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Showing Your Best Light
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2018/06 - June
Stop into Gray Lighting & Woodwork and let Judy and Gordon Gray shine some light on your decorating ideas. Thanks to years of furniture makeover experience, they’ve created a gallery of vintage finds that will brighten up your home. Gordon transforms relics and treasures into lamps that not only create that warm glow, but show off cherished keepsakes.
You’d be surprised what can be lamped. A coffee grinder, hand plane, wine-press screw, trumpet, silver coffee urn, decorative decanter, Kentucky Derby champagne bottle, Staffordshire Terrier figurine, ceramic vessel, family memento, or just about anything of reasonable size is fair game for Gordon’s construction genius.
Think of the gift possibilities. Imagine having Gordon wire (up to code) a family sterling teapot, affix it to a beautiful wormy chestnut base, and top it with the perfect matching shade. That is the ultimate Wow … a keepsake that will pass generation to generation.
Gordon is a man who knows his way around carpentry and electrical work, having descended from a father and grandfather who practiced construction and repair for a living. Reconfiguring and repurposing wood and metal comes naturally to him. He’s never happier than when he’s fabricating a new lamp, chandelier, or wall sconce out of a crate full of finds.
If you take one of Judy’s classes this summer, you’ll probably be painting the surface of one of Gordon’s designs. He’s particularly proud of his iPad/cookbook stand design.
So get lamped. Bring in a treasure and leave with a work of art. Gordon can turn work around quickly, whether it’s repair of a chandelier (allowing for parts orders) or the creation of a unique custom lamp.
Stop by Gray Lighting & Woodwork at 37 Commons Drive, 107 North in Cashiers. For information, call (828) 743-3313, email graylightingcashiers@ gmail.com; or visit graylightingcashiers on Facebook. Hours are 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Tuesday through Saturday.
