I am not being overly dramatic...really. I am terrified of electricity! But if you lived with these lights for close to six years (and a dragon fly theme decor) in your guest bath, you'd be tempted to climb a ladder with a screw driver yourself.
It started with a desire to paint the bathroom, your know, freshen it up a bit. But the lights, well, they looked so bad. And the sink had a ton of chalk on it. The wall were badly patched so the sink top had to be removed and cleaned. That's when I found the hole in the wall.....and the leak behind it. This just became a much bigger job than a gallon of paint and new shower curtain! I will show more pics when it is finally completed.
But back to the lights. Brass, and so very 80's....maybe even 70's......But
definitely not vintage and cool. Just outdated and ugly. So I got real brave or maybe stupid, depending on your fear level, turned off the power switch thingy in the big gray box in the basement, and started. Stopping now and then, when my hands shaking made thing a little difficult, I got the old fixtures down. They really hide the screws that hold the thing to the junction box, but if you bend them up a bit, you finally can find them!!! Now I had three bare wares sticking out of a hole in the wall. Video calls to Ron helped when I got stuck (too many wires in the fixture to hook up to the corresponding wires in the wall). And then today I finished!!! New lights!! Attached to the wall!!
With lights that actually work!! Amazing!!
And I am still alive!! Wait til you hear about my foot in the paint tray and hooking up the sink!!!
It started with a desire to paint the bathroom, your know, freshen it up a bit. But the lights, well, they looked so bad. And the sink had a ton of chalk on it. The wall were badly patched so the sink top had to be removed and cleaned. That's when I found the hole in the wall.....and the leak behind it. This just became a much bigger job than a gallon of paint and new shower curtain! I will show more pics when it is finally completed.
But back to the lights. Brass, and so very 80's....maybe even 70's......But definitely not vintage and cool. Just outdated and ugly. So I got real brave or maybe stupid, depending on your fear level, turned off the power switch thingy in the big gray box in the basement, and started. Stopping now and then, when my hands shaking made thing a little difficult, I got the old fixtures down. They really hide the screws that hold the thing to the junction box, but if you bend them up a bit, you finally can find them!!! Now I had three bare wares sticking out of a hole in the wall. Video calls to Ron helped when I got stuck (too many wires in the fixture to hook up to the corresponding wires in the wall). And then today I finished!!! New lights!! Attached to the wall!!
With lights that actually work!! Amazing!!
And I am still alive!! Wait til you hear about my foot in the paint tray and hooking up the sink!!!
1 comment:
Yay...conquer those fears! Can't wait to see the "after" photos.
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