We’ve had this hole in the ceiling in our hallway for, oh…let’s see…maybe, like, two years?
After we painted the ceiling, we just never got around to installing a light, and to be honest, we’re not really “overhead light people”, so we didn’t even really miss having one there. But, ever since I got my Notebook app, I’ve been on a mission to cross something off my “House” to-do list every couple days. The first task on my list was “install light in the hallway”, so I made a trip to Home Depot and picked up this little guy on sale for under seven bucks…
(Hampton Bay Classic Collection – Acorn Ceiling Fixture)
It was the right width (we need to be able to open that ceiling vent up there to change the air filter), but it wasn’t the right finish, so when I got home from the store I hit the base with a little white spray primer and a little white spray paint…
It’s nothing fancy-schmancy, but neither is our little cottage-that-could, so I thought it would work just fine for a light that probably won’t even get turned on- ha!
There was four too many wires sticking out of that hole in the ceiling though, so we had an electrician friend come and hook it up for us- and after I took this crazy, fish eye-ish photo of it…
…I happily checked that sucker off my list!
Big up’s to the iPhone Notebook app for lighting my fixer upper fire- ha!
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Cute, simple and DONE baby!
I knew when I saw the box that you would the paint the base. White was a good choice… it sorta helps the light blend in with the ceiling. Looks like you have plenty of light evening without a fixture. No wonder it took you so long to fix it!
Yeah for the CHECK of your LIST!!!! Still working on mine…….*sigh*
perhaps I need that app to get my asp moving on my checklist!
I am just relieved to know that I am not the only one that has to-do’s on the list for like years! Looks great.
I like that fixture. The glass is pretty.
Layla,
Did you and Kevin build the storage “bench” that I see under the mirror on the hallway? (In the first picture of this post.) I’m looking for one that won’t break the bank – thanks as always for the inspiration and ideas!
Cute fixture! I like that it mimics the look of the fixture in the next room too.
Layla,
Love it & love crossing things off the list.
My real question is, how on earth do you keep the house so picture perfect? Lately, I’ve been googling “Where does dust come from?” and “How to stop dust from happening.” I’ll let you know if I find some magic solution.
Amy
Hi Amy!
I just straighten up before I shoot- ha! Although, I’m sure there is some dust in those pics! 😉
You’re pure magic.
You always find the best things! This light is adorable, and so much cuter painted white!
Have I mentioned how much I love your walls and ceilings? Well, I’m saying it again. And that reading room. You rock!
I love you house…and I love how cute and simple this light fixture is! PERFECT!
Love it. Love what you do to your little cottage that could.
Uh oh. We just purged our house (closets, hall) of lights that look exactly like that. I always miss the boat on these things.
Oh I think we ALL have projects that are put on the back burner. I know I do! It feels good when you finally scratch it off the to Do list though. I LOVE your walls!
We have that same little light and it’s so cute. It looks great on your ceiling in white.
i am SO not a fan of polished brass and LOVE that you were all BAM, fixed! so cute and i really should have thought of it before i walked away from a stupid low price on several items. but, now i know!
Love, love, love the acorn light! I need one for my kitchen! I sent the post to DH to get him on board! Thanks for sharing your brilliance! (pun not intended)
LOVE IT!
I was just at Home D today picking up THREE lights to fill those holes…Gotta’ love the “checking off the list” feeling!
Thanks for inspiring!
J
It’s amazing how much your house has evolved over the past few years. Adorable!
I’m kind of like you….I’m not sure if I would have been more excited to get the new light up or to cross something off my list!
It looks so much better with the base painted! I have seen that same light and thought ugh, yet another one with the brassy base and passed it by. 🙂
Which notebook ap are you using? There are several.
A very pretty vintage inspired design 🙂
I am off to Home Depot for that little cutie perfect for our new guest bathroom
Love it
Thanks for the inspiration
xxoo
Pam
Do you have any tips (or an already posted tutorial :)) on spray painting? I spray painted a lamp base recently, and the finish ended up looking and feeling chalky/gritty. I sanded, primed, and used 2 cans of Krylon gloss spray paint. I don’t know where I went wrong. Anyway, the little light fixture base looks perfectly smooth and shiny, so just thought I’d ask. 🙂
Dontcha love that moment when you realize that something that had been on your list for the past 2 years took 15 minutes and $15 and it was done? Ya gotta love a checklist. Lisa~
Simple & perfect, I love it. Not everything has to be a focal point- then things just get too busy. You always have such a good balance- you must do this for a living or something. 🙂
Oh, and I’ve been guilty of adding things to my list that I’ve already done, just so I can cross them off. Sad?
So much cuter with the white base! Good choice.
-Revi
How cute! I love that little light. 🙂
Isn’t it nice when a solution to your “must do list” is so simple and cheap? Yay for crossing off another thing off your list, Layla!
YES! Hoping to work on the guest bathroom a little this week too! 😀
That is just adorable! Vintage perfection. 🙂
Thank you! 😀 Not bad for under seven bucks- ha!
too funny I purchase the same light from home depot two weeks ago and did the same thing; but in Oil Rubbed Bronze! I’m also applying a mercury glass treatment to the glass shade. 🙂
You’ve got such an eye! I’m not sure I would have selected that light, but it’s PERFECT! Love what the white spray paint did to it. The glass is so pretty and simple and the white really shows it off.
Nice work!
Jen
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That’s cute! And, gotta love the cost. Besides, it blends well with the ceiling and it looks vintage since the glass is knobby. Love it!