Seascape kicks the week off right in Sin City! We landed here in Las Vegas Monday morning to get our booth glitzed and glammed for the Hospitality Design Expo + Conference that starts today…it’s looking really good, if we do say so ourselves! It’s our 8th year here at the Expo and we’re so excited to see old design chums, make new friends, have a little fun, eat some fancy food, and debut our new 2012 swank. 

We don’t want to ruin all of the exciting surprises, so we won’t give it all away right here, right now, but we’ll tell you what: our new line is hip and modern and sleek, you guys. We’ve combined our Seascape sensibility with exotic fabrics like wood veneers, acrylics, linens, mica, woven bamboos, woven grasses and beautiful dupioni silk for our chandelier lighting fixtures, new portable table and floor lamps, shades, hanging pendants, and wall sconces.  

Stop by and see us some time at Booth #3454. We’re pretty cute…but you already knew that.

Watch the film… you’ll get the idea. Our daughter company, Scape Form (more on Scape Form later), has been busy trying to devastate UPS.

Expect to see the Drumkt collapsable drum pendant light along with other shipping conscious pieces available sometime in the spring and summer.
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A handy little web color tool at colorschemedesigner.com can do all the work for the color uncoordinated dweller. Click on any spot on the color wheel, and a variety of complimenting colors are calculated by, presumably, either someone with decent taste or a hipster robot. In any case it works nicely.

As it were, our Luther Zero Green looks snappier in rooms with these colors – to the right of the color wheel…

Wake up Your Rooms for the New Year!

Contemporary, modern fabric hanging lamps are the perfect way to update your office, hotel, restaurant, salon, or home. Whether you are looking for a lighting fixture for your dining room or a contemporary design for your kitchen island, or over your desk, our sleek highly customizable fabric and pattern options define modern ceiling lighting. Create your own contemporary look by finding the fabric or pattern design that you like, and customizing it for every room or hallway. Our professional graphics team will help bring all your ideas into the light. We can print your logo for that special branding project, or the name of a child on any of our linen shades.

Spice up your home with warm accent colors on your fabric hanging lamp, and you’ll be glad you did for years to come. Any room can have an ideal spot to add a layer of interest. Design your own fabric hanging lamp, so you can get the exact look you want. Our design team is always happy to help.

Make your humble abode reminiscent of the retro era with fabric shade hanging lamps. Some of our most popular hanging lamps feature designs in our artist series of patterns. Using these exclusive patterns will make your fabric hanging lamp one of a kind.

Lighting is surely one of the most significant features to consider when building a new house, or boutique hotel, or revamping a current business, or residence. This is particularly so if the intent is to create an atmosphere that is homey, as well as interesting, appealing to family members, hotel guests, and friends alike.

Whether your home is a small cottage style, part of a condo village, or a magnificently large or sprawling estate, or your hotel is a bed and breakfast, or a chic modern boutique hotel, the appeal of fabric hanging lamps makes them an important aspect when decorating.

Hanging lamps in fantastic sizes, shapes, quality and incredible selection is what were all about. Lighting fixtures in numerous shapes, high-quality workmanship, and choice of materials and custom printed fabrics are what makes Seascape Lamps such a unique in-house US made lighting specialist. Use our team of on staff design professionals to help select your hanging lamps materials, and custom hardware finishes and acutraments for your custom drum hanging lamp pendant fixture.

Seascape will help set the mood for your home or business with unique and hand made quality contemporary and mid century lighting fixtures for above
your dining room table or fixtures in your restaurant along with matching wall sconces. If your looking to enhance your home or business with fun and attractive lighting fixtures, Seascape could very well be the best company to express your lighting needs.

Pendant lighting and hanging lamps will add a personal touch of your expression in a exciting an inexpressive way which will help add character to home or business décor. Our  lighting fixtures  and lamp shades are perfect for so many places, and they come in endless  colors sizes and shapes. We think you’ll find our lighting offers so much more then functionality that you might find yourself ordering more then one or two to help spruce up that drab corner or kitchen space in your abode In many instances, you might find that pendant lights and wall sconces play a larger role in your home or business lighting scheme than you ever imagined.

The importance of business and home lighting is that it should be very artistic and stylish as well as having plenty of functionality, which our on-site team of lighting professionals can help you to better understand with a free phone consultation. A well thought out home and business lighting plan includes ambient, task and most importantly accent lighting fixtures. A balanced mixture of all three will make for a very balanced and multifunctional lighting environment.

Ambient lighting sets the mood by providing artistic background illumination. It warms a space along with giving it a very rich and inviting glow. Depending on the fabric you choose, this will dramatically change the amount of light in which your hanging lamp fixture will give off. So  the amount of  Task lighting, you need might be dramatically reduced by a lighter color fabric with a larger diameter. Call one of our lighting specialist to help you to better select the right size and material for your specific needs.

