Let there be (nicer) light!

Well hello there chickies! How are we on this lovely Monday morning?

Today I'm here to show you some progress on the kitchen! Although I made a plan, we haven't stuck to it in the order we originally assumed, but who does?! Phase two was supposed to be a cabinet above the fridge, new brass hardware & adding crown molding to the top of the cabinets. We're working on the hardware at the moment (I keep changing my selections, oops!) but we're waiting for the new year to complete the other steps. 


So. Lighting. Ok. We had no idea what we wanted. Here are a few options we considered, and eventually rejected.

1.Shades of Light 2.Lamps Plus 3.Lumens 4.Lamps Plus 5.Home Depot 6.discontinued? 7.Shades of Light 8.Schoolhouse Electric 9.Home Depot

For one reason or another, they just didn't work when I did my Photoshop hack job of the space. Because this home doesn't really have a style, it was very hard to choose something! I feel like lighting can help clearly define the style of a room, along with other things like moldings & furnishings. These weren't helping. So we kept our eyes open for something that felt right. 


Have I told you how much I love the Restore? Well I do, a lot. My husband and I decided to stroll through our local store last week during one of my mornings off. I was looking for wing-back chairs, but I still like to peak at the other sections. While we were originally lured into the lighting area by another fixture, once we saw the lights we chose, ideas were flooding! 


Enter: your standard builder-grade brass foyer light. 

We plan to Rub 'n Buff them so the finish is a little more antique, a little less eighties. Or possibly spray them black. I don't know yet. One step at a time!

My husband hung them using a recessed light adapter from Home Depot. Eleven bucks, say what? The pendant has made it through the night (something I was SERIOUSLY concerned about) but I will have an update about the durability of this product in the near future!

We haven't hung the other one yet, but here's my sad Photoshop to show you what it might look like when they're both up! It won't be as close to the shelves as it looks, I promise.

I'll have a tutorial for using the converter, as my husband said the instructions basically sucked.

What do you think?! I'm totally in love! Eep!!!

PS. We have two microwaves. Can you say fatties?