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I have slowly replaced almost all the builder lights in my house with those that fit my style more and have a little more character – one of the last rooms being kdin’s room (my 11 year old son).
I come across a ton of cheap chandeliers @ goodwill that have potential and a ton of 80’s brass crap with zero potential (at least for my style anyways). So when i saw this cute brass fixture for $8 bucks i snagged it up. It has all the lines of the old galvanized schoolhouse lights that i love. I love anything galvanized….sigh….
Anyways, i painted it with a silver metallic spray paint (no primer, just a few light coats of the spray paint so it didn’t bubble). After it was dry it was a little to “new” looking, so i took some American Tradition black glaze and wiped it over the entire fixture and then wiped it off with a paper towel. It toned down the silver and made it look a little older. Sorry, i didn’t take a pic before i glazed it…
I love this light, i love the little holes around the top and i love that its BIG. We have 1o ft ceilings in the kids rooms and Kdin’s room is fairly big as far as kids rooms go, so this light is definitely able to fill the space well (it probably measures about 20 inches wide). Much better than the builders “tit” light that was previously in the space (my dad’s name for builders lights, you guys know the ones!)
Well, i love almost everything about the light except for the actual “light”. There is a spot for four light bulbs but no cover for the bulbs, its not missing – its just made not to have one. I looked at home depot and lowes for some type of cover for the bulbs but had no luck. So i am going to need to rig one up myself, i just need to get creative with it, i have a few ideas but haven’t tried anything yet. Right now it looks like cow udders – not cute to look up at! Any ideas? I don’t mind seeing the bulbs and i love the amount of light that he gets, but i need to make it look not so “udderish”.
The round part that the bulbs screw in to is about 10 inches – so if you guys have any awesome ideas let me know. The light covers at lowes or home depot were too small, both width and height wise so its going to have to be something home made. Or should i just embrace the “udders” and move on?
A glass?…Plastic?…bowl? Drill a hole in bottom of bowl and attach a long screw in middle to the middle of the four bulbs? I can't explain it better….But LOVE the look! So, the paint don't fleck off of brass??
Use different light bulbs, something with a little interest? I did some quick googling
http://houseofantiquehardware.com/s.nl/sc.9/category.33/.f
Cute! Maybe a screen made of wire (chicken wire or that sturdier stuff that's rectangle shaped — can't think of the name of it) might disguise the udder situation without blocking the light? When you talked about the size of the inner circle, a pie plate popped into my head. Maybe you could piece holes into one in a decorative pattern, spray it to match the rest of the fixture and then mount it below the bulbs? Good luck!
This is exactly what I thought! Chicken Wire. It would mask but not cover.
Please don't embrace the udders. The least you could do is use vanity bulbs…or something.
You could get one of those large rectangular covers (just a large flimsy plastic rectangle) that are made for kitchen fluorescents and trace the round shape, cut it out and pop it in? We recently replaced our plastic cover things and they were under $10 from Lowes (near the window section, for some reason)
I love it!!! I also like the idea of using a tightly woven mesh/screen.
If you could find an embroidery hoop that will fit inside the light, could you just glue the outside of the hoop to the inside of the light, and then glue some window screen to the inside of the hoop and then attach it to the inside of the light? Does that make sense?
That light looks great! Love the finish. And yes, I know what you are talking about with the builders' lights =)
I agree with a previous poster, Some clear Edison style filament bulbs and that thing is set!
Great job!
If you don't come up with a solution that you like, maybe someday put it on a longer chain and hang it low over a table and the bulbs really won't show. I have a pulley light over my breakfast table and I keep it low. Anyway, great job and thanks for the tip. I have a brass pendant that I want to change and it has a huge milkglass globe shaped like your brass part. I can paint it like yours!
Here's a thought… chicken wire… maybe the tight mesh one… cut to fit.
I love the light too and what you did with it.
silly me… just went back and read the other coments, and it's been comented a few times already. :-()
The finish is super cool! Great find. Try it with the clear bulbs with the cool filament designs inside.
http://houseofantiquehardware.com/Tungsten-Squirrel-Cage-Bulb
Perhaps a round bulb so it won't look so utterish. :)
I'm sure whatever you come up with will be fab!!
