Schoolhouse Lights

Hi everyone!

Life's been busy, all in a good way.

My Etsy Shop has been keeping me very busy.

So busy, in fact, that we may be adding on to our house.

More on that a little later, we're waiting for the $ numbers to see if it's a feasible plan.

Keep your fingers crossed.

With all this being a possibility,

 I've been keeping my eyes open looking for ways to add some wonderful details with a teensy budget.

I was browsing Craigslist when I came across a listing

for 2 Schoolhouse Lights...

I don't have that picture, but here's what it all looked like when I tore them apart.

 

 

The chain was a heavy iron chain,

I've replaced it with plain brass chain for right now,

somewhere in what I call my storage section of my studio is some really nice vintage chain from our $15/$300 Estate Sale light.

 

 

The globes are a nice, chunky, 12" in diameter.

 

 

Cleaned them up a little, I wanted some character and some brassiness.

I didn't want them to look like they were made yesterday.

 

 

Voila!

 

 

They aren't identical, and that's just fine with me.

The ceiling canopy thingy ( for lack of the real term )

is different.

 

 

Twins...just not identical.

My studio is beginning to look like a lighting boutique.

 

I found this light at an Estate Sale in the garage.

 

 

 

This had really old wiring.

The shade is what I would call white Carnival Glass.

 

There's some corrosion on some of the silver parts. 

 I haven't figured out what I want to do with that.

I don't have any problem with things that show their age. 

 

I found this light at our local Habitat for Humanit Re-Store.