Pressing On: Lighting

I'm completely redoing our office/guest room, but before I do the full reveal, I felt this project deserved it's own post.

I really wanted a new ceiling light rather than the old generic one that was in there. The ones I wanted were too spendy for me, so I turned to google (of course) and discovered THIS light from The Painted Hive, one of my favorite blogs!

Using her idea, I did some shopping around and found a ceiling mount fixture that would work. I already had a basket I'd bought for an earlier organization project.

This was such a fun task and was WAY easier than I'd anticipated.
I do believe it's my favorite part of the whole room!

We'll start with the after pic, followed by a tutorial!

My basket isn't round like The Painted Hive's, but the square shape works well with the modern lines in the room.

To make this light, all I needed was:

Closetmaid Wire Drawer

(really any cage style basket will work, round or square, of any non-flammable material)
Ceiling Light kit

Nickel Metallic Spray Paint

Wire Cutters

I wasn't sure how the whole thing would connect, so I was delighted to have all the work made easy by this handy-dandy o-ring.

Cover the wires with painters tape and then spray away

Take the o-ring and place it where you want to cut the opening in the basket (mine needed to be smaller than the o-ring and larger than the bulb holder). Mark with permanent marker and cut away (make sure it's not too wide, since you can't make it small again)

Oh, you also need some mad wiring skillz...just kidding, kind of . I taught myself to wire lights through YouTube. It's not rocket science, but knowing how to do it makes you feel like you can do anything!

Wire light, then install! I used this fancy vintage Edison bulb.

It was more expensive than any other part of the light project and though it looks cool, it casts way too yellow of a light for my preference. I'll probably use a clear bulb next time I need to buy one.