A number of weeks in the past I went away on a visit. I don’t know if it was jet lag or if being away for a number of days made me see our areas in a complete new gentle, however once I bought again, I out of the blue had the urge to vary round a bunch of issues in my home. 🙂
On Tuesday I talked about how I used to be impressed to swap our espresso provides and smoothie provides within the kitchen to make them extra organized and accessible. I beloved the swap a lot that whereas I used to be at it, I made a decision to make one other change within the kitchen as nicely. I’ll allow you to see should you can spot it…
The Kitchen
In Tuesday’s publish, I shared an image of our kitchen that seemed like this:
And right this moment, our kitchen seems extra like this:
Are you able to see the distinction? (Does anyone else really feel like they’re taking part in a sport from Highlights journal? ?)
We modified out the island pendants!
“However Abby,” chances are you’ll be pondering, “Didn’t you simply put up these different pendants lower than a 12 months in the past?!”
It’s true. We did. And I had chosen the earlier pendants with the very best of intentions. Each time I used to be scrolling by means of Instagram and noticed them in somebody’s kitchen, I gasped a bit. I assumed they had been lovely and beautiful and superb, and I nonetheless do… however nearly as quickly as we put in them, I started to really feel like they simply weren’t the proper match for our kitchen.
I stored telling myself that I simply wasn’t used to the previous pendants but, that that was why they had been bothering me. However as I lived with them longer and longer, the sensation that they had been too harsh and angular and heavy in our in any other case gentle and shiny kitchen wouldn’t go away.
So once I bought again from my journey and out of the blue had the urge to vary across the total home, I got here to Donnie with a proposal. What if we didn’t utterly eliminate the primary pendants we had put within the kitchen however as an alternative moved them to a different place the place we wished to vary out the lights anyway? (Like our entrance hallway, maybe…)
This plan additionally made the sensible facet of me really feel a lot better than if we’d have discarded the lights and even bought them at a decreased value from what we had paid for them.
Since Donnie is a gem (and, let’s be sincere, is fairly used to my loopy concepts by now), he agreed to my plan. I ordered the brand new pendants (which I occurred to seek out at a GREAT value on closeout), known as the electrician, and some days later, our kitchen had undergone a mini transformation.
I like that the heaviness of the earlier pendants is gone and that the entire area simply seems a lot lighter and airier!
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Ahhhhhh…so a lot better. 🙂
Since my pendants had been on closeout, these precise lights are now not accessible, however I discovered a bunch which might be related and can hyperlink all of them beneath:
The Hallway
Our hallway space is nowhere near completed, however I didn’t really feel like I may depart you hanging and never present you the place the previous kitchen pendants ended up, so I’ll offer you a fast peek of that too!
That is what the hallway seemed like with the builder grade “boob lights” earlier than:
And right here’s what it seems like with the pendants that had been previously within the kitchen:
(Please excuse the unpainted trim work. Donnie has been working onerous on altering that out as nicely! I advised you I had the urge to modify nearly every little thing, lol!)
Our entrance space nonetheless wants paint and extra decor, however no less than it now has some cute lighting!
I actually did (and DO!) love these lights. I simply love them a lot extra within the entry/hallway and up nearer to the ceiling than I did hanging down over the island within the kitchen. (And I nonetheless love them in others’ kitchens too! They only weren’t the proper match for mine!)
Right here’s the earlier than and after of the hallway facet by facet:
Once more, I bought these pendants some time in the past, so my precise lights are now not accessible, however I’ve discovered a bunch of tremendous related choices (lots of that are cheaper than what I paid for mine–fortunate!), and I’ll hyperlink to them within the widget beneath:
Whew! So now that I’ve the sunshine swap out of my system, I’ve a number of extra initiatives on my listing that we’ve been working away at, and hopefully I’ll be capable to share these quickly as nicely, so keep tuned!
In search of extra lighting concepts? These posts could assist:
Stunning and Reasonably priced Mild Fixtures for Each Room within the Home
Stunning and Reasonably priced Kitchen Pendant Lights
10 Reasonably priced Options to Conventional Domed Lighting
What are you switching round in your house today? I’d love to listen to about your initiatives within the feedback!
Have an ideal day!
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