mbugert

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   by mbugert 17d ago

   Thanks a lot for the comment. Now that you mention it, French cleats and other rail-based mounting solutions were on the table at some point. I discarded the idea because I thought it couldn't be made to work with the shifted center of
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   by mbugert 17d ago

   Thanks, it took a while. Agree that the aluminium extrusion is not necessary to achieve the look. The other, more ambitious living room lamp that I had thought about first would have required it, so it was a good opportunity to try out this
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   by mbugert 17d ago

   German authenticity. The wall also isn't flat, so the lamp sits hollow in some spots and light is bleeding in all kinds of places.
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   by mbugert 17d ago

   For sure. My mental model when starting this project was "panels attached to a frame", and originally, that paneling was meant to be purely Plexiglas. When I pivoted to the bedroom lamp, I switched to wooden panels but the mental