Adding Style to the Bathroom? Start With the Ceiling

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 design, but a ceiling…

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Custom Fixtures Honor a Client’s Irish Heritage

A large project currently in progress for an Irish family offers a wonderful example of the custom motifs we are frequently asked to create. The clients, who are building a part-time home in the United States, turned to Hammerton to…

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An Aviation-Inspired Bar Light Takes Flight

This wonderfully whimsical fixture — created, of course, for an aviation enthusiast – is an excellent example of the custom work we do with customer-specified materials. What started out as a vintage propeller was cleverly transformed by our designers and…

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Colorado Ranch Offers Year-Round Luxury Mountain Living

A Steamboat Springs luxury ski house featuring Hammerton lights was recently given the spotlight as the Wall Street Journal’s “House of the Day.” Priced at $5,100,000, this enchanting ranch is much more than a ski house as it compasses the…

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A Beautiful Adirondack Style Boathouse

This is not your average boathouse. This Adirondack-style boathouse nestled on Minnesota’s Nisswa Lake just north of Brainerd is simply spectacular. Designed by Marie Meko of Gabberts Design Studio, the boathouse design was inspired by the owner’s deep Nisswa Lake…

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SFDC Grand Opening of Sun Mountain & Hammerton Showroom

The grand opening event for the Sun Mountain Door showroom in San Francisco was a fabulous success. Attendees enjoyed tasty refreshments while mingling and viewing an extensive display of Sun Mountain doors and Hammerton lighting. We’d like to thank everyone that joined…

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Thinking Outside the Drum

The drum chandelier, a workhorse “go-to” fixture for many spaces, has a close cousin that is often overlooked but equally capable of transforming a variety of interiors, from transitional to contemporary. We call it the ‘prism’ chandelier. Prisms – typically…

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Updating the Traditional Mountain House

The old and the new can coexist harmoniously when woven together just right. But we believe the past and present can even boldly enhance one another. This design approach is particularly intriguing when updating a traditional mountain house. By combining…

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Dramatic Residential Architecture in Las Vegas

A 30,000-square-foot residence in Las Vegas presented a project to the award-winning architectural team at Swaback Partners with plenty of room for creativity, innovation, and – of course – drama. Stepping inside the home, you are immediately met with soaring…

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Kitchen Lighting – Beyond Function

Spa baths and outdoor spaces can be divine, but the kitchen is the heart of the home. Having evolved past their utilitarian, back-of-the-house origin in the American household, kitchens are now the center of all activity and the anchor of…

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Our Favorite Log & Timber Lights

Summer is a time to reconnect with nature as we recharge our batteries and celebrate the season’s glorious weather. To help you bring the outdoors in, Hammerton offers a collection of organic lighting, furniture and accessory designs inspired by the…

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Shop Talk: The 10-Inch Rule

What was it that allowed Hammerton to evolve from a young upstart in Park City to a nationally recognized luxury lighting brand? To the untrained eye, it may be wholly attributed to the unique styles of fixtures and the meticulous…

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Design Trends: Dare to Bare

“Industrial-chic” and “loft style” have become the industry’s hottest buzz words as industrial style lighting continues to prove itself as a top lighting trend in the design world. Versatile and interesting, industrial style lighting, as design blogger Wendy Hyde describes it, is…

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Project Spotlight: Martis Camp

Martis Camp is Tahoe’s “premier luxury playground.” The 2,177-acre resort community is located in the pristine Martis Valley, which is nestled between North Lake Tahoe and historic Truckee, California. More than a mile above sea level, this 4-season private community…

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Ruth’s Chris: Creating Distinctive Ambiance

As the largest luxury steak restaurant brand in the U.S., Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse is famous for its sizzling 500-degree cooking techniques and top-notch cuisine. The superb food, however, is not their only hallmark; it’s the whole Ruth’s Chris dining experience, which is…

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Materials We Love: Rawhide

Rawhide’s Native American heritage does not limit this luxurious material to any one interior design style. While it often evokes the frontier culture of the American West, this material is exceedingly versatile. Rawhide can add distinctive character to a broad range…

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