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DIY Light Fixture From a Mixing Bowl
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Elizabeth Joan Designs
(IC: blogger)
As always, I have been leisurely browsing Pinterest and different store's websites for months searching for inspiration. This time, my goal was to find ideas for a DIY Light Fixture for my oldest son's bedroom. When I found this industrial beauty from Pottery Barn Kids, I fell in love immediately. I just knew I had to make one. The only question I had was how? The shape of this particular fixture resembled a metal mixing bowl to me. That's when I put two and two together. Ah-ha! A DIY Light Fixture from a Mixing Bowl. That was a true light bulb moment!
First, I drilled three adjacent holes in the bottom of the mixing bowl. FYI, this process is much easier if you flip the bowl upside down first.
Next, I grabbed my metal cutters and snipped the bottom of the bowl to connect the three pre-drilled holes together. This took a little elbow grease, but nothing I couldn't handle.
First, I drilled three adjacent holes in the bottom of the mixing bowl. FYI, this process is much easier if you flip the bowl upside down first.
Next, I grabbed my metal cutters and snipped the bottom of the bowl to connect the three pre-drilled holes together. This took a little elbow grease, but nothing I couldn't handle.
Once the hole was big enough to fit the pendant light through, it was time to paint. I gave this cooking accessory a true makeover with three coats of Rust-oleum's Universal Metallic Spray Paint in Oil Rubbed Bronze.
Then, my husband started stripping. Wires, not clothes. He used the wire strippers to cut and expose the wires from the pendant light kit. This is how we transformed this simple, inexpensive kit from a plug in light to a hardwired fixture.
I am so excited with how this turned out! Love the industrial feel the new light adds to the room.
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Published May 11th, 2015 8:24 PM
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Elisabeth Taylor on May 19, 2015Love how it looks, but would be worried about cutting the light coverage to the room?
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