DIY: New Front Entrance Lighting

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You know my love of finding new to me items at yard sales and thrift stores. Well, sometimes it just isn’t going to happen. I have actively looked for a matching set of sconces for the front of the house, for a couple of YEARS. (FYI: You know I’m going to find a pair now that I’ve actually bought these!) They didn’t have to match the fixture in the back, because, I just didn’t care if they matched that one. It’s on the back of the house where almost no one except us will ever see it, and I like the one I found for that area.

The ones on the front of the house had to go. They were originally brass and the previous owners spray painted them black. You know I love a good spray paint job on anything, but these had seen better days.

They were also not in proportion to the entryway.

I searched and hemmed and hawed for quite a while. When I am actually going to be giving our hard-earned money away for something I deem expensive, it can take an eternity for me to make a decision about what to actually purchase. Just wait until I tell you about our new washer and dryer.

Finally, I narrowed it down to just a few and I dumped the entire thing into Denton’s lap. He never has a problem deciding on something. This is the one we chose. Or rather, that Denton chose from the hundreds I had culled out for him to choose from.

I bought them from Lowe’s with the App I have downloaded on my phone and my very nice delivery man placed them on my porch two days later. I love that. I also didn’t have to pay shipping, which is also lovely.

Here is how I changed them over:

First things first. Turn off the power. Then you can unscrew the small screws holding the fixture on. This is all that holds them up there.

Unless you count the wiring. Notice how white wires are with white wires, black wires are with black wires, and copper wires (ground) are paired up with copper wires? That’s what you want to do too.

You’ll be left with this when you remove the old fixture.

I just noticed that the old fixture has a sticker inside telling you which way is up, to mount it. Hahaha!

The new one does too!

Put your ground wires together…..

Then, put on your wire nut…….And then do the exact same thing with your white wires and the black wires.

Place your lovely new fixture over the threaded screws that align with your fixture and screw your nuts onto them to hold everything in place.

Isn’t she a beauty?

Getting her glow on. By the way, have you ever heard that yellow light bulbs keep away more bugs than white ones? I have no idea if it’s true or not, but mosquito’s love me so much, I’m willing to try just about anything. So yellow light bulbs it is.

Look how lovely.

Don’t mind the clutter, it’s going away instantly. Also, don’t mind the fact that the front porch needs pressure washing. AGAIN. Or the evidence that I need to finish painting the front door, with a color I am not happy with – hence the reason that it’s still not finished. And the fact that I need to paint all of the trim? Along with replacing my broken doorbell. Did you notice all of those things? Maybe I shouldn’t have said anything…..

Have you ever noticed that every time you finish a project another one is right there waiting for you to tackle it too?