Quick Change Met Monday

For this tenth met Monday I chose a quick and easy project that only took two years to do! This is my powder room light fixture. Perfect isn't it? It wasn't always so! My powder room fixtures as a whole had some serious issues. I joked with my builder that everyone in the neighborhood had come into my spec home and changed out the fixtures for what they wanted. My original light fixture was a builder grade brushed nickel. My towel ring was chrome. My toilet paper holder was oil rubbed bronze. Door hardware oil rubbed bronze and my vanity sink is an antique brass number. There was no rhyme or reason to any of it. This was a spec home built by a custom builder and they were high in sales at the time we bought. The home was "Complete" as far as they were concerned and they were not willing to change a thing for us. This task fell upon me once we moved in. I was ready for the challenge. Okay I was really excited to find things that would work and wow! The decor of my powder room came quickly and easily. The light fixture did not. Although I had changed out the other elements quickly I just could not find a light fixture I loved. So for two years the old one stayed up. Then one day I went into the lighting store to enquire about my ceiling fan that came in my master bedroom which was making noise and warrantied. They were having a store wide 50% off sale on many items. There sat this fixture. 50% off and I thought perfect. I loved the crystals and had wanted something with silk shades. The price was right too! Here is my new fixture up in the powder room. A close up. It has four crystal drops. Two are behind the shades and not visible in this photo. Notice the mirror frame peeking up there. This mirror was grabbed at a home goods for only $24. The only thing that was really "right" about it was the size. Because we have bead board high up on the wall in this powder room finding a mirror the correct size was a difficult task. I originally bought this as a temporary fix. But as it often happens with things like this it has stayed up without replacement. I have not seen anything that would work. But now with the new light fixture up the gold on the frame needed some work!

Another shot straight on and notice the mirror is a bit darker? That is because I took an antique glaze to it to tone it down. Now it matched the light fixture and is more of a bronze tone.

This is the light fixture that was up when we bought the home. Not a terrible fixture in itself but I knew we could do so much better!

A bit of antiquing............

The original bright gold and white mirror.

Sometimes the largest impact comes from the smallest projects. Hope you enjoyed this small transformations. To see more wonderful metamorphosis projects visit Susan on Between Naps on the Porch.