A Guide to the Best of Southern California : DESIGN : Seeing the Light

Remember to turn off your furniture before you go to bed if you own any of Kent Ezzell’s latest pieces.

A furniture maker for 16 years, Ezzell believes light--in this case, eye-popping neon--should come from within. His coffee table of chipped acrylic sparkles with an ice-blue light in its core. A streak of Chinese red zips through the center of another table. And a giant entertainment-computer center combines black lacquer, clear glass and violet neon. Ezzell, who works out of a Costa Mesa studio, also accepts custom orders.

Prices start at $1,200 for a carved accent piece that can be framed and hung on the wall; coffee tables go for about $3,500.

Kent Ezzell, by appointment only; (714) 650-6725.