Yesterday, I wanted a simple, enjoyable, enjoyable undertaking that I might begin and end in someday, so I made a decision to work on the sconce makeover for the studio workplace space cupboards. After I appeared for sconces for this space, I wasn’t involved in any respect concerning the colour. My solely objective was to seek out sconces that matched the form of the pendant lights on the mural wall as carefully as attainable.
As a reminder, right here’s what the mural wall pendant lights appear like…
These additionally began off black, and I gave them a makeover in order that they’d look lighter and extra female towards the mural wall and pink cupboards.
I discovered these sconces that have been a fairly shut match to the pendant lights on Amazon. You can find them here. Right here’s what they appeared like earlier than the makeover…
These sconces have been black on the surface, and gold on the within. However the gold was a darkish vintage gold. I wished them to be the sunshine, vivid gold of the gold leaf that I used on the opposite lights. So I used the identical merchandise that I used on the opposite lights so as to add the gold leaf contained in the shade. You possibly can see the distinction that make right here…
The pendant lights had a raised lip across the outdoors backside fringe of the shades. These have been very simple to tape off and gold leaf. These shades have been a bit totally different. That they had this rolled lip on the underside, and these have been an enormous ache to tape off. I had to make use of little items of tape in order that I might get every bit behind that rolled lip. This was the toughest a part of the undertaking, but it surely wasn’t tough. It was only a ache.
However as soon as I had that backside lip taped off, I added extra adhesive and gold leaf to spotlight that half as nicely. It appeared just like the pure ending spot for the gold leaf. After which to match the sconces to the pendant lights as a lot as attainable, I selected an ending spot for the gold leaf on the highest half that matched the pendants as carefully as attainable. And with all the things gold leafed and clear coated, right here’s the way it turned out…
They’re not really put in but, and I haven’t but gold leafed the little nuts holding them onto the cupboards. I’ll must take away the sconces to color the window trim and add the small trim across the corners. So I’ll wait till all the things is completed, after which I’ll really set up the lights. As soon as they’re really connected and put in, then I’ll gold leaf the little white nuts holding them onto the bracket.
However whereas they’re not practical but, at the very least they’re fairly to have a look at. And I wanted a fast win yesterday, so this was a enjoyable undertaking to verify off my record.
I’m actually happy with how they turned out. And whereas they don’t precisely match the pendants in form, I believe they’re shut sufficient that they appear like they have been purchased collectively as a set.
And I simply love the gold. Y’all know the way I like some gold leaf! I might gold leaf all of the issues and be completely completely satisfied sitting in my gold leafed home and admiring the shine and shimmer. So I get excited any time I can add just a little gold leaf to one thing. Plus, gold leafing is a enjoyable undertaking for me. I discover it very enjoyable and satisfying.
However now I must take them down and get these different initiatives completed. It’s coming alongside, although!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and enhance the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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