Guest post: Traci from Beneath my Heart

Traci is one of those friends who completely got me the moment I met her (maybe it’s because we share the same name…or that she is a Kentucky girl…or that she is equally as funny as I try to be :) anywho…I know that I have introduced you before….but here she is again sharing another fabulous project. Thanks for visiting Trac ;)

My name is Traci, and I blog at Beneath My Heart.

My Kentucky buddy, Tracie, asked me to guest post on her blog, and I was so honored. I decided to share with you one of my favorite (and most simple) projects I have ever done.

Brassy to Classy Light Makeover!

I LOVE it when I get something for really cheap!!! And I LOVE it even more when it is really ugly, and I make it look really beautiful!!! This is what I did with this $3.00 brassy beauty from the Habitat store…

I know, I know… you are awestruck by its beauty! I saw this thing hanging in all its glory, and I immediately saw it had potential. It had the shape I was looking for. The shape for the pendant light I wanted in our laundry/mud room. You’ve seen them before. Sort of like these from Pottery Barn magazine…                        Or these I found these when I googled “pendant lights”… Or like this one that reminded me the most of my brassy beauty… I found it at a place online called Hinkley Light priced at a mere $418.00!!! Holy Cow!!! Well, my little $3.00 treasure was on its way to an extreme makeover! Say goodbye to old, dated, brassy yuckiness… Say hello to new, classy, Pottery Barn-style “va-va-voomness!”… Oh, yeah baby!! Are you feeling me?!!! Don-cha just love it? Seriously. For $3.00! Get out of here! (Can you tell how excited I am?) It is exactly the “look” I was after. All I needed was a can of Valspar flat black spray paint and a hack saw. Sorry I didn’t get a picture of it, but see those ugly little curly-cues on the top of the light. I didn’t want them there. I think it would still have looked pretty if I had kept them, but it was a little too dressy for my laundry room. I wanted a more simple look. So I sawed them off with a hack saw. It took about 10 seconds per curly-cue. Then I disassembled the light so I could paint it. Sorry I didn’t take a picture of that either. Things happen quickly around here! But I gave it two good coats of flat black spray paint and I was done! My hubby hung it in our laundry/mud room. I cleaned the glass globe and assembled it back together. Wha-la! Here are a few more pics… (laundry room was not completely finished) Here she is all lit up… Isn’t she a beaut, Clark? :) So for a total of about $6.00 or $7.00 (pendant light + spray paint), I now have a beautiful light for my laundry room. Woohoo!!! Here is a before and after shot… From Brassy to Classy! I hope you like it as much as I do! If you would like to see my entire laundry room/mud room just click on the picture below! Thanks for having me here today! Come see me sometime at…

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