Wednesday, June 4, 2014

DIY Lighting 101


Bethany and I are obsessed with light fixtures and have been trying our hand at designing and executing our own.  This simple pair of pendants was one of our first tries.  They now belong to a client whose home we are continuing to work on, but boy, this was a fun and super easy creation.


We bought 2  new aluminum hammered trashcans and cut holes in the top with a hole saw (used for cutting holes for door hardware). We got our pendant kits from Lowe's, but I have also bought alot of hardwire kits from World Market.




Hopefully this will encourage you to give DIY Lighting a try.  I'm currently into a large DIY fixture for my dining room  now and will post that soon.  

Shine on!







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13 comments:

  1. Julia@Cuckoo4DesignJune 5, 2014 at 7:33 AM

    Such a great looking and genius idea

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  2. Connie in HartwoodJune 5, 2014 at 8:02 AM

    Cool! Now that pendant light kits are so easy to come by, it's a lot of fun to see what unconventional things can be made into light fixtures. Anyone can do this!

    I did this with some vintage green glass shades over the winter, using track light pendant kits. So easy and really original!

    http://hartwoodroses.blogspot.com/2014/01/progress-on-shack-and-how-to-make-track.html

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  3. Kerry Steele- Design du MondeJune 5, 2014 at 8:23 AM

    Very cool, Nancy! I will keep it in mind for my next project.

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  4. Price Style & DesignJune 5, 2014 at 9:27 AM

    Wow! I love it! Please share an installation pic! Xo

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  5. KarenaJune 5, 2014 at 11:43 AM

    Very cool ladies, I am so impressed!

    xoxo
    Karena
    The Arts by Karena

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  6. StagerLindaJune 5, 2014 at 1:45 PM

    Let me start with the genius of your thought process. You looked at trash cans and saw pendent lights? Brilliant! Nope, I couldn't do it--I'm a "Lucy" and have not business using power tools. Great job, girls!

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  7. Virginia Country HouseJune 5, 2014 at 3:37 PM

    Wow. I am so impressed with your creativity! You go girls! xo, N.G.

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  8. stephanie at Stephanie Kraus DesignsJune 5, 2014 at 7:05 PM

    so cool!! very impressive!!

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  9. Vel CristeJune 5, 2014 at 10:19 PM

    I think it's wonderful your doing this and your first project, a success! Can't wait to see the one for your Dining!

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  10. UnknownJune 7, 2014 at 5:56 AM

    I really like this blog. And thanks to given this idea and post this blog. It's very useful to me for design my home with different verities of diy lighting.
    DIY Ideas

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  11. My Notting HillJune 7, 2014 at 9:50 PM

    These are great. I like how you both are willing to make things as part of your design process!

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  12. SHERRY HARTJune 10, 2014 at 8:33 AM

    Love these....trash cans....who knew:)

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  13. Naomi@DesignManifestJune 13, 2014 at 10:45 AM

    Very cute!! If they are trash cans I'm guessing the scale is big which is awesome. I want to see them hung!

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