Chic Little House: Light From Above

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Among other diy projects this weekend, I really want to tackle a painting our hallway. Months back when I repainted our living room Woodrow Wilson Putty, I skipped painting our Hallway. Fortunately no one noticed or said anything to me! My plans on Saturday are morning is paint the Hall way and install a new light fixture hallway & hang a large to help bounce light around our dark hallway.

First up our hallway with its dated light fixture - it has hard to get a good shoot. Did you notice our ceiling looks a little green? Yup, I will be painting the ceiling a nice bright white. The ceiling is one of those left over projects we never got around to doing! It's of of the those projects that are b-o-r-i-n-g.

I love modern elegant light fixtures, but for the hallway I wanna keep it thrifty ~~cheap~~ and it must be a close to the ceiling light fixture / flush mount. Also the light fixture can't be to big, because next to it is our HVAC filter vent. I started my search at Lamps Plus more for inspiration, since they don't have many budget friendly options. I quickly fell in love with this flush mount light fixture { Possini Euro Design White Flower } ! Its so pretty and unexpected in a hallway, but I wasn't loving the price tag of $ 89.00 for a hallway fixture. I quickly google coupon Lamp Plus, praying a valid 50% off coupon would pop up! Alas nope Nada, plus its too bug :(

I decided to start my search over and look for basic ceiling mount light fixtures ( that weren't too boring) I like this Design House Millbridge light fixture simple base and clean looking light shade. Certainly not as amazing as the flower fixture from Lamps Plus, but that's OK. The price only $ 14.97 from Home Depot

I also found the Design House 8 inch light fixture a with a more modern light cover. For only $ 19.47 also from Home Depot.

I also popped over to Lowes virtually and checked out their lighting options, I came across the Portofilo light fixture which is in stock at my store! For only $ 19.97, the ones from Home Depot are available online only.

In the end I decided to go with the Portfolio light fixture, its not was modern as the one I first fell in love with, but but the price and size are a perfect fit. Plus we've been consider adding another light in the hallway and buying another one of these will be super affordable.

What projects to you have on your 'I'll Get to it Later' project ?

11 comments:

Kasey at Thrifty Little BlogJanuary 27, 2011 at 12:06 PM
My hall light is currently wires hanging out of the ceiling. I have a feeling there will be a blog post like this in my future :).
Chyanne M.January 27, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Hall lights tend to be on the bottom of the list. I still have fixtures in boxes. Haha!
Mrs. ChicJanuary 27, 2011 at 1:16 PM
lol! Glad to hear I'm not the only one putting off the pesky hallway! Our Hallway is so dark its like walking though a tunnel :)
theultimateJanuary 27, 2011 at 1:41 PM
I think I'm in love with that first one. Wow! =] But yeah, hallway lights don't usually get priority. =]
Mrs. ChicJanuary 27, 2011 at 1:48 PM
theulitmate - Yeah I love the first one too! I even checked on Ebay for a lower price no luck.
Jenny @ Anything PrettyJanuary 27, 2011 at 7:36 PM
Yeah we have tons of boring projects. Like touching out paint and caulking. So unglamorous but so necessary!
_kArLy[*]January 27, 2011 at 7:44 PM
i love this! how fun and creative! im excited to follow your blog and start catching up on your posts!
-karly
www.karpluswade.blogspot.com
Karen@StrictlySimpleStyleJanuary 28, 2011 at 6:37 AM
That first light is pretty special. I think I'd pay that price if it was in a public area of my home, otherwise, I'd do just what you did and save my pennies for other things.

The one project that's on my "do later" list is wall art. I have a number of gold frames I collected and hung on my wall-empty! I need desperately to find art but I don't want to settle for something that isn't completely me.

Good luck with the painting and have a great weekend.
828 Miles LaterJanuary 28, 2011 at 10:10 PM
Hi! This is my first post on your blog. I love the first light. Your light bill might higher because you are gonna want to leave that light on all the time just so people can see how gorgeous it is.
Aren't decisions the worst!?!
Pretty FearlessJanuary 30, 2011 at 6:53 AM
It is one of those bottom of the list things but once it's done you wonder whay you didn't do it earlier. I also added a hall light flush mount fixture and a pretty brass light switch plate. Now my tiny hallway feels elegant.
Mrs. ChicJanuary 30, 2011 at 10:22 PM
Pretty Fearless, I'm wondering why it took us so long to take on this simple project! The little projects can have such a nice impact.