The Boy and I recently shacked up in a gorgeous little house in Santa Cruz. I won't even attempt to cover the sketchiness of the previous owners here (since clearly that has nothing to do with the nice folks at Johnson Art Studio), but in one of their classier moves they swapped out the decent light fixtures in the kitchen and dining room and replaced them with cheap, tacky little flush mounts that threw off the classy mojo of my abode. This unpleasant little surprise transformed me into a woman obsessed with light fixtures, as in finding the perfect ones ASAP.
Turns out that my Mama had actually purchased a fixture here years ago, and in perusing their website they appeared to have some really unique offerings that were cool without being overly funky. Levi, the chatty guy who mans the shop, has no qualms about talking you through every option imaginable in terms of building your own customized fixtures, so brace yourself for a long visit. You can choose between multiple different types of metal, colors for the glass, and a bunch of other little options to make this your dream light fixture. If I were of higher financial means (ie. not practically broke after purchasing a house in SC) I might be more inclined to drop somewhere in the neighborhood of $700 by actually ordering a fixture, since they really are amazing. Luckily they had almost exactly what I wanted as a floor sample for about half the price, so I went with that! Levi loves to promote the "bargain alley" where they have an assortment of samples/ excess for quite reasonable prices given the quality of the workmanship. He also hooked us up with a discount for ordering multiple items once we tacked on a couple fixtures for the yard, which was a nice touch to convince us to buy bulk on a budget.
My only annoyance (other than the wealthy person envy all those super expensive fixtures inspired) was that we had to call a couple times in order to track down our custom outdoor fixtures. The level of customer service was definitely a notch higher BEFORE the sale, but to some extent that's to be expected. read more