Let’s talk about light fixtures! Light fixtures can really transform a room, that’s why that was one of the first things we changed out in our house. Thankfully we bought a house that was only about two years old so it was very updated, meaning we got to spend extra funds on fun stuff not redoing kitchen or floors, etc! When we were in the market to purchase we were first looking into older homes that needed way more work but I’m so grateful we found this house that was much newer but still felt like a blank canvas I could transform and make our own.
I knew for the main hallway I wanted three lights that hung consecutively from the front door to the entrance of the main living area/kitchen/dining. I thought it would make a great entrance statement that would lead your eye to our main windows in the living room where you can see the beautiful trees! To achieve that effect we did remove the fan in the living room which I felt made made it feel too busy once we had all the light fixtures installed. I tend to always be cold so taking out the fan was not a hard decision.
For the living room we added a simple yet stylish ceiling pendant from IKEA. It only came in gold and even though I liked it, we decided it to spray paint it black in order to have it kind of match the hallway lanterns.
I chose the hallway lanterns from World Market because they were felt traditional yet modern and they were reasonably priced! I also feel like these can go with many decor styles! I read every single review on their website and it helped that people had posted pictures of what they looked like in their home! So I decided to go for them when they had a 20% off sale all light fixtures! Two of the three did arrive broken, exchanging them at the store was annoying but a breeze.
The light fixtures for the kitchen are also from World Market. For the kitchen I wanted something less traditional and more fun, sorta boho but still stylish. I went with these Basketweave Bamboo Pendants that I felt brought texture and airiness into the kitchen and gave it so much character!
Our kitchen came with three simple hanging light fixtures, pretty basic builder grade so I knew I wanted to change them out right away! Also our old house didn’t have light fixtures in the kitchen so it was fun getting to add some in our new home!
We ended up covering one of the middle lights because the bamboo pendants were large enough to only need two and I like the symmetry the pair created. Also! We kept the original light fixture and put the basket pendant over it. Genius, right? We painted the silver poles with flat white spray paint and actually made the installation even easier as apposed to connecting new cords.
I’m so glad the light fixtures in these areas were one of the first things we changed in our home because it really helped us slowly implement the color scheme and overall style we we’re going for. The total cost of this project was about $380 (thank you stimulus check.) Fred and my father-in-law did and amazing job installing them so that also saved us money! Now I’m itching to add light fixtures to other rooms in the house!!!
