New Lights

Hello!

Did you notice anything new in our Anniversary post picture yesterday?

No, not K's mustache or beard!

It's those fancy lights behind us!

Yes, we've put in new lights in the kitchen.

So, I have a list of projects to work on now that the kids are back to school.  One is cleaning out the storage room.  And even though the kids weren't back to school yet, K and I had already started last week!

In clearing out the storage room, I "found" a bunch of lights (well, 3 or 4, really) that needed to be hung.

Here is one of them.

According to the price tag, I paid $10 for it at the ReStore in Nov, 2012.  And I bought 2 of them!

I wanted to put them above the kitchen island and get rid of the old Ikea Paper light.

As the light box is not centered over the island, K decided to run the electric wire on the ceiling over from the box. We don't have great attic access over the kitchen and it would be hard to get the wire  thru all the insulation without distrubing the drywall. Also, there is no rafter above the island, so K made a base for the two lights to fit on .  This way the wires could join up behind it and it would be more secured on the ceiling.

I painted the base with black chalkboard paint.

Here are the two lights hung up. 

 I still have to touch up the paint on the base.  However, I'm not sure I want to leave it black... I may paint it to match the ceiling.  I did paint the box cover blue, but it's not the right paint.  I'm not sure I still have the same blue as the ceiling, so not sure what to do here.  I don't know if I want to buy all new paint just for this.

Anyway, the new lights line up nicely with the hall light. 

Here's how they look from the kitchen table. 

Further down the line, we may get a small ceiling hugger fan, so it's not so cluttered up there on the ceiling.

And the light above the table needs a cover for the electric box....

And the tv antenna doesn't look that great...

But the lights!!  I love them!

Here they are with the cord cover!

Yay for getting stuff done!

Have a great day and wonderful weekend! :-)