“Modern lighting should not only light up your space, it should shed light on your personal style,” believes the co-founders of Inhabit who recently came up with a bold, striped and completely customizable source of table-based illumination they call Builtby table lamps.

Big Man on Campus Builtby table lamp in Oak & Green. Manufactured by Inhabit.

Fresh Stripes in Various Widths and Colors Create the Perfect Builtby Table Lamp by Inhabit.

Completing their thought, Mike Tuttle and Jennifer Smith Tuttle ask their design audience,”How about being able to choose the shapes, sizes and finishes that make up your lamps?” With 48 different designs of the same structural integrity known as a Builtby table lamp that is offered on their Inhabit site, they’ve made it quite the hot topic. Once received into the hands of a client, the Inhabit team says the lamps can be configured as they were shown in the image you liked best, or they can be reconfigured any way you want.

Fade to White Builtby table lamp in Blue & White. Manufactured by Inhabit.

Using eco-friendly materials – like a base made from 100% recovered wood fiber with no-added formaldehyde – the “Big Man on Campus”, “Fade to White” and “Road Dog” (along with a dozen or so other clever names) differentiate the colors and thicknesses of the stripes on the bases of the cotton shade lamps. The green initiative taken by Inhabit filters into the lamps themselves, with no VOC paints or stains used. They take CFL bulbs or a 60 watt max incandescent beside being 100% UL certified. Once assembled, the lamp measures 6″W x 6″D x 33″H.

Road Dog Builtby table lamp in Blue & Wenge. Manufactured by Inhabit.

In their lengthy rectangular shape, the Builtby lamps by Inhabit open up a world of design possibilities with the use of eco-friendly materials and an endless amount of color and style options.

About the Designer: Inhabit founders Mike Tuttle and Jennifer Smith Tuttle created their company by accident in 2002 after their interior design client rejected a few graphic patterns. Years later now, the duo has turned their view of what makes great interior design a project that has spun into a company full of eco-friendly products for any space.