I’ve been speaking about gold leafing the sunshine fixture within the again entry of the studio for some time now, however I saved placing it off as a result of I might simply think about the distress of standing atop a 10-foot ladder for hours whereas making use of adhesive and gold leaf to that giant fixture. I simply couldn’t convey myself to try this, so I saved placing it off.
Properly, because of my new scaffolding (this is the one I bought (affiliate hyperlink)), this was an easy and enjoyable undertaking. I’ve the scaffolding platform set as excessive as it can go, which I believe is round six ft, and I used to be in a position to sit down whereas gold leafing a lot of the gentle. This was my view for about three hours final night time. The sunshine fixture was virtually sitting in my lap. 😀
I solely needed to stand as much as do the very high a part of the rod and the cover in opposition to the ceiling.
So let me remind you the place this gentle began. I purchased it from Lowe’s a number of years in the past. On the time, I used to be including numerous black accents to the studio, so the black gentle fixture slot in completely with my plan. It is a image of the sunshine proper after I put in it, and earlier than the primary iteration of the again entry was even completed.
That gentle was excellent for that very daring Kelly inexperienced, white, and black look I used to be going for the primary time round. Clearly, I didn’t but have the sunshine on a dimmer after I took the image under. 😀 That’s lots of gentle bulbs, and a really vibrant gentle.
Anyway, the black gentle was nice for some time, however now that my imaginative and prescient for the studio has modified fairly a bit, and I’m going for a a lot lighter, brighter, extra female look, the black gentle (together with a lot of the different black accents) began to feel and look too heavy for my style.
However I didn’t need to take the sunshine fixture down, paint it, after which reinstall it. That fixture is a bear to put in, and I keep in mind the frustration I had the primary time I put in it. So I needed to discover a method to change the look with out having to take away it. Gold leaf appeared like the right answer, particularly since I had already gold leafed the pendant lights and the sconce on the mural wall. (You can read more about that here.)
The method was precisely the identical with this gentle, however it was way more time-consuming as a result of the again entry gentle has much more components to it. I used the identical gold leaf adhesive (affiliate hyperlink), and utilized it with a 1-inch artist paint brush. After letting it dry, I then utilized the imitation gold leaf (affiliate hyperlink).
And right here’s how the sunshine turned out…
I like it a lot! The sunshine and ethereal look of the gold leaf is so significantly better within the present room than the black. Right here’s a take a look at the scaffolding in relation to the sunshine fixture. For scale reference, that brown can sitting on high of the platform is a one quart can of steel leaf adhesive.
I simply can’t sing sufficient praises about my new scaffolding. 😀 I actually do surprise how on the earth I’ve been DIYing this lengthy with out scaffolding. I ought to have purchased it years in the past.
However again to the sunshine. I like the way it turned out. It’s superb what a distinction a easy change in colour could make!
Now I have to decide concerning the colour I would like on the doorways. The black is certainly too overpowering, however I simply can’t appear to make myself decide to white.
However I do have to remember the fact that the floral sample of the mural shall be repeated on the again doorways with curtains in the identical print. So even when the doorways are white, there’s no method this again entry will look boring when it’s completed. 😀 So perhaps with that in thoughts, the doorways shall be nice painted white. Or perhaps they’re the right alternative to herald one other enjoyable colour. Ugh! I can’t make up my thoughts! One thing like a very pale pink is likely to be fairly. And even one thing in a peach colour. Or a darker inexperienced. I’ll land on a call finally. Cleary, I’m not there but.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and embellish the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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