Friday, April 6, 2012

Living Room Lighting

BAM!!! "Then there was light." Yeah that would pretty much sum it up for me, seriously. When I rented my apartment a few years ago I failed to notice there weren't any light fixtures in the living room {enter long sigh}. I blame it all on the two windows that let in a tremendous amount of sunlight. Hey, that's my story and I'm sticking with it.

This is what I got to fix that little issue.
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Needless to say this wouldn't last long. So, after a long search for a drum lamp shade I found this one...
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It is so 70's isn't it? As a matter of fact while watching "Just Wright" I spotted this very lamp shade in the background. Ok, maybe it wasn't my drum lamp shade but it sure was its twin. Anyway I took a field trip to the local hardware store and purchased lighting items and came home to piece these items together.

After a few hours of piecing this ...
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I came up with this...
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I have to get one of those circular panel things that block the visibility of the lightbulbs. But for now I'm really loving this.


Until the next post,
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