Super Cheap/Easy DIY Light

First of all, thank you SO much for your sweet comments on the "Man Room" from last week. I think the hubs really enjoyed his room being spotlighted for the day. I am going to answer a few questions some of you had from my posts from last week- so if you have any more, ask away! Truth be told, I was travelling out of town last week and I scheduled my posts in advance so I will be playing catch up for a few days here.

On to the light....I found this on clearance at Tuesday Morning for $14.99 and thought it could do me a world of good in several spaces in our home that still sport the builder grade lighting fixtures.

I knew from the start that the brassy look wasn't going to work for this light. I also love the look of orb lighting with out the glass, so the first step was to have the hubs break all of the glass out of each panel. Once that was done, I gave it a nice coat of Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint, and I was done! I have always heard great things about Oil Rubbed Bronze, and I have to say I was impressed. The metallic sheen is really pretty and looks professional.

I left the light on in the pictures so you all could see the pretty shadows its casts around the room.

Here are a few images that inspired this look:

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Overall, I couldn't be happier with a new lighting fixture for less than $20 with a look I really enjoy.

Have a great Monday y'all! xoxo.

Welcome to the Man Room

Originally I planned on sharing a DIY project from the room in our house we lovingly refer to as the "Man Room". But after taking some photos and asking my hubs if he was ok with the Man Room being featured on ze blog, he got excited and I decided I had to feature room first, DIY later. This room was added on to our floor plan when we were able to tweak a few things here and there with our builder. At first we thought Stephen could have an "office" at home but we quickly learned that the desk/office set up was a waste of space and the room was much better suited as a sitting room.

Yes, this room holds a whole lotta man stuff. The deal was that if he got a room to hold all these "things" then I could do as I wished with the rest of the house. Fair deal I think!

 

This is an antique bench I found at the Asheville Antique Tobacco Barn last November. {If you are in NC and haven't been, go now!} I knew I didn't have the perfect spot for it but I loved the cowhide and couldn't resist.

 This is the wall opposite of the chairs, another antique piece housed chock full of arrowheads, baseballs, bottles, baseball cards...you name it. The room actually doubles as a small museum ;)

I made this sign for him for Christmas last year out of an old board from his Grandmother's barn. I had seen the exact sign in an antique store which was hundreds of dollars and read "Stephens" instead of "Stephen's" so I decided to replicate it myself! He is a BBQ connoisseur. 

The room may seem a little crowded in these pictures, but it sure is cozy. We spent a lot of nights last winter eating at that table in front of the TV in this comfy little room.

This piece hangs on the wall opposite of the window- a pen and ink drawing of our sweet boy done by Stephen's brother! 

And, here is the DIY I will tell you about next week! 

Now that I've shown you this room, I want to show you the inspiration behind it. 

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My Our plans for this room include:

-Hanging more art/framed pieces we already have in the room to the likes of the inspiration photo

-Paint interior of tv cabinet

-Drapes

-Possibly convince my husband to organize and consolidate items on the bookshelves

-Lighter fabric for the pillows since recovering the chairs is not a huge priority right now

What do you think? Does your man have his own man cave as well? 

I have to say, I do like this room and the colors and overall mood is quite cozy. 

And, he has done a pretty fine job of arranging all of his artifacts and cards and bottles if I do say so myself!

xoxo.