Of course, when Grandma Camp was "over" they proceeded to cry and meltdown in the parking lot. :)
Partly they were melting down because they were exhausted. Thus why I'm sitting here at 8:30 in a silent house...well, almost silent. The dinging of Ellie's collar tags is about to drive me up the wall but there is no kid noise! Amazing.
The nice thing about an early bedtime is that it gave me time to finish up some last minute projects before Dear Husband got back from his week away (part drill/part football camp). I put up the covers on the outlets and light switches that were finished and decided to tackle our entry light.
This thing was ugly! Oh...hideous. Really flared out frosted glass and gold metal and dark wood. Ugh.
This is the best picture I could find with the glass still in it. It's the light fixture on the right. You can kind of get an idea of the floral-flare-out awesomeness.
Here's a close up of the wood and goldish hardware. I put tinfoil over the inlets for the bulbs to keep the spray paint from coating them.
Here's the post-spray paint look. I used a hammered bronze spray, same as the heating grates.
And - yep - sprayed it on the ceiling. Would have been smarter to take the whole thing off but I was lazy. Some cardboard and ceiling paint for touch ups and good to go!
AND here is the final look!!!!
And with the lights on....ooooooo...
Each piece of glass was $4 and the spray paint was $7, I think. We had to get it anyway for our heating grates. I really liked the directional lighting this gives us at the entry and on both sets of stairs but I couldn't find another fixture like it. I'm pretty happy with the results.
Soon enough we'll have pictures of the BIG REVEAL! As I was looking through old pictures, I couldn't believe how UGLY our kitchen was before! They are going to be amazing before and after pictures!
But you'll have to wait!
Cheers -
Meghan
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