About two or three weeks ago the light fixture in the sunroom stopped working. I was excited about going to my fav lighting store to check out some ideas for a new fixture. Reality kicked in when I got there: everything cost more money than I wanted to pay. But they did have cool stuff (and free popcorn!).
I also checked out Habitat for Humanity's Restore and front and center was an amazing light. It was much fancier than I was looking for but the scale and price were perfect ($35 I think). It was dirty and the crystals were clouded looking but I am the girl to fix that. I put it in my cart and practically skipped to the checkout. People were rubbernecking as I passed them with this fixture in my cart and kept asking me if there was another one.
People, this is how you know you scored something awesome.
I enlisted the help of an adorable kid and we got to work.
After it was all cleaned up, it looked a bit yellow-goldish to me, so I rubbed some Rub-n-Buff in. I love this stuff. It added the perfect aged patina.
I am thrilled that it works!
Yet to do is caulk around the medallion, paint the ceiling & picture rail and finish the unending stencil project.
I love progress.
