Everything Is Illuminated
In the interest of full disclosure, I might have a minor to moderate lighting obsession. So I couldn’t wait to show you my latest lighting purchase. She’s a sleek seeded glass pendant lamp- perfect for over the sink. The rest of the overhead lights are going to be recessed, but she’ll be a nice little accent fixture to shed light on our gorgeous new faucet, eh?
We got her at West Elm for 99 beans (actually less cause we had a gift card- thanks Emily!) and couldn’t be happier with our choice. She’s not too out there (we thought a big chrome lamp might be too loud in front of the window above the sink, so we were looking for something more subtle) and the seeded glass ads a bit of texture and interest.
The funny thing is that I sent a photo of this fixture to John a couple weeks ago thinking he’d love it and he thought it was “weird.” But when he saw it in the store he saddled up to it and said “what about something like this for over the sink?” After gently reminding him that I’d sent him a photo of it earlier and he had dismissed it, he mumbled something about it looking different in person and then quickly got in line to snag one of the last ones in the store.
Now she’s just sitting in her box on the floor of our kitchen (along with the other pendant lamp we got for over the dining table) until I can get an electrician to come out and get everything hooked up. A renovator’s work is never done.
Image courtesy of West Elm
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Hey Mary,
Yup it was a clear bulb all the way! The funny thing is that when it burns out John would rather go out and grab another one asap than live with a frosted one in there- he’s weird like that. And I love him for it.
xo,
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It’s taken me weeks to read through your archives, but I’m almost at the beginning now. Been such a ride, thank you.
This post gave me such a laugh: “A renovator’s work is never done.” Indeed. 2.5 years later you’re going as strong as ever. It almost gives me a panic attack, being that WE just started ours! I have an inkling of what lies ahead (more panic attacks, hehehe) and I’m sure it’ll take us 10! But thanks again for the motivational post (on February 17, 2010) which I know will have us get there. (Perhaps we’d get there faster if I stopped stalking yours and others blogs…? Now there’s a thought. Evil, unbearable thought, but yet…)
Hi
I’m scrolling through your archives to catch up on your blogs. I came across this one & I was wondering what type of lightbulb you ended up using? I hope you used a clear bulb. I think it would look better then the one West Elm used in their photo. Cool light fixture, though.