The Lamp Guru

13/10/2026

You can come find this (and purchase) 1980s vintage resin and metal table lamp, Italian tole style bird on a branch with leaves all around. 23" tall to the top of the taller candle. Wiring is updated and new sockets with a switch on the cord. Purchase it at The Vintage Peddler ask for Hiker Vintage. Picture in comments showing it lit up.
Get it before it's gone.

13/10/2026

So thankful for J Michele VanHoose and Joel VanHoose Tindle Family Farms for entrusting me to help them and with the help of amazing people like Jerusha Haling, The Secondhand Savages and Shirley (can't tag her) and many friends and family that made this Wedding reception an unforgettable night for two families coming together to celebrate unity through music, food, the art of creativity, ingenuity, and so much more.

12/10/2026

Buddha as a Clown 🤡 or Pirate 🏴‍☠️?
He is just too cute

11/10/2026

What a wedding and dance party. Congratulations to the newly married couple! Thanks to Tindle Family Farms for trusting me to not just do the lighting, but to execute such a fun wedding reception. So many hands made this possible.

08/10/2026

It's starting to come together. Thanks to Jerusha Haling magic touch with The Secondhand Savages
I had a plethora of vintage crystals we transformed this flowery wreath into a chandelier. Next is drapes to complete this special dance floor, but we will hold off until the day of the wedding.
Book your next outdoor wedding at Tindle Family Farms

05/10/2026

In 2026 with all the information overload this is definitely needed and we all have to make an active and conscious decision to put the phone down. I see the irony in posting this on social media. We all including myself need to be reminded that we owe it to ourselves and to our relationships.

Hint for the Week: Put the phone down.

Start with meals. When you sit down to eat with someone, put your phone away, like all the way; like not even on the table. Then make it a habit in any face-to-face conversation. A phone sitting between two people sends a message, whether we mean to send it or not. It says, This phone, and all the people in it, might be more important than you are.

That may not be what you mean at all. Relationships are built in the moments when people have our full attention. Eye contact. Listening. A little laughter. The simple feeling that the person in front of you matters. Try it this week. Put the phone away before the conversation begins. Then notice what happens when you give someone your undivided attention.

04/10/2026

Another Lamp saved from the landfill from my client asking me to restore, rewire, and do my faux brass and bronze finish.
This Bridge Arm Floor Lamp is in it's Victorian era.
The top swivels 180° making it perfect for direct reading. (Lamp is not for sale).

02/10/2026

After installing 300 feet and 300 lights I am done with the lights for now. Next thing is to create a centerpiece chandelier for the dance floor for the upcoming wedding at Tindle Family Farms. See last photo of the sunset last night.
This is going to be a lovely autumn wedding reception.

29/09/2026

Please go follow Vintage Recycled Exchange and support a local creative artist. I need to see more of this on my feed.

27/09/2026

My client asked me to save this and clean it up. It is a Stiffel mid-century 4-light brass torchiere and candelabra floor lamp. It was in desperate need of repairs, dirty, rusty, but I could see it's potential and so happy I was able to keep it from ending up discarded.
If you are in possession of a lamp that has been sitting collect dust and you want it out into the light. Call me The Lamp Guru and I'll bring it into enLIGHTenment haha. Call or text me.