nicholas wray, sacramento photographer
nicholas wray, sacramento photographer

The Mash-Up

I’ve been flirting with mashing up my rough acrylic painting with furniture for some time now. I decided to try it out on an easy affordable coffee table design. The table top is made primarily out of reclaimed lumber (actually house siding) The base is made from scrap plywood we had at the shop. Pop Culture art … Read more

2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 11,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many … Read more

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Merry Christmas!!!

From all of us at Urban Now, we would like to wish you a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New year.   and please, be kind to each other. Namaste…

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Found Objects

Last saturday night we unveiled a new collection called “Found Objects”. Everything in this grouping was either 2nd hand or literally found material. Doing our best here at Urban to show you what can be done with a little creativity and good design. Upscale Upcycling! The benches are made from an old wood beam I found buried behind … Read more

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Little Treasures

I had a little unexpected time to my self today after lunch so i made a quick trip to the Sacramento Antique Fair. So many cool things to see out there. Below is a just a few of the interesting you can find out there. Hope you enjoy.   <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 … Read more

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Found Objects

Working on a showing of furniture made from found objects. The above pictures are a quick sneak peek. Finished photos soon to follow. Badassness

Find Me on Houzz

Just started uploading and updating on Houzz. you can find me here! http://www.houzz.com/user/hammnation

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Happy Thanksgiving

  In recent years not all my holidays have been overly festive. So far this year has been exceptional. I am so grateful for my friends, my family, my co-workers, my clients, and my vendors. life can be amazingly beautiful if you let it…….. Metta   Steve Hamm

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Proper Dresser

I think this piece pretty much speaks for its self. Solid Poplar lumber, dovetailed drawers, stainless steel hairpin legs…. We design and make cool stuff. Thank you Kerrie Kelly and Nicholas Wray.   Do work…

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Le’ Favour Table

Literally 2 years ago I’m sharing a cup of coffee with good friend Jake Favour from Romp Creative and we are talking about coffee tables. That’s the thing about Jake, you don’t sit and discuss the weather or sports.. you talk design. Jake loves design, He loves modernism. The dude really has a passion for it. … Read more

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