From the category archives:

chandelier

Thrifty Shopping: One Last Chandelier

May 17, 2009

You may recall that last year, I showed you a pic from Restoration Hardware. Meet Riley. I really like Riley, just don’t like the pricetag of $670. So, I found this fixture at a thriftstore for a measly $5 and brought it home. Not exactly the same, but a good facsimile, don’t you think. Same [...]

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Lighting Finale

January 29, 2008

Here’s where we started……And, at last, the foyer light fixture is UP! Our neighbors had a ladder tall enough to reach up from the next to the top rung and yes, you guessed it…it was me who climbed up there & did it. Hubby was a good sport and helped me the whole way, since [...]

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The Diningroom has a New Crown

January 21, 2008

It was love at first sight. I went to lunch with some of my friends from work on Friday and decided to stop in one of my favorite stores in Homewood, The Royal Standard (see the monogrammed trashcans in the background), to see if they had any chandeliers that might work for my diningroom. I [...]

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Exciting Lighting News!

January 13, 2008

When we first moved here 2 years ago, one of the first things on my checklist of things that I wanted to change out eventually was all the builder’s brass light fixtures that were in every single room & closet of this house. Now, I’ve done the shiny brass thing over the years & I [...]

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Chandy Love!

September 6, 2007

Oh. My. Word!! All I can say is…I’m in love with the new chandy! You know I could hardly wait to get that thing up…I absolutely LOVE it..it’s perfect over my breakfast table & of course, the green sparkly bobeche beads are staying! But then, you knew they would. They really set it off & [...]

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Go Yardsaling With Me!

August 26, 2007

You can see by the clock that I got a pretty early start yardsaling on Saturday. There was a big neighborhood sale near me, so I was pretty excited. I decided to take my camera with me this time just to show you all the good stuff that is out there. I have to always [...]

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Before and After: Brass to Bronze Light Fixture

August 15, 2007

I managed to get a project done the week before I started working. Here’s another fairly ugly, standard builder’s brass light fixture in the breakfast area. Since it’s not in the budget to replace it anytime soon, I figured I might as well bronze it. I got this project finished the week before I went [...]

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