I went to the gym for the first time in weeks a few days ago, and I am so incredibly, unbelievably sore today. I can’t even explain how sore I am. But I’ll try, so you can feel maximum amounts of sorry for me. I am so sore, I literally can’t walk down the stairs. I have to cling to the banister and ease one unsure foot down at a time. I can’t stand up or sit down without aggressively howling in pain. If I drop something on the floor, it’s dead to me. I have never been more sore in my entire life. Ever. Obviously working out is bad for you and don’t do it. That’s the moral of this story.
I’m so sore, my fingers can barely type, but I’ll push through for you. #brave
Today we’re talking about lights, and how fun they are to makeover. Here is an especially fun one from Ronda at Batchelors Way.
A fabric-filled frame as a ceiling medallion?! So clever! She stripped the mini-shades and recovered them in chicken-wire for some rustic-chicness, then antiqued the fixture for even more rustic-chicness-goodness.
Beck figured she could find something to do with this light fixture when she spied it on sale for a mere $3. Three bucks? That’s crazy! The last thing I bought for three bucks was a burrito.
She disassembled it, painted the brassy parts silver, painted the wooden parts white, and hung it in her kitchen. I tried that with my burrito, results were disastrous.
See it at work on her blog Beckwith’s Treasures.
And finally, here we have one of those outdated light fixtures that are prolific at the thrift-stores. Kelley liked the brass and scalloped shape, but not so much the etched flowers on the glass. She came up with a quick, colorful solution …
Fabric and mod-podge! She secured the fabric to the underside of the glass for easy cleaning, and the grand total was right around $15. Some people were worried about her using fabric so close to a light bulb, but aren’t most lampshades made of fabric anyway? She has had it hanging up for a year now and reports there have been no problems.
Soo many possibilities with this technique! See more from Kelley on her blog E3ONE.
9 Comments
Danielle
June 24, 2015 at 10:46 AMThere are some cute ideas in this post. It’s fun what a little paint can do to fixtures.
heather V
June 24, 2015 at 10:51 AMsorry Lindsey, just wait until how sore you are tomorrow… day two is even worse.
Ann Schaffer
June 24, 2015 at 12:07 PMI feel your pain! I was sore like that a couple weeks ago and discovered that the best way to go down stairs is to go BACKWARDS! Of course I humiliated my 16-year-old daughter when I did that at our friends’ house. But it is the only way to go! She’ll get over it.
Mumzy
June 24, 2015 at 1:58 PMYou are too funny!!!!
Sage @ Plaster&Disaster
June 24, 2015 at 2:12 PMYes and yes. I was training for a race this winter and spring and it got to the point where I was sore every day, always. Every time I got up from my desk or tried to walk up the subway station stairs, I was grasping for support. Totally agreed with your moral of the story: exercising is clearly terrible for us!
LeeAnn
June 24, 2015 at 4:52 PMAny of the three posted. That’s what I would have in my house. Any of them or ALL of them. Love it!!
Beth
June 24, 2015 at 8:23 PMTHAT is impressive – not your soreness – the light fixtures! I do feel maximally bad about your pain, though – I just wouldn’t want it hanging in my kitchen!
Janet
June 25, 2015 at 2:56 PMI have an inexplicable obsession with making over light fixtures. I love the chicken wire bent around the lamp shade and the creative ceiling medallion!
Ronda Batchelor
June 29, 2015 at 8:25 AMThanks Lindsey, and I know your pain. I just spent two days at youth conference, service project cleaning a cemetary and Camp Williams doing crazy obstacle coarses all day with teenagers. I am so sore and bruise!!! I totally sympathize with you!!