Seascapelamps.com hanging lamps are becoming one of the most popular lighting options due to their versatility and contemporary aesthetic. Fabric hanging lamps provide a room with beautiful lighting and style. They are some of the most interesting light fixtures anyone could choose for illuminating their favorite area requiring more task lighting, and some decorative flair. Hanging lamps have replaced the generic track, or recessed lighting used in our most visited environments. Restaurants, hotels, coffee houses, and schools as well as homes are using our hanging lamps as a design element that makes the areas where people congregate a more comfortable and inviting sanctuary.

Hanging lamps have the versatility to be hung singly, as groupings, or in clusters. Our hanging lamp drum shade chandeliers are skillfully made, featuring our exclusive designer patterns, textures, silks, wood veneer, and silhouette shades. Patterns are custom printed on linen or paper in house, and our talented graphics, and designer departments can print your logo, child’s name, photograph, or just about anything you can think of on our hanging lamp shades.

Hanging lamps can help beautify any area they adorn. A foyer, for instance, is the first place guests see when visiting your home, and nothing makes a greater impression than an elegant and stylish hanging lamp illuminating the entryway.

If you have a home office, then why not illuminate your work area while adding some personal character to the space as well. The right hanging lamp will eliminate the need for any desk fixtures while freeing up more work space for you to get things done. Then when you clasp your hands behind your head at the end of a long day, you can be rewarded with the subtle beauty of your hanging lamp mounted above.

Indeed, any work space or area you wish to illuminate with ample task lighting while still bathing the surrounding area in lush ambient illumination can definitely benefit from the functionality and aesthetics of hanging lamps. Just be sure to coordinate and compliment any other light fixtures in the space, so that you can create a more unified and professional look that will bring a smile to your face each and every time you enter the room.

Please visit us at seascapelamps.com. We are always happy to help.

Custom and Replacement Lamp Shades

Parents and teens know that they need a place to call their own, a place they can have their privacy and for teens entertain friends. The days of baby dolls, toy trains and décor from the 80s have past and it’s time for a makeover and custom lamp shades is a perfect, cost effective way to start.

Grown-ups and kids don’t always agree on what’s cool, and decorating is no exception.  Since your teen’s bedroom is the one room in the house where they get to express themselves, a makeover can help them create a sense of identity for themselves. Lighting and wall art is a great place to start.

Both furniture manufacturers and home decor companies have discovered the makeover market for grownups and teens, so there is plenty to choose from. You’ll notice color trends as you start to shop – most major retailers will stock similar colors in any given season, making it easy to mix and match products. Here’s a look at some of the hottest trends in grownup and teen and children lighting. Use these ideas to start thinking about what might work for a grownup or teens makeover.

Lighting For Girls
It’s all about bright color for girls, from purple to lime green to the ever-popular pink. Retro patterns are making a comeback, and they may look familiar to moms who had something similar when they were teens. But make no mistake; these patterns are updated with a twist for today’s teens. Retro table lamps from seascapelamps.com are the perfect accessory for this room: funky fabric lamps shades  find their spot to shine on top of a brushed metal base. Try a funky print from Rachael Taylor like the Cow Parsley print. There are so many different prints, so you can make a statement.

Lighting For Boys
From sport fishing to neo- geo shapes to Hawaiian surf prints by Alfred Shaheen, boys have many options as well. No matter what he is into, you can incorporate a wide variety of color and design that into the bedroom. Seascape Lamps (seascapelamps.com) stocks lighting from Thomaspaul, Alfred Shaheen and GM Designs or choose from one of our silhouettes lamps. Make them feel like a metro design star with a custom prints from seascapelamps.com. Choose from a over 375 swatches or customize your own.

Linghting For Grownups
It’s all about creating a sanctuary, a place to relax after a long day. A mixture of printed hanging lamps and table lamps from Seascape Lamps provide task lighting and can help create the right mood and a place where you can relax and read a good book. From retro lighting to custom printed lamp shades you can mix and match colors, textures and patterns to create your oasis.

Drum Lamp Shades – How to Select the Best

Some great choices for today’s contemporary eclectic home lighting are drum lamp shades in retro and modern prints. Or, for a more traditional look go for solid-color dupioni silks with their interesting slubs and textures. Here’s how we suggest you go about your selection.

1. 1. COLOR

   First of all, pick a proper color to go with your lamp base.  You can find a wide variety of colors on our website Seascapelamps.com.

   
   

   
   

2. 2. SHAPE

   Choose a suitable shape. We have empires, ovals, rectangular and square shades in addition to our drum shades. With drum lamp shades being the trend now, they add a modern contemporary look to your home interior. Drum shades are a great and versatile choice because they complement so many different types of bases that its hard to go wrong with this shape. Drum lamp shades have a have a wider diameter than their height; and the top and bottom are exactly the same width. Hard-backed drum shades are perfectly straight up and down with no curve to them. Cone or empire shades are tapered at either end, having a smaller diameter at the top or bottom.

