Saturday, April 16, 2011

Laundry Room light fixture

I've been meaning to write a post about the light fixture I made for the laundry room. (I also still have to write a post about our homemade laundry soap - I will do that soon!)

This is the light the room started with. Fine but blah.

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Originally I wanted a small chandelier to add some pizazz to the space but when the cheapest one I could find cost $50 I changed my mind. I know $50 isn't a fortune but its too much to spend on a light fixture for a tiny laundry room.

When we replaced the living room light I saved it 'just in case'. You know, because we might need a dated, shiny brass light fixture one day!

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It had paint all over it because we painted the room before removing it.

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I took it apart and figured out which parts I wanted to reuse. That glass 'cage' had to go.

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Next I taped off the parts that I didn't want to paint and spray painted the whole thing white. Getting rid of the brass made a huge difference!

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It looked a little skimpy so I added a large white drum shade and voila ...

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I really like it! The best part is that the only thing I had to buy was the drum shade so this project cost a total of $12.99 plus tax. Not bad at all.

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1 comment:

Terry said...

As usual...brilliant. There's a lesson there...don't throw away those old, ugly brass fixtures...they may come in handy someday (or not) Lucky for you it did.
It looks great.