Brass is definitely not my thing....and I am in a house surrounded with it! But I liked the shape of this and figured that I could turn it into something a little more modern.
I was able to take the pieces apart pretty easily...
Add a few coats of spray paint :)
And then get everything put back together.
$485 version
$900 version
$1700 version!
As we find anytime we try to start a project...nothing in our old house is to code. Dad pulled about 4 wires from the ceiling and they all looked terrible! Super old, brown, and no clue why they needed quite that many.
We saw a few sparks...but finally got everything connected.
Sooo happy with how it looks!!!
$20 light + $5 spray paint
Not too bad!
UNFORTUNATELY, it's not working yet! As I said, we saw a few sparks...so we flipped the breaker then we weren't able to get the power back to the wires. Dad will be coming back up to look at it again this week with his buddy. Hopefully we'll get everything sorted out. For now, I'm very happy with how it looks.
When we returned from our trips this summer, we had to spend some extra time in the yard. This lovely "tree" was actually a massive weed that grew up right next to our door. Thankfully Rip was able to get it out along with a few more...Yeesh!
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