Monday, March 23, 2009

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.








17 comments:

  1. I agree, not bad before but this is even prettier! I like it, really love your ceiling in here, is it wallpaper? or a paint job?
    I know I had a hard time finding light fixtures like I wanted for our main bath, that we are starting to redo, and finally found 2 to match. I will show some of that next Met Monday.
    Love your house by the way!
    Linda Q

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  2. Oh the new light fixture is just gorgeous. I love the crystals and the silk shades. The mirror is also perfect with the antique glaze. What a major improvement for a small investment. I do agree that sometimes it's the smallest things that make the biggest difference. Hugs, Marty

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  3. I love your ceiling! Is it wallpaper. That is just tooo cute. Great find on the light fixture also!!

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  4. I really love the ceiling, it's a real show stopper! The way you antiqued that mirror is really lovely. The red walls give the room such drama. I adore beadboard, I have it in my powder room and I'm thinking about putting it in the rental I'm working on.

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  5. love the new light fixture and love, love the ceiling!

    amy@maisonbelle

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  6. Great job! You were right.. it was nice to start with but much better now. You make me realize that I need to get some antiquing going around here.

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  7. Gorgeous new light fixture! The old one did not look bad either but the new one looks very elegant...Christine

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  8. sigh! This lovely fixture makes me realize how pathetic some of them are in my own home. Even your "not quite right before fixture" looks better than some of mine. LOL
    How was your trip, and did Em have great success? Hoping Bill goes home tomorrow. (hope, hope, hope)
    Glad you made it back safely. Hugs, Barb

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  9. Pretty. I love your choice of light fixture. Gotta love the red walls too, my powder room is also red!

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  10. I couldn't take my eyes off of your ceiling. It's very stricking. Mirror is nice too.

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  11. God that ceiling needs to be in my home too. lol. Love the sconces good choice. I pretty much replaced all my lighting too. Told the builder , "Dont bother putting anything up in the dining room, I got it covered. " Oh and the entry, ect. Please there lighting package was pretty cheap. mishelle

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  12. Thank y'all. To answer the ceiling question...it is wallpaper. The first met Monday I ever participated was all about this wallpaper and where I put it in my home. That post has more of the bath. My touch of whimsy!

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  13. Love the lighting fixture but the ceiling is spectacular... might have to borrow that idea from you for our powder room.

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  14. The crystal drops on the light fixture just goes so well with your ohh-la-la ceiling, paint & beadboard... You have a great sense of style! ;-) Bo

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  15. of course i love the fixture,but what caught my eye was that ceiling wallpaper.i love it with the red walls and the fixture.wow.it all pops.great job here...ann

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  16. I love your new fixture, sooo elegant! Hope you are having fun with your family on your trip. Susan

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