Industrial lamp for Corporate customer

This is a custom lamp we made for the  Fusion Inc. with custom shade.

The center section is material from the company and they gave us that piece and asked for a lamp that would be in their reception area. The custom shade was made using the company logo. 

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The rise of the Candlestick phones

Sometimes you come across a story so good that it needs to be retold. Here is one of these stories. 

While we were at a show this spring, we were approached by a couple and asked if we would be able to refurbish a pair of lamps that their grandfather had done a very long time ago. To be honest people ask us these type of questions all the time, and that is usually is the end of it . 

So we were surprised when we were contacted about restoring a pair of early 1900's candlestick desk phones that her grandfather had converted into lamps. But there was more to the story, not only had her grandfather repurpose  these phones before it was a thing. The phone lamps had been stored in a house that was flooded in the 2005 hurricane Katrina and were underwater for an extended amount of time. They were in bad shape, and she wanted them redone for her mothers birthday. 

Here are some before pictures of the phones

And this is the one that was in better shape.

So we love a good story and a chance to bring peoples treasured memories back to life, so we took the challenge. 

All of the innards were in the phones and everything was rusted solid, so these had to be removed. One phone had a box that we were able to rescue and reuse all parts of it after much care and refinishing. The other box had to have the base and top sections replaced. Both phones had to be stripped of all the rust and repainted or polished. After a good amount of work and adding a little of our style, while still honoring the original artists vision, we were able to return these to the family.

Here is a picture of our customers mother after receiving one of the phone lamps that her father originally made, and she did not even know had been save from Katrina. I think she looks happy, and we were told a few tears were shed.   

This is what makes what we do so magical, when we can reconnect people with memories. 

"bringing memories to light" 

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Customer submitted photos

This post will be reserved for customer photos that we have been receiving. It is nice to be able to see the creations that we have made in their new home.

GEM lamp

Blender lamp

Coffee bar 

Console cabinet 

Dinning Table

Movie projector lamp

Cultivator lamp

Airplane engine crank shaft lamp

Drum lamp

Tonka trencher & Tube tester lamp with custom shade

Voltage tester lamp with unique bulb

Victrola with original horn 

Fusion Inc. reception room 

Mickey lamp in it's new home 

Table Transformation

Table transformation from drab to fab 

We were contacted by the Seeger family, about reviving their dinning room table. After several conversations, we decided that they shared our vision and we agreed to take on the project 

The dinning set was in great shape solid wood (with 3 leaves "surprise"), but they wanted it to have a more dramatic flare. 1st step was to take everything apart and remove the original finish and stain with the sander (no chemicals used).

The base and chair spindles and legs were all painted 3 coats antique white, then sanded smooth to remove all brush strokes, and given a light distress. 

   We added a custom graphic to the top via heat transfer and added the darker stain and multi coat poly urethane finish.  

The finished product turned out great 

and was delivered in time for Christmas festivities.

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Farm style console table with storage

Farm style console table with storage.

We were commissioned to build this console table with storage for a customer.

In the customers home, ready for Christmas.

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Custom Industrial Bar Cart

We are excited about our industrial bar carts. 

Our first cart was made for our Niece as a wedding gift and they had been hoping for a Coffee/Bar cart.

We customized the top with "Coppinger Coffee Bar" a coffee bean heart and the year of marriage Established  2016.

This bar is made from reclaimed horse stable wood, pipe and hand bent flat bar. Each cart comes on non marking wheels with 2 of the wheels that lock.

Here is a picture of the Coffee/Bar cart at their new home. The center shelf and wine glass rack are all handmade also. The wine rack is finished off with reclaimed wine corks.

 

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Re-purposed snare drum into lamp

Re-purposed snare drum into lamp with microphone stand.

This is the comment from our customer via Facebook

3SpurzDesignsAndCollectables Facebook page

"This awesome lamp is for our oldest son - he loves it! The mic stand was the one his grandfather used, so this makes it extra special! Thank you so much for making this!"

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The Appleby's tables

We were contacted by a repeat  customers the Appleby family. They were just getting ready to move into a new house and they wanted to see if we could help with a new dining table and chairs, plus a couple side tables to go with the other pieces that they have from us. Of course we were happy to help them and design something that would add the Appleby touch to the new home.

The first thing that we tackled were the dinning chairs (all six of them) that were a perfect match for a tired farm table that we had found a few years ago. 

 Each chair was had the seat taken off and was completely sanded, then stained and several coats of polyurethane were applied.

On the table it presented it's own set of challenges, due to the fact that it had been in the barn awaiting it's time in the sun that one of the legs had rotted at the bottom. So we had to get all 4 legs made and the rest was sanded down and made ready for image transfer and staining.  

 For the image we made a custom one to show the establishment the Appleby family.

Here is the table and chairs in their new home. 

Below are the other Appleby's tables from the 3 Spurz, so far.

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