So Pleased!

Welcome to our living room...and our new light fixtures!


From the moment I saw the pendants below in Renovation Style way back in the day (2007 or 8), I was in love... and dreamt of the day that they would somehow, someway, grace our home with their unique vintage style.

I discovered that they were from Schoolhouse Electric Co. and after many years of dreaming, was finally able to piece together a version that would work for our coved ceiling. This little guy below, the Hamilton 4, was the look I eventually started to aim for.

Most of our light fixtures have been ordered sight unseen, well they were seen online and in catalogs, but not in person (Rejuvination, where some of our other fixtures have come from, thank goodness is local). Not being able to see what "Antique Black" or "Matte Bronze" really looked like made for a few sleepless nights and several rounds of heart palpitations...especially because when fixtures are ordered to a custom length such as these, they are non-returnable!

Well...the Antique Black was a winner and we couldn't be more pleased (Matte Bronze ended up in the guest room, the Honey Suckle Suite, and it's a winner too)! The little white disks that are next to the fixtures are sprinklers our little city insisted we put in...(whole nother story). We're working on a way to incorporate them into the wood ceiling better, hopefully with something coppery.

Schoolhouse Electric has been a dream to work with (as was Rejuvination) and I'll post more of the beautiful fixtures we ordered from them soon. The last two images are from their website.

A Light Surprise

We knew the electrician was going to be at the house this last week but whenever we went by only the pot-lights (boo) were being put in. I wanted to see the fun stuff! Then lo and behold...
yesterday when I went to the house, I pulled into the driveway and there they were...the fun-stuff was happening - outside!

These were the very first light fixtures we purchased (Restoration Hardware)...3 years ago, and they've been sitting in storage ever since.

Note to self: Always open *every single box* (there were eight) you recieve and make sure all the parts are there so when three years down the road you are ready to install, you don't find out that there is a broken or missing anything in the lot!