Blinded by the Light (DIY Branch Light)

Helllllllo there.  Me and Shane have been gone, but certainly aren't dead.  Yet.  The past month has been filled with every activity under the sun, and lots of Project Runway watching.  Lots.  Needless to say, something had to go.  So bu-bye blog for one month.  I've got a feeling things will start to settle down here within the next, oh, five years?  Regular blog sessions will ensue after.

One, or maybe two... probably two months ago I started another lighting project.  My favorite.  I came across this idea by checking out Home Depot's DIY section.  One of my favorite bloggers from Little Green Notebook hosted the how-to class in Tempe, AZ, and documented the process on her blog too.

Let's first begin by looking at the light we did have:

I think it was just too typical and boring for our personalities.  It isn't a bad light per-se, so if you have this light in your house and love it, good for you!  There could be worse things in life!  Hooray!

Our hallway doesn't see much for natural sunlight, and the dingy flush mount light just wasn't cutting it.  Half the time you could hardly tell it was on.

Enough is enough.  This little light of mine, I'm gonna make you shine, dammit.

First things first (I'll eat your brain then I'm gonna start rockin' gold teeth and fangs) thanks Nicki.  I started out by purchasing a very simple porcelain canopy socket for around three bucks and seven socket splinters- around $2.00 a piece.  I wanted to experiment with placement before painting the unit first.  While doing this the hubby kept looking over my shoulder.  He didn't even need to tell me what he was thinking, because I already knew, but decided to anyway.  Fire hazard.