The finish is super cool! Great find. Try it with the clear bulbs with the cool filament designs inside.
http://houseofantiquehardware.com/Tungsten-Squirrel-Cage-Bulb
Perhaps a round bulb so it won't look so utterish. :)
I'm sure whatever you come up with will be fab!!
that looks awesome! i am in love with the finish you gave it!
Lucky girl!! What a find! Love the finish. I got a good chuckle out of the udder comment! I would just buy some round, clear, filament bulbs. Excited to see what you do!
Wow! I really love how that turned out. I'm interested to know which suggestion you like regarding the bulbs.
Try using "Edison" bulbs or the old style bulbs with the filament in them. They won't look so white and since they have that old look it should look ok without a cover.
They can be a bit pricey but worth it in my opinion.
http://www.rejuvenation.com has a nice selection or you can google "Edison bulb"
Love the finish on this BTW!
Embrace the udders. It's a fabulous makeover.
oh no, no…why did it have to be udders! i loved the whole thing til i felt uncomfortable about the udders. please cover those puppies up! great redo, really.
WOW, Sausha! That is amazing! I love the finish on it — it turned out just perfect! Great job!
how about some sort of screen or chicken type wire. you could afix it to the edge. sorta industrial. just a thought, but i do love it and the finish is awesome!
I love the light fixture. Maybe some vintage light cages you know the ones from old mechanc trouble lights. That would sure make it look cool! Anywho, love your ideas…such a talented person!
i would use clear light bulbs and add metal screening to the bottom
Looks great! I also love the idea of chicken wire :) Very cute!
That is a cool light! You did a great job. Maybe make some kind of "box" of bowl type thing made out of wire. It won't conceal the lights but maybe add an extra element to them so you do not hate them so much. Have no idea what it would look like but it is a thought maybe.
Loving that lamp and loving your blog all summer! In an effort to grow, it would be an honor if you would considering following me too : )
Laura
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I love these bulbs!!
http://www.lightingsupply.com/incandescent_bulbs/decorative_bulbs/novelty_bulbs/edison_bulbs.aspx?gclid=CNGlnKnL16MCFQInbAod9Frhtg
your fixture is to die for though! SO CUTE!!!!
what about some frosted plexi glass??
LOVE the light! Maybe a frosted glass filter and chicken wire? I have an imagine in my head, but can't seem to find a picture. Something like I've seen at Restoration Hardware, I think…
Love the light – the color is perfect. You could attach an old wire basket, like an egg basket or something, to make a cage around the bulbs. Or you could get one of those simple globe pendant lights and re-wire/string it through your light (remove the existing bulbs and fixtures) so that the metal part of your light is like a shade over a globe light.
Wow that is a fab brass makeover! Love the end-color! No – don't live with the udders! I just did with my last kitchen table light and it's all I would look at – the lightbulbs hanging down at me. Love the chicken wire – easy to shape with wire cutters too. Great job!
Great makeover…love the light! Too funny about the udders, I vote for the chicken wire too!
omgosh I LOVE the light, and I actually love it without something covering the bulbs. If you go to antropologie most all of their fixtures have nothing covering the bulbs…and thats my favorite store in the whole world.
way to go.
Use different light bulb styles – maybe one of those "thomas edison" style bulbs from the late 1800's, a completely clear style round bulb, maybe the traditional 40-watt bulb, and another one, just to give it something different? I love what you did with the makeover — changing from brass to that beautiful "older" look is dreamy!
A big colander?
Here is another link to a company that specializes in reproduction bulbs and fixtures – they aren't cheap but they are cool looking!
http://www.rejuvenation.com/location24/typepageReproduction%20Bulbs/templates/houseparts_group.html
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I love this!! I just picked up a cute brass light fixture I'm turning into a candleholder, so I googled brass to galvanized and found your post! So happy to have found it- love everything you've created! You've probably found a solution already, but just in case- I agree with a lot of other people with using filament or cool bulbs- but what about going industrial and getting the light bulb cages? Not sure where they sell them, but I have some here at the beach house and they can't be too expensive. I know I've seen them somewhere- probably HD or loses. I think they're also called shop bulb covers….
anyway- love it! Thanks for the info… and hope you're thrilled with your new light! New follower..
~ Pia