Dining Room- New Light

Last summer, my mom & I saw this ceiling medallion at a yard sale.  I had been eyeing them at Lowes & Home Depot, so knew they could range from $40-$100 when bought new.

Since I had already been planning to put one in the Dining Room when we get a new light fixture, I just couldn't resist asking how much the guy was asking.
Only $8 (woohoo!)

So I snapped it up & put it away in the barn until we were ready for it.
It took a while, but we finally found a light fixture we fell in love with!

Old Fixture

Our first step was removing the old fixture.

I didn't really mind the old light, but since the plan is for this room to eventually become a formal living room (see the floor plans here), we wanted to replace the chandelier with a semi-flush fixture.

Once that was taken care of, Mike used Liquid Nails (left over from installing the paneled molding) to attach the medallion to the ceiling.

The light fixture itself took a couple of hours (spread over two days, due to the frustration factor!)
Nothing is ever as straight forward as it should be, when working in an old house!

Finally, we got it installed, and I proceeded with hanging the crystals off it...

New fixture with ceiling medallion

I absolutely LOVE the fixture.  It's the perfect size for the room (we got the 5-bulb... they also make a 3-bulb, but I was worried that wouldn't give enough light).

From the Foyer Doorway

From the Kitchen Doorway

I still need to decide which pictures are going back on the walls, & where.

(I find it hard to add nail holes to freshly painted walls, unless I'm sure... like with the round mirror!)





Even though we can't call it done yet... here's a Before/After for we stand now....