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How to Change a Light Fixture {JaG Style}

March 12, 2012 by Chris

Trudging along trying to meet this year’s house goals has kept me busy. One of the goals is to de-boob this place. Wait…let me rephrase that. The goal is to get rid of any and all boob lights in the house. You can quit covering your eyes now.

boob light

I’m re-doing my craft room. Oops. That wasn’t on the list of goals. Don’t tell my husband. Lots of other things are going on in there, but I wanted to use the opportunity to get a new light. I found THE one at Lowes, but they only had the floor model.

Conversation at Lowes…

  • Me: Okay. Well, will you sell me the floor model?
  • Mr. Lowes: It’s really dusty and dirty.
  • Me: Ok. So what will you take off for it?
  • Mr. Lowes: I can take off 10%, but it might be a little banged up.
  • Me: I’ll take it!
  • Mr. Lowes: Sigh…I’ll go get a ladder then.

Lowes ceiling light

I’m no mathematician, but I’m pretty sure he gave me more than 10% off! Good job, Mr. Lowes! And he was right—she was a little banged up on one side, but I was totally ok with that. We’re talking a craft room here, ya know?

drumshade

My father in law was coming up to help with the other stuff in the room, so I thought it would be a good time to do a tutorial on how to change out a light fixture. But then things started to go downhill. Quickly. My first several pictures were stolen from me since my FIL took down the old fixture without me knowing. Gads. Then, I realized that my 5-foot tall MIL wouldn’t be able to help my FIL hold the light fixture so I could take pictures. Double gads.

So here’s the best I have. A random picture tutorial of how to change a light fixture. Kind of like Ikea instructions!

wire cutting   how to change a light change a light fixture

These pictures were taken “blindly” with the wrong hand. I was laughing. A lot.

change a light fiture wiring

light fixture wiring

My MIL took this picture. I believe I was whining about my arm burning at this point. Then we started laughing and almost dropped the whole thing.

Lowes drumshade

Aaaannd the final step. What do you mean, “Where’s the tutorial?” Weren’t you paying attention?

ceiling light

Well….even if you weren’t, here’s the grand finale. She’s pretty beautiful, eh?

drum ceiling light

I’m pretty much in love with it. I walk by, look at it, smile, come back, turn the light on, walk around it, leave the room, come back, turn the light off, smile at it and repeat.

ceiling drumshade

If you’d like a legitimate tutorial, check out my friend Brittany’s! She actually knows what she’s doing.

Pretty Handy Girl

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Well, hello. Ahem. Allow myself to introduce..my..self. My name is Chris! And I’m a blogger! I got into blogging after spending months reading all the inspiration that is found in blogland. I thought to myself, “Self, I can do this. I might have something to offer too!” And so it began...
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Comments

  1. marie says

    March 12, 2012 at 7:35 am

    fantastic light and a GREAT deal! i bought a light fixture at lowes on saturday for $23, marked down from $92. i have NO idea where to put it, but for that price….i’ll find a spot!

  2. Rhonda says

    March 12, 2012 at 7:51 am

    Wow. That is an amazing light, and what a deal!

  3. Kim @ Plumberry Pie says

    March 12, 2012 at 10:09 am

    looks great! i love that last line, how you turn the light on and walk around, turn it off, repeat. whenever i do a change, i do the same thing. i revisit the awesomeness a few (million) times a day:). makes me all happy inside.

  4. Rosie says

    March 12, 2012 at 10:18 am

    Now I look at the fixture over my dining table and think “boob”. It was an interim fixture that has been up at least 5 years. I have tolerated it because it is galvanized and has a cage over it, but it is on the chopping block.

  5. Nicole says

    March 12, 2012 at 10:20 am

    Don’t you just hate those boob lamps? I’m in the process of replacing ours too. The previous owners even put one on the basement stairs wall, as a SCONCE!!

    I like that one from Lowe’s. Very fetching.

