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| Photo 1 -- Before |
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| *Photo 2 |
Daughter Hallie and her husband Nick recently finished refurbishing a light fixture for their bedroom. Hallie writes:
"Tired
of not having a nice light fixture in our nice, new bedroom, I woke up one
morning with inspiration to refurbish this stamped aluminum fixture that is
likely original to the house. I began boiling the small pieces in an old pot
that we do not use for cooking in order to peel the old paint off. I believe I
would have lost interest in this project that required much time, attention,
patience and precision, but these requirements appeal to Nick who basically
took over without my needing to give up or ask for help. He proceeded to strip
the larger piece while I found replacement parts for the sockets and wiring
online. After the light was painted, Nick decided it needed some painting
detail to really "pop", so he bought acrylic paint and carefully
painted the gold detail before spray coating a protective finish on the whole
thing. It's lovely!"
*Photo 2: Paint stripped--it's actually silver in color. The finial piece turned out to
be copper.
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| Photo 3 -- finished |
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| Photo 4 -- to show finial |
Absolutely beautiful! Great job.
ReplyDeleteI love it! And the house gives a smile yet again. :-)
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