Scofield Historic Lighting on ABC's Extreme Make Over: Home Edition for a Suffield, CT Home

It is a much welcome but rare opportunity for Scofield Historic Lighting to contribute to the larger community in such a manner. The Hill Family endured a fire that destroyed their home in Suffield, CT. This generous team works with charities and nonprofits in their spare time and besides raising their children, nieces and nephews also live with them- a thirteen person unit! ABC's Extreme Home Makeover is giving back to a family that frequently gives to others.

(Making Use of Overhead Space for Our Chandeliers in Ivoryton, CT)

In the past, we have not been able to fulfill other opportunities to donate our products, as they require rapid turnaround and quick implementation. This is not something that a company can do if we promise our clients superior craftsmanship. Our products require individual handcrafting to chemically augment the aging process or carefully hand punch holes into the metal. Techniques that have been used for centuries cannot be converted to automation and provide the same result.

Fortunately, when we heard of the Hill Family's makeover and thought of the prospect of working with a national organization to create a local difference, we headed straight to the production floor at Scofield. One thing that every house needs is a lights at the front door. As a beacon for travelers, the front door fixture has long acted as a welcome committee for visitors. After such a devastating experience, this family has hope for their future and our contribution has the possibility to make a noticeable difference. The art director shared the plans with us and we found that there were many creative possibilities for this beautiful new Federal style house. Instead of supplying one fixture, we decided to outfit the exterior. After forging through the manufacturing room, we quickly found a few options that would make sense functionally and stylistically. We pulled nearly completed models and ahead of schedule production to we checked our shelves to see what we could pull together some fixtures. The lanterns chosen are Scofield's French Station Lantern for the front door, two smaller French Station Lanterns for the garage, two more of the same for the French doors off the back of the house and one iconic New England Onion Lantern hung by the back door mounted on a straight arm bracket. Below are the fixtures pictured in our Ivoryton workshop.




After receiving approval yesterday afternoon, our master craftsmen started to work on items that were in the middle of production, to be completed for a Saturday morning installation, tomorrow morning (and yes, this is how the lanterns looked on Friday morning). Besides simply helping a family in need, we are motivated to donate these lights, because we know how the fixtures from the front to back doors make all of the difference in how people are welcomed into a home, making favorable and formidable impressions.