My kitchen's new-old light fixture make over...thrift store pendant light makeover....

The  kitchen light over my sink 

was a $6 thrift store find with a ton of potential. I knew I wanted a pendant light, but some of them were over $100 and after the big kitchen remodel it just wasn't in the budget.
This thrift store pendant light had all the right bones, it just needed a few tweaks.

And I am so happy with how it turned out too!

I know you've all seen the after...

but here is the before... I am sure it had been hanging in someone's love shack somewhere in 1975.

Yep, that's the same light. Thank goodness for the power of paint.

All it took was a coat of brass paint, a light spray of brown over the top to tone down the brass, a replacement globe from the hardware store, and a  cool bulb is from Anthropologie. The bulb from Anthro? $18. The entire light fixture with the new globe? $16. Funny huh?

Jen