Big News From Alluminaire Custom Lighting
I have, from time to time, written about my despair at not being able to find a shop that could create custom lampshades that weren’t prohibitively expensive. Which is why I’m very excited about this new, custom system from Alluminaire.
Imagine me jumping up and down. That’s how cool I think this is. I’ve been sitting on this news for several months, while they worked out some details. I finally got a note from Friday (cool name!) Shamblen last week to let me know that they were “quietly launching” their new custom fabric service.
Alluminaire has had a semi-custom system in place for a while. But now they’re going for a true custom option. You can select from 15 patterns and 112 colors to create your own fabric. I’ve created a few of my own pendant masterpieces to illustrate some of the options.
The price for a 20-inch custom pendant luminaire, like the ones shown here, is $298. (That’s the 20% off sale price – their two-day sale starts today.) “What is quite exciting for me,” says Friday, “is that we are able to offer this custom fabric at a much lower price point than I had expected to: I am not sure that we can always offer it at this price.” They ship to the US, Canada and Puerto Rico, and have plans to ship internationally in the coming year.
The custom option applies to all their styles. While there are 15 patterns to choose from, they plan to add to the selection soon, and will consider adding patterns created by designers (for credit of course) . They’ve included the hex codes to the colors, so that designers can coordinate.
“We‚Äôre quite confident of the quality of the fabrics, ” Friday explained. “We have worked with this vendor for several years now, and they produce some of our standard fabrics for us. The quality has been flawless and beautiful.”
But wait – there’s more! I’ve saved the best news for last. Alluminaire will soon be offering the option of ordering extra fabric by the yard. What can I say? I think this is awesome. Now it will be simple to match the fixture and the curtains. Until now, the best price I had been able to find was $400, not including the fabric. So this is really something to watch. Bravo, Alluminaire.
