Festival of Lights – Day 2

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home decor, improvement, lamp, light fixture, lighting, update

Kitchen –

This was the previous light fixture that we removed from above the breakfast table. It is obviously older than our house, someone must’ve loved it so much that they put it in their newly built house. However, we do not feel the same way, it’s just not our style. In fact, friends of ours have the same ugly lamp in their home and they feel the same way (as us) about it. Hubster and I think it would be funny to leave the twin lamp on their porch one night…

We reused the light fixture we removed from the dining room. I rotated the arms up to hide the lightbulbs from view and spray painted the metal oil-rubbed bronze. Once we decide the appropriate length, we’ll remove the extra chains and thread the excess wire into the ceiling.

What home projects are you currently working on?

XOXO,
Young Wifey

Festival of Lights – Day 1

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home decor, improvement, lamp, light fixture, lighting, update

No, it’s not Diwali or Hanukkah in July. Hubster and I just updated two lights in our home.

Dining Room –
This is the light we inherited with the purchase of our home. I don’t like the antique brass color, the fact that I can see the ugly lightbulbs, or the ugly cord visible in the chain…

Previous Light Fixture

Hubster purchased the new light at a yard sale for $10. The cord was missing from one side, and he thought he’d have to rewire the light. Luckily, the cord hidden inside the lamp and just needed to be fished through. It also did not come with a mounting piece and bolt, so he had to drill a larger hole in the existing one on the ceiling. I did have to spray paint the bolt from the lamp we removed from the kitchen.

New Light Fixture

XOXO,
Young Wifey

Spray Paint Series: Lighting for Powder Room

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bathroom, home decor, light fixture, lighting, postaday2011, powder room, spray paint, vanity

The powder room is where I got bad at taking before photos, maybe I was in a rush to get this bathroom started.

Here's a Peek at our Powder Room Before

I had plans to replace our hideous light fixture (can you see it up there?), when Hubster suggested that it was similar in shape to the one I had been eyeing. I had been blinded by the brass; I do not like brass, especially faux brass. I do however love bronze…

Hubster removed the light fixture from the wall. I tried to remove the globes to protect them from the paint (and thoroughly clean the nooks and crannies), but apparently they were extremely well attached. I had to be very creative in covering the globes with paper and painter’s tape, since I’d have to spray the fixture from several angles. So with a few coats of the “oil-rubbed bronze” spray paint, I was able to transform this light fixture and spare its life.

Bronze & Beautiful

I can’t wait to show you the entire transformation, just a little more work…

What do you think? Are you a brass or bronze fan?