With ten windows, each six feet high, the schoolhouse’s defining feature is light.
On August 18, 2021, we installed our first electric light fixture. And what a better place to install it than the front porch! After an extensive hunt, we decided on Schoolhouse’s Alabax surface mounted fixture in navy blue. We felt that a primary blue helps to convey a classroom environment. From Schoolhouse’s website: “Using simple, tulip-like silhouettes originally found in fixtures from a 1951 General Electric industrial catalog, the Alabax celebrates the functional artistry of utilitarian lighting. Each fixture is expertly cast, trimmed, and glazed by hand with custom tones that range from neutral to eye-catching.” And we love the amber Edison LED bulb with pronounced filaments.
We’ve been keeping the light on 24/7 to provide a literal and symbolic beacon to inspire our continuing development of the schoolhouse property and also to signal passersby the building’s new life.
Absolutely stunning <3
Aw, we love it too. Got a pile of large hex tile for the floor today. All 3,000 lbs. Hope you’re doing okay.