Exterior
Refurbished Lighting
Nov/24/08 08:30 AM
Occasionally a project deal comes along that can't be
passed up. In this case, we decided the plastic,
exposed bulb light fixtures on the porch have been a
nuisance to both us and our neighbors, but we'd
decided we didn't want to update the exterior until
we'd finished painting. So, I took a little trip to
the Habitat for Humanity store, actually it was more
like a haulin'-ass-to-the-store trip because I'd
realized that the Habitat store was closing in 15
minutes. After getting there I found two fixtures
that I thought would work, but by all appearances
they were straight out of Maddie Hayes' apartment.
However, with my artistic vision, I saw a potential
for a beautiful fixture for our porch. I assured my
wife that this was a temporary fixture and that it
would suffice until we purchased the fixtures we
needed. After a little work this weekend, here are
the before and afters:
In the end, my wife seems to think that the refurbishment went so well that we don't need to purchase new ones. I dunno, the Madera series from RH looks mighty awesome.
After it was all said and done:
The fixtures ended up costing us about $8 each, the fixtures were $4 each and after the cost of the glass and the paint it came to about $8.
In the end, my wife seems to think that the refurbishment went so well that we don't need to purchase new ones. I dunno, the Madera series from RH looks mighty awesome.
After it was all said and done:
The fixtures ended up costing us about $8 each, the fixtures were $4 each and after the cost of the glass and the paint it came to about $8.
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