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Outdoor Curb Appeal: Lowes $100 Giveaway!

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The winner is:  #262: Chelsea Duncan!

Our Lowe’s challenge this month was to spruce up an outdoor area and give it more curb appeal. I knew instantly what I would do and that is, change out these pitiful light fixtures. Lowes has some really nice ones for not a lot of money.

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I picked out these two beauties and they were $40 each. Not bad at all for adding that curb appeal.

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This pretty little black lantern will go over the front door.

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I got out the ladder and started taking down the old fixture. If you have been following my blog for awhile, you know that I am not afraid to tackle light fixtures and changed out every light fixture in my old house myself. It’s not hard once you get the hang of it. I’ll show you more on that below.

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The old one came down.  YAY!

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And the new one went up. Look how cute it looks with my glass front door!

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It’s very simple and elegant with seeded glass.

Here’s are simple instructions on DIYing your own light fixtures.  Someone asked me this and YES, turn OFF the power to your lightswitch by turning off the breaker.  I will confess, that I sometimes just make sure the switch is in the OFF position on the wall and that stops the power from coming through too, but that is not the proper way to do it.  Do as I say, not as I do.  Be safe!

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Here’s the back porch fixture. I thought I’d show you how easy it is to connect these. Black wire to black wire and white one to white. Wrap the copper ground wire around the little screw that is marked Ground. Screw the plate in and line up the bolts. 016

The base of the fixture has holes that the screws slide through and then the cap nut goes on top.

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Much better, don’t you think?

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Beautiful and simple Craftsman style fixture and now the porch will look SO much better. I can hardly wait to get on this porch to enjoy it all!

And Lowes is giving away to ONE of my readers a $100 giftcard to help you out with a project of your own!  What will you spend your giftcard on if you win?

Do you have an outdoor project you’d like to do soon?  Tell me in the comments and I’ll choose a winner in a few days!

Note:  I received a Lowes giftcard to complete my outdoor project.

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  1. Emma Lou says

    May 22, 2012 at 7:40 pm

    I need paint and plants! Lots of both 🙂

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  2. Donna Lee Duffy says

    July 12, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    Outside could use new lamp fixtures too! Especially if I change the color of the house as I would like too. Love that I found your site and the ones I found through yours. Hoping I get inspired to do some things. Thank you!

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