
I created this skylight around 2005 for a three-story home in Richmond, Virginia. It was a beautiful home in the Fan District built around 1890.
This skylight provided light for the three-story staircase with exceptional woodwork, raised paneling, spindles, handrails, and oak floorboards on the steps—large rooms with commanding ceiling fixtures hanging from high ceilings surrounded by beautiful double-hung windows.
The patina and craftsman’s markings from hand-held tools make me wonder what my life would have been like if I had lived during the construction of this magnificent home.
Skylights like this are subject to shadows as the sun moves across the sky. The light is funneled through the opening above it, giving the window the feeling of rotation.