Moviehole-katietreasures: Industrial Farm Lighting

Bill and I were out antiquing and he picked up two of these industrial farm lights.

For some reason they have languished in the garage for a long time. I think he contemplated giving them away, but I didn't want him to. In the the right setting they would be super cute.

I would love to have them in a farm house kitchen.
Maybe in my 2nd home. :)

I found one on the shelf the other day when I was looking for something.

It proved to be the inspiration for something for my sunroom.

My sons love these metal light fixtures.

They used them quite a bit in their early band gig days.

They are affordable, portable and not uber precious.

I saw some on display at Walmart and ta da a light bulb went off.

No pun intended.

I went over to the spray paint and picked up a can of green enamel.
I didn't even get the $3.99 brand.

I went for the $1.49 brand

Which used to be .99 cents by the way. With all of Walmart's Rolling Back Prices bologna they sure are raising quite a few. (Fabric is what else I noticed.)

They don't advertise that!!

Anyway.

I came home and took off the clip and the light bulb socket.

I sprayed the outside green,

and the inside white.

Lighting has been a bit of a problem in a corner of the sunroom. You may have been one of the whopping 61 people that read about my dish dresser paint job.

If not, feel free to read about it here.

There was no cord over on that side of the room, which drove me nuts! It is a great place to sit and enjoy the view to the outside. No one could sit there in the evening, however.

I realized we could use one of those computer cord cover thingies

and an extension cord.

Finally light.

I used a fan bulb because the metal on these can get hot.

I can't wait to sit in this spot and work on my crochet.

I thought it would be whimsical to take a crochet class this summer.

The women in the family were going to get scarves for Christmas. I had big plans to crochet scarves for the homeless.

Clearly something just isn't right. No matter how many times I count the stitches it is crooked!!

Oh well.
Rebekah says I should make them anyway and sit with a straight face when everyone opens cattywampus scarves.
Maybe.
Either way I have a cute and cheap light to sit by.
The light was less than $7.00.

How cute would these be spray painted red?

Extra lighting for a work area or if you needed lighting near a fold out bed?

How about several of them strung together for a party?

Can I show you the start to my picnic basket collection?

I got the green one during an antiquing weekend at the lake.
I love this green color!
I am going to have to figure out where to put those two other green lights.
Update: A couple of people have asked me why I haven't used the real farm lights out here. They are pretty big and would be a little over sized for our small sun porch. Plus, they are Bill's frugal find. He is trying to figure out where he would like them.