And then there were none
Our apartment had 4 nasty ceiling fixtures. Three were the $5 builder-grades, one looks like it was the original fixture from when the building was constructed in 1958.
One by one, we've slowly upgraded the builder-grades into a style that is a little less generic and a little bit more us:
1. Kitchen triplet (took 2 tries, but we finally found a light that we liked, was cheap, and actually fit into the space)
2. Bedroom zen (also $5, but much more our style)
3. Dining room bistro (it took us a year to find a light that we liked, and another 6 months to install it)
Now, after 2 years, we finally bid adieu to the last nastiness. Say hello to our hallway shine. (And yes, we still need to paint the ceiling and walls.)
(Look familiar?!? Yes, it the same fixture as our kitchen. We like it that much)
One by one, we've slowly upgraded the builder-grades into a style that is a little less generic and a little bit more us:
1. Kitchen triplet (took 2 tries, but we finally found a light that we liked, was cheap, and actually fit into the space)
2. Bedroom zen (also $5, but much more our style)
3. Dining room bistro (it took us a year to find a light that we liked, and another 6 months to install it)
Now, after 2 years, we finally bid adieu to the last nastiness. Say hello to our hallway shine. (And yes, we still need to paint the ceiling and walls.)
(Look familiar?!? Yes, it the same fixture as our kitchen. We like it that much)
posted by Lily at
5:56 PM
2 Comments:
If it makes you feel better, we've lived here 5 years and JUST a month or so ago replaced the awful builder grade brass "chandelier" that was in our dining room. It cost all of $50 for a new fixture that doesn't hang down so low it smacks you in the face when you walk in the room. Literally, anyone over 5'6" would have a bump on their head.
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Anonymous, at 10:40 AM
The really nice thing about this fixture is that two of the lamps direct light into our very, very dark (and very frequently used) main clothes closet. The third shines light toward the dressing mirror, so that I can finally match when I go out.
By
Sean, at 11:23 AM
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