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November 10, 2006
jelly jars...movie stars...
Long story about the jelly jar lights. We wanted the Otis from Rejuvenation, but it would have cost over $1k for all the lights we have. And we didn't like it that much, so we spec'ed cheap ($2.71) jelly jar lights for some of the lights and kept shopping for the others. The electrician installed the jelly jar lights in all the wrong spots, but we liked how they looked, so we left them there.
A porch light should light the ground and your house, but not your neighbor's bedroom. So I thought I'd wrap cut up peach cans around each light. The peach cans started to rust before I could eat 11 cans of peaches, and I was really starting to hate canned peaches.
So a couple of weeks ago I had an idea for putting something in the glass to shade and direct the light. I found a roll of roof flashing at Home Depot and cut it into strips, and drilled some holes for a mid-century feel.
Viola. 11 cool mid-century lights, 40 bucks.
Posted by David at November 10, 2006 09:49 AM
Comments
Very cool! Those look terrific!
Posted by: Kristin at November 10, 2006 02:55 PM
Wish you were my neighbor. I can read in my bedroom from the wattage on her porch light.
Posted by: KA at November 27, 2006 05:10 PM
I wondered how you got porch lights which looked like that. Really a creative solution, David. Good job.
Posted by: Ron at December 8, 2006 08:03 AM