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Kitchen Pendant Lighting ORC Week 3

by RoxanneK, in category Before and After, Lighting, One Room Challenge

3 pendant lights over sink the Honeycomb Home

Week 3-we are halfway there….Yikes!  I’ve made progress since week 2, but I wish I were further along than I am.  As I mentioned last week, we did get our new pendant lighting installed above our sink area.  I’d like to say a huge thank you to Lamps Plus, one of the official sponsors of the One Room Challenge,  for sponsoring* these Old Bronze Mini Pendants for this makeover.  I just love this new lighting.

Mason Jar Pendant Light lamps plus

 

I haven’t previously shared a before photo of the kitchen from this angle.  We had two pendants on a track hanging above the sink before.  I’ve wanted these changed out for years, as well as wanting to get rid of the track that they hung from.

kitchen sink area before

 

Luckily my husband, John,  is great with electrical work and was able to switch the two old pendants for the 3 new ones, minus the track!

Installing Pendant lighting

 

And he even looked happy doing it.

John-lighting

 

After John had them installed, I added my regular light bulbs.  Then I realized they would look much cuter with Edison bulbs instead.  Here is a shot showing one of each type of bulb in the pendant.

Edison Bulbs

 

As you can see from the photo below, still no countertops. But I do have an install date set for next week which will still give us two weekends to complete everything else.  We removed the old backsplash and I’ve gotten a good amount of the cabinets painted.  Notice that a few of the upper cabinets are still without doors, I’m still working on those.

Pendant lights over sink area

 

Although I’ve only crossed one additional thing off our list since last week, a few of the others are halfway there.  We made over my kitchen table last weekend, which I shared a sneak peek of on my Instagram.  I’m still working on making over the chairs.  Painting the cabinets is almost done.

  • Buy a new refrigerator
  • Add a row of cabinetry above the existing cabinets to extend to the ceiling
  • New countertops
  • New undermount sink
  • New backsplash
  • Paint existing cabinets
  • Add glass fronts to some of the cabinet doors
  • Install lighting in new upper cabinets
  • Install lighting under lower cabinets
  • Add new cabinetry hardware
  • Install new pendants over the sink
  • Completely makeover the existing table and chairs
  • Paint the walls

Thanks again to Lamps Plus for sponsoring my kitchen lighting!   They are a pleasure to work with, with incredible customer service.  I would highly recommend them for your lighting needs.  I am also using lighting from Lamps Plus to light my upper cabinets as well as the lowers, but that is yet to be installed.

I’ll see you back here next week with my Week 4 progress.  Be sure to check out my Instagram for sneak peeks!

 

Week 1-  Kitchen Before Photos

Week 2- Kitchen Design Plan

Week 3- Kitchen Pendant Lighting

Week 4- Installing Cabinetry Hardware

Week 5-  DIY Farmhouse Table

Week 6-  Kitchen Makeover Reveal

 

 *You can read my full disclosure on sponsored posts here.

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Restoration Hardware Knockoff Chandelier

by RoxanneK, in category cheap decorating ideas

Restoration Hardware Knockoff Chandelier

 

Orb chandeliers have been around for a while now.  I don’t know about you, but I love them as much now as when I first saw one over at Restoration Hardware. I have been coveting this one for at least a year now.

RH ORB

 

While shopping in Home Goods one day, I found the inspiration to make my own DIY light fixture.  It was in the gardening section and clearance-priced at $12.  I knew immediately I wanted to turn this into a light fixture.  Of course, I would need my husbands help with the electrical part of this project.  He really doesn’t like home improvement projects, but agreed to help out with this one.

my orb

 

Now to figure out how to get a chandelier to fit in there.   I visited thrift stores, yard sales, & Habitat For Humanity with no luck.   I finally found what I was looking for in a local antique store.  Check out this brass & glass fixture from the 70’s.  I knew the chandelier part was small enough to fit between the metal bars of my orb.

brass chand

 

Next, John disassembled the ugly  brass chandelier, which fortunately came apart by simply unscrewing it.  Then  I spray painted over the brass with Rust-Oleum metallic spray paint in bronze.  I used metallic because that was the only finish I could find in the bronze.  I did not spray paint the orb itself to match because I liked the weathered look of the orb the way it is. Once it dried, John attached the chandelier to the base with metal brackets called cable straps.

090

 

And finally, here is our version of the Restoration Hardware Rustic Iron Orb chandelier.

2final RH final

 

RH chandelier cost:  $695.00 for the small one . My version cost: $27.00. I have seen other versions of this orb at Marshall’s and TJ Maxx .  Home Goods recently had one in a beautiful shade of Kelly green.  I also found some orbs online, you can see them here and here.  You could also simplify the chandelier part and just use a pendant lighting kit for the center.   Happy hunting!

 

builder-grade-kitchen-gets-a-makoever-2-the-honeycomb-home

 

You can see my full kitchen makeover here.

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