   
   

3. 3. SIZE

   Size is the next consideration. We can assist you with picking the right size shade for your base if you give us a call. Let us know the shape, height, and color of your lamp base. If your shade is too wide or tall, it might look disproportionate to your base and even tip over if your base is light. A useful rule of thumb is that your shade should be wider than at least double the widest point of your lamp base. So if lamp base is 8”, for example, your shade might be 16” to 18” in diameter.  When ordering, think about how much light you want the shade to cast and pick a lighter or darker color depending on amount of light needed. Whether you want a soft light or a direct one, size and color should be considered for the best drum-shaped lampshade.

Another point to keep in mind is to see that the shade is the proper distance from the wall by calculating half of it’s diameter and adding a few inches so it won’t look too crowded. For example, if your shade is 16” wide, maybe place the lamp 10” away from the wall. And lastly, keep in mind that when ordering a shade, your existing harp may be too short or too tall and may need changing in order to keep the lamp in proper proportion. This is easily remedied by ordering a taller or shorter harp at minimal cost from either us or your local hardware or lighting center.

In the 50′s, drum shades were very popular and now decades later they have come back in vogue in a strong way. Drum lamp shades definitely have their advantages. They have the ability to direct lots of light from all directions as well as accept much higher bulb wattages because the larger diameter on the ends allow for heat to escape. They are our most popular lamp shade and are available in various designs and sizes on our website. Please make sure to call us 888-538-6514 if you have any questions determining the size, shape and color of your drum lamp shade.

Drum Lamp Shades

One of the most popular and eye catching lamp shades is the fabric drum shade.  Drum lamp shades have straight vertical sides and are typically much wider than a cylinder lamp shade. When paired with the right base and the proper proportions, a drum shade has an appealing effect on the overall look of your room. Nowadays drum shapes are found on most floor lamps and are particularly good for spreading a maximum amount of light compared to shades of other shapes. Most drum shades fit on top of a harp, which can be adjusted by buying a different size harp from any large hardware store or lighting showroom. Seascape has a wide variety of shades in several shapes: and we also make custom lamp shades using your specifications. Our most popular size shade is a 16″ diameter by 9″ high, which fits on most of today’s lamp bases.

Having been in business for the past 30 years, our selection includes solid-colored silk, wood veneer, fiber-textured and linen lamp shades. And for the past four years, Seascape has had a lot of success with custom printing lamp shades here in our California lighting studio, south of San Francisco. Choose from many print patterns and specially-made designer prints, including several black and white patterns, as well as selections in earth tones, blues and even a bright red offering. Our visually appealing shades start at around $40 and go up from there depending on size.

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Lamp shades can really do a lot to change the intensity of the look in a living space or a business. When you have just the right shade, a plain or out-dated lamp base can become transcended out of the ordinary into an interesting and enjoyable lamp.  It can brighten and liven up the whole room, making it look newer and cheery. Most people are so used to to the typical tapered, off-white or white shade that they don’t think about the benefits an attractive shade can offer.  So whether the best fit for a given condition is a drum lamp shade or a cylinder or an oval- shaped shade, it is well worth taking some time to explore the possibilities, especially the lamp shades here at Seascape Lamps.

Modern, Contemporary and Retro Ceiling and Pendant Lighting

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Seascape continues to broaden its line of modern ceiling lighting by increasing the custom designer fabric print options as well as our other unusual materials in acrylics, woods and brushed metal finishes, as shown on our pull-down menus on our website. These same options are also available on each of our various shapes and sizes of modern and retro pendant lighting fixtures and portable table lamps. Manufacturing our lighting products in-house allows us to offer our customers a wide assortment of custom lighting options, which is a very rare feature to find in today’s flood of import items on the market place.

What we see new in today’s marketplace are discerning customers searching out products which can be customized without costing an arm and a leg. With the growing popularity of modern ceiling lighting and pendant lighting fixtures, Seascape is very unique in that we let our customers have a full range of creative input on how their modern and retro lighting fixtures will look. Our customers are so happy when they find us and tell us how frustrated and tired they are of only having the option of choosing from the lesser of two evils when it comes to lighting and other related home accessory products on the market place. Designers and retail customers alike are astounded and thankful when they see our broad choice of colors, graphics, sizes and other customizable options. And most of the time we can offer these custom changes at no upcharge for our clients.

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Our goal is to provide value to our clients by creating reasonably priced designer lighting fixtures while allowing maximum flexibility to modify each and every fixture to meet their needs. From looking at our current positive sales growth, Seascape Lamps continues to grow in popularity for all lamps including ceiling and pendant lighting.