Mike Dumas Copper Designs Inc.

I love it when the Spring temperatures get warm enough for Mike to re-install our water feature. The birds gather every afternoon as if it was Happy Hour. We can’t help but join them and just breathe in the Peace and Quiet.

In the morning, they are waiting in the branches of the Chaparral as if to say, “Where have you been? The day is starting.” I plug in the pump and the cool water flows so beautifully from the ceramic bowl at the top, down the sides of the copper pillar-patinated through the years with moss and minerals, and into the copper pan at the bottom. The pan is surrounded by fresh mint, and is home to toads that also love the water.

Over the years we have seen some very unusual birds in our fountain, but the locals are the gorgeous tiny yellow finches, the coral throat-ed house finches, and sparrows and chickadees. I love to sit in the kitchen with my coffee, and watch them through the window, early in the morning. They splash and hop around in the bowl, thoroughly enjoying their morning bath. Then they come back and perch on the copper branches and drink in the fresh bubbling water that is pumped out so gently from tiny openings in the copper.

The view from the watering hole is breathtaking and we are so glad to be able to enjoy the serenity, and provide a place for the locals to gather.

This month will be dedicated to posting about more of Mike’s beautiful water features, so check back often.

Who says a chandelier has to be crystal, or round for that matter? As I was looking through one of the recent issues of Mountain Living magazine, I noticed a cone shaped chandelier over one of the dining tables they were featuring, and I was reminded of this beautiful piece we have in stock and available for purchase.

Mike made the conical copper chandelier with a heavy hammered texture and a silver mica shade. It is 28″ high and about 20″ around at the bottom. It puts off the most beautiful soft light through the mica, plenty for a great dining experience and conversation.

The chandelier has a simple chain for hanging and really adds to a rustic or a contemporary, or  even an old world style. Copper is the most versatile metal for decorating, fitting into so many different designs.

We appreciate the folks at Custom Made.com for recognizing Mike’s work today. These doors were such a great project.

The Martin Garage doors were furnished and installed by Mehr’s Garage Doors in St. George for builder, Dave Jenson of Jenson Construction .

This was the second set of doors Mike had done for Dave. The first ones were for a Parade Home the year before.

Thirty-three years ago Mike made this little wooden rocking chair for our oldest son Casey on his first birthday. You have never seen a little boy so happy to receive a gift, nor a Dad so happy to give one.

Stacks of books kept Casey happy for hours on this little chair, and it rocked him contentedly as he watched Sesame Street and waited for his Dad to get home.

In a couple of days we will welcome our first grandson into the world, and I know a proud grandpa will be shaping, sanding, and staining again for a little boy’s delight.

This beautiful black walnut table holds a surprise in the middle of its smooth, natural wood top.

That surprise is a copper and stone water feature that flows so smoothly and calming we named the table “Serenity”. Mike finished the walnut by painstakingly giving it a hand-rubbed Danish Oil finish. Then he fit it with a copper basin, and a copper reservoir inconspicuously set below the table to house the pump. The water gently flows over sandstone rocks and trickles into the copper basin, accented with tiny copper nails.

The table legs are well seasoned driftwood from a local riverbed, making the table strong enough to function as a bench.

This unique and inviting table fits the outdoors as well as the indoors with its gentle curves and organic presence.

This beautiful copper entry table found its home today; custom built for an interesting curved wall entry. Mike met with the client and made a template of the gentle curve, then  designed this rope leg, copper topped table to fit the space.

He ordered these ‘rope legs’ from Osborne Wood Products and finished them with a handrubbed Danish Oil finish.

The edge was hand carved, and the copper top secured. The feet were also wrapped with copper.

The top was then accented with small copper nails.

And the finished piece was delivered to a happy homeowner.

Mike collects vintage porcelain light shades and this one found a perfect second life in our reading corner. We had a hideous halogen lamp from the 90′s buried in the corner. It put off good light, but was so ugly, and burned so hot.

This 10″ shade started out on the work bench, getting revamped and rewired to become our new reading light.

And ‘Voila’, a beautiful Torche’ lamp ready for our cozy corner.