Momma's got a brand new light fixture

Remember this?

It's long gone, and in its place we put this: (converted from plug-in to hardwire by yours truly thankyouverymuch)

The swag cord hangs a little too low. I'll fix it when next I have the urge to stand on a ladder for 20 minutes. This was originally supposed to go in my craft room but my craft room's so tiny, the only thing that made sense was to make it the main light. Except that it just doesn't give off enough light to be the main light in a room where you work with needle and thread. Plus it's way too cool to be hidden on the 3rd floor and it's perfect for our dining table.

The living room has curtains!!!

The oversize ceiling fan that threatened to decapitate anyone over 6 feet tall has been moved to Brad's office (which has the highest ceilings of any room in the house). Still need to put down the rug. The pillows on the sofa came with it. The colors are ok, but they're not fun to lie on. Gonna replace those, and also make new covers for the footstools. I seriously had no idea how closely the green on the wall would match the armchair, it's a little disconcerting.

My light fixture...

... hanging out in the guest room until I can put it in its new home in my craft room.

It's not what you think it is...

...unless, of course, you think I have some sort of strange compulsion that has caused me to purchase four teardrop-base lamps for the new house. Because then it's exactly what you think it is. In my defense, the 2 below were random thrift store finds:
Plus, I'm pretty sure I've got the lighting thing out of my system now. I've even pretty much given up on looking for the perfect dining room pendant. When we get the dining table, it will come...

Again with the lights

Apparently, besides cabinets, all we've bought for the house so far is lighting. I happened upon the light fixture on the cover of this book in a store on Pine Street. There's a nick in one of the mylar sheets so it was severely discounted. So I call Brad to get his opinion and the store folks suggested that rather than coming to the store later, he could look up the book cover on Amazon.

He wasn't feeling it. He said it looked like "that one at Ikea". (btw, it is WAY cooler than the one at Ikea). So I didn't get it (boooo).

Then we decide I should get it for the craft room (YAY!) and I go back about a week later. When I tell the store owner I want to buy it, he responds "No! You can't buy it; he doesn't like it. He thinks it looks like the one at Ikea". It was funny. Maybe you had to be there...

In any case, this is the light that's going over my chair (the chair Laney currently thinks is hers) in the craft room. And apparently I have a lighting fetish (who knew?).

Image from Amazon.com

More lighting...

For the living area:

From Ikea.

The lamps we bought for the bedroom.
So.
Psyched.

From Lamps Plus.