Help! What to do with 60 year old bathroom light fixture?
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I've replaced any number of different electrical items myself, outlets, light fixtures, even installing ceiling fans. One home ec teacher taught us how to change plug ins and all these years later I think of her often. You could do this yourself.
Swap it in for two "30's". Sorry couldn't help it. Defiantly get a new one.
If you are not comfortable installing a new light fixture yourself, then spend to hire a reputable electrician to do the wiring.
As the direction in home lighting is definitely LED lights, do not try to cheap out on the project with buying a non-LED light fixture that may be on sale. The money you will save in energy costs by having LED bulbs, can be applied towards the electrician.
Buying the new light fixture yourself though will be way more cost effective, rather than paying an electrician hourly rates to shop for and buy one for you.
Found an article that I think fits your fixture...... https://retrorenovation.com/2014/04/29/curved-light-bar-replacement-shades-vintage/
The links at the bottom are for replacements from Amazon, but at that price I would buy a new one from the bottom of the page.... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GGH57A/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004GGH57A&linkCode=as2&tag=retrorenov-20
One thing to watch that I learned the hard way, is if you select a new light fixture and it has those drop light shades, be sure to hold it up to the wall with the shades on to find the right clearance for the medicine cabinent door. My handyman installed my new fixture, and left and when I put the shades on, the medicine cabinet wouldn't open. Not the end of the world, we just had to cut a new hole higher up, and fish the wires up, then patch the hole below.