no longer be found fashioning beautiful mesh shades for our fixtures.

Being an expert mesh-folder, Lois came up with a folding design all her own, resulting in what has been named the "Loie" lamp (pictured above), which will become an addition to our stock product line.

Thanks, Lois, for all of your dedication and hard work -- we'll miss you!

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Here at Fire Farm, we really get into our work...

Fire Farm Introduces Latest Fashion Craze: Wearing the Wave

Happy New Year to all!

Click here for Project 22802-01 (Orion Wave)

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