Mixing up my light fixtures.

Musical light fixtures.....

 

 

We lived with the builders light fixtures for a long time.  We picked them all out so we did like them.  We chose a brown metal color. (of course brown!!)   And of course one day I decided I wanted some new light fixtures in my kitchen.  I felt the ones we had were too kitcheny!  So I went out and realized that light fixtures are expensive!!  I decided then to use what I have and switch some things around. 

 

This is the original light that was over our table.

 

 

 

 

 

And this is the light fixture in the kitchen over the island.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

I had one extra light fixture from my project in my dining room. 

 

Read about my $5.00 drum shade pendant here.

 

 

 

http://myeverchanginghome.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-5.html

 

 

 

Now that I look at that dining room light fixture it looks like way too many crooked little shades to me!!

TJ took down both kitchen light fixtures and I got to work.   The first thing I did was decide on a paint color. 

I decided on Rust-Oleums Oil Rubbed Bronze.


I hung the light fixtures on a ladder outside and painted them both. Very simple!  I had pictures of this step but they were lost with the computer crash.

I decided to use the light from the eat in area for over the kitchen island.  I always thought it looked way too small here anyways.  I also knew I was going to lose those frosted shades!

I found these seeded glass shades at Home Depot.  I knew they were perfect!!

 

So after a few coats of rubbed oil bronze spray paint, some fun round little light bulbs, and some new glass shades it went from this:

 

 

To this....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before

 

 

after

 

 

 

Here is the light fixture in the dining room

 

 

 

 

 

After it was sprayed with the rubbed oil bronze paint.

 

 

 

 

I decided to not use the shades.  (I actually ended up selling them on ebay for $50.00!)  I went with the little round bulbs instead.  I love those!

before

after




So here is the run down.  I re used both light fixtures.  Spent $5.00 on the drum fixture in the dining room.  The spray paint was $5.00.  The seeded glass shades were about $35.00.  I sold the chandelier shades for $50.00 on ebay so I ended up making $5.00 on this project! :)

The best part is I love my new lights.  They are all original and I love that about them!






 

 

DYI Drum Shade Pendant!

         My $5.00 DYI Drum Shade Pendant!


I had been looking to swap out my dining room light fixture for awhile.  I decided I wanted a drum shade pendant light. 

I love this one from Crate and Barrel.  $149.00

                  Or this one from Ballard Designs.  $169.99 
                      (not sure why this came out so blurry!)    


This got me thinking.  I had a shade I was not using any longer sitting in my basement. I decided to make my own light fixture.

My husband and I went to Lowes and  found a light fixture on clearance for $5.00.  It was very similar to the one above.  It was on a clearance table without a box, it was perfect!

My husband installed the Lowes pendant in a matter of minutes.  We took off the frosted glass shade and slipped on the drum shade. 

This is the light fixture we had before.  (I was able to use it in another room with some changes!)

I like the simple lines of the new one so much more! 

For only $5.00 I love it even better!!