09/01/12: $2 light fixture



We wanted a small oil-rubbed bronze light fixture for the guest bedroom, but we were having trouble finding something suitable. Here's what we were dealing with before:


Granted, this looks much worse than it would if it had its glass shade and were properly affixed to the ceiling. But anyway. Went down to Construction Junction, a used building materials store, and found a small silver fixture for $1 and a small school-house shaped glass shade to go with it, also for $1. Set up shop in the backyard with my oil-rubbed bronze spray paint and went to work:



  
Attached the new shade and affixed to the ceiling using the hardware from the previous fixture:

All for $2 (not including cost of the spray paint, which I plan to use on everything from now on . . .).

Here's a picture of the guest bedroom, now that we've got the bedding on and the light fixture installed:








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