I see the light!

Lately I've been trying to learn my lessons from our last house, and have been trying to knock out those "95% projects" (that is, projects finished within 5% of completion) before moving on to the next project. 95% project syndrome is also known as HIADD (Home Improvement Attention Deficit Disorder).

For example, say you need to paint the living room, and as part of that project you want to replace two wall lamps. That requires removing the hardware, some minor rewiring, and touching up the paint around the old fixture's footprint not covered by the new fixture.

What a coincidence! That is exactly the scenario from yesterday's "Honey-Do" list.

The old footprint:

Groovy old green paint.

We searched awhile for some cool replacement fixtures, and found these cool salvaged ones at Second Use for $20. The best part is they are old, and they kind of match other original other hall & bedroom ceiling fixtures! All I had to do was clean up the metal, replace the socket hardware & rewire. The price for was right at only $6 for these extra materials.

Bright light.

What a difference made by some improved lighting and hanging a little artwork!

My cell phone camera is not fancy, but it was fun playing with the brightness.