  6. Kate says

    March 12, 2012 at 10:29 am

    Now that I’ve heard the “boob” reference, that is all I can think of when I see every single light in our house. I can see replacing the bedroom lights with something beautiful and stylish like this, but what would you put in a hallway or a family room? I’m going to have to keep an eye out for something. Any suggestions would be nice.

  7. Andrea Atkinson says

    March 12, 2012 at 10:52 am

    I love the new lamp so much I want one. Pity I am in the wrong country (England) so not a hope of that happening. As for the maths, yeah you got better than 10%. Maybe they just couldn’t be bothered to do the maths properly.

    I love your blog so much I have added you to my Google Reader so I don’t miss any posts.

    • Chris says

      March 12, 2012 at 3:58 pm

      Thank you so much, Andrea! I imagine that is frustrating when you know we don’t offer the same stores over there. I’ll bet you could find something similar though! Thank you for visiting! I’m glad to “meet” you!

  8. Liz VanKirk says

    March 12, 2012 at 11:50 am

    I just love that light! I will have to take a gander at it the next time I’m in Lowes. Keep up the good work – I love reading your blog! I was excited to hear you were from MI as well and I have to admit that I love your town’s High School (was there 2 years ago for a State Gymnastics Meet).

    Liz in Freeland

    • Chris says

      March 12, 2012 at 3:57 pm

      That’s so cool, Liz in Freeland. 🙂 Glad to meet you! Thank you for stopping by!

  9. Melinda says

    March 12, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    Looks great! Much better.

    melinda

    • Chris says

      March 12, 2012 at 3:56 pm

      Thank you, Melinda!

  10. Jill Fory says

    March 12, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    I love it! much better than a ‘boob’ light – LOL!

  11. Chris says

    March 12, 2012 at 4:00 pm

    Test comment

  12. Jenn says

    March 12, 2012 at 5:28 pm

    I laughed reading you were de-boobing your house. hahahaha I HATE those lights, and the previous owner was a HUGE fan of them. I really like that new fixture, it looks super swanky! 🙂

  13. Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking says

    March 12, 2012 at 7:50 pm

    Oh I agree that light looks amazing and what a deal. On top of that what a blessing you had such good help installing it!!

  14. Kim Porter says

    March 12, 2012 at 9:40 pm

    I heard Sarah Richardson’s assistant, Tommy, call it a boob light on HGTV and I can not longer even LOOK at those lights. I think Lowes has a great selection of “non boob” lights. I am putting the school house lights in our hallway, we also have them in our kitchen. They are pretty, they do the job and I don’t have to look at boobs everywhere!! 🙂

    Kim @ mylifeincolorblog.com

  15. Sandra says

    March 14, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    She is beautiful! I will add, it’s not easy to take pics while installing a light fixture while on a ladder. LOL Great improvement over the B-light. I can’t even bring myself to say it. LOL

    • Chris says

      March 14, 2012 at 10:33 pm

      Ha! Thank you, Sandra! Come on…you can say it. 🙂

  16. Lana@whatsthestorymorninglory.com says

    March 18, 2012 at 8:53 am

    Looks great! I would love to change out all my boob lights in my home. I really like the one you chose and what a good deal! I need to start looking around my local home improvement stores.
    I am a new follower and found you through the Haven Conference. I wish I could get there it looks wonderful.

    • Chris says

      March 18, 2012 at 12:34 pm

      I wish you could get to Haven too, Lana! Maybe next year!

  17. Dee M. says

    March 18, 2012 at 10:03 pm

    Thank you! I’ve been looking for a light for my son’s room just like this one, but our Lowe’s doesn’t carry it in stock, so I hadn’t seen it. Just got online and ordered it. 🙂 You scored an awesome deal and it looks great!

    • Chris says

      March 19, 2012 at 3:26 pm

      That’s awesome, Dee! I’m so glad you were able to find it!

  18. Lex Malla Books says

    March 22, 2012 at 7:25 pm

    Thanks for sharing. Sometimes things like this can be so scary when you don’t know what you’re doing.

    lexmallabooks.com

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