Do you ever think if you were a celebrity what type of “line” you would come out with? I have. I am not interested in a perfume line (unless it smells like paint!), a clothing line, or even a fabric line. What I want is a line of lighting. Stop laughing, I am serious! Custom lighting can change a room faster that you can say thrift shop mama. The thing with lighting is, people are sort of scared of it.
On another tangent. Have you ever seen something awesome on this here blog and said “Dude. Mandi finds ALL the good crap. I hate her.”
BEST NEWS EVER!! You don’t have to hate me anymore!!! Because today I am combining both opening paragraph stories and giving away a custom light resurrected by yours truly!
I have been on the hunt for a month looking for the perfect piece to rehab and giveaway to one lucky reader, there were lots of things that were good-ish but nothing that rang my bell. Until I was in AZ. It’s a good thing that my girl Jilly is as big of a hoarder as I am. She had a few of these beat up dirty industrial pendant lights hanging out in her garage without a home or a purpose. If you remember I used one in Kelsey’s room (after a coat of yellow spray paint) and I saved one for you!
Amazing how something simple like a few coats of spray paint can change a piece so drastically right?!
I used Krylon Dual in White Satin and the perfect vibrant minty green is Rustoleum Green Apple. (The electrical was also changed out so that it can plug into your wall and doesn’t need to be hard wired.)
So what do you think? Do you have a home for this great light?
Enter below! (If you are viewing via reader you will need to click over to enter! So click HERE!!)
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Love Your Guts, Mandi
I teamed up with Homes.com to sponsor this giveaway all project ideas, opinions and fabulousness are mine. Entries are open until Tues. October 23 at midnight EST. WInner will be announced on this post Friday October 24. The winner will be emailed and will have 48 hours to respond to claim their prize.
Oooh! Would love to put this light in my bedroom! It would be the perfect inspiration for my soon-to-happen remodel.
ReplyDeleteI would put this in my kitchen! Looks Great!!!
ReplyDeleteIt'd go right over my bed!!
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The challenge is not finding the fixtures- it's convincing my husband that the fixture isn't too unconventional for our house!
ReplyDeleteI'd put it in my boy's bedroom, it's perfect!
ReplyDeleteHello precious! This would hang right over my head in my entry hall (see 3 feet of not awesome covered in boy's shoes). It could illuminate me and make my flowing blonde locks glow so that when I come home at night, harps start to sing and the children rush to the door to tell me how much they've missed me all day.
ReplyDeleteIt won't do that? Oh well. It would still look really cool.
That is PERFECT! I've been trying to decide what to put over my kitchen island-something pretty feeble is hanging there now! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI WANT THIS!! I need new lighting for my living room makeover which is an industrial-ish theme. I am thrifting and re-habing everything for it and this would be perfect for my lack of budget!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and can't wait to see how you did your wood plank wall in your hallway! I HAVE to incorporate that in my iving room! LOVE IT!
That's amazing! I loved the yellow one already and this one is icing on the cake!
ReplyDeleteYou are so gifted!
Thanks for the opportunity. This would look great in the mud/laundry room I am going to makeover.
I would hang this beauty in my daughters room! She'd love it (and so would I!)
ReplyDeleteThat green matches my sewing table! The light would go perfectly in my sewing room!
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Kitchen definitely! I have a bare lightbulb right now that NEEDS to get gone.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful piece! I would love to add this to my home!
ReplyDeleteI love this! and your blog is fantastic!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWould love it over my breakfast table!
ReplyDeleteI would put that light in my office. :)
ReplyDeleteI would put this in my laundry room!!
ReplyDeleteyeah, im pretty positive i could find a spot just for this!!! lol i love it!
ReplyDeleteI would hang it in my kitchen! It would be the perfect light! NEED NEED NEED! :)
ReplyDeleteIf there's one thing I suck at, it's lighting. This bad-mama-jama wouldbe in my master bedroom!
ReplyDeleteLoooove this!! would put it in my vintage trailer!!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this light! I would have my husband put it up above my desk (in our living room) until we move and then find it a new home in our new home (where and when that is exactly we don't know). I love the green on the inside.
ReplyDeleteI would really love a tutorial on how you switched out the electrical and where you find your supplies!
ReplyDeleteThis would be awesome in my craft room!!! The green color matches my wall! :-)
ReplyDeleteLove it!!! And this is (the green) the soon to be color of my new vintage inspired kitchen. I need this!
ReplyDeleteFirst off, love the dirty dancing reference :) and 2nd; I would love this light and it would go perfectly in my bedroom that I'm trying to makeover! oh I sure hope I get it!
ReplyDeleteWould love this for my office!
ReplyDeleteENTRY WAY is where this baby would go.
ReplyDeleteLove this light! I would hang it in my bedroom which is a slightly lighter green than the lamp! Perfect-o!
ReplyDeletei would add this to my boys room...love the color on the inside
ReplyDeleteOoooo, adorbs!
ReplyDeleteThis would be perfect in my son's playroom!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Would love this for my office! Thanks so much for offering this!
ReplyDeletethat light would be amazing in our home: all industrial chic (including original brick walls!)
ReplyDeleteoh please oh please oh please oh please
Oh my.... I think I have a "light crush", pun intended. I'd put that beauty above my dining room table! Sooo amazing :) Crossing fingers and toes and eyeballs that I can ad her to my home!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! I have been searching for an affordable lamp to put in our study. I haven't found anything that I like that isn't hardwired. This barn light is PERFECT! I just found your blog through the giveaway's at Beneath My Heart. I like what I've seen so far!
ReplyDeleteI am new to your blog - actually I discovered it through the big give away with the 16 bloggers...and I LOVE it! Not only because you give things away (but I totally love that too) but you seem like such a genuine person. I watched one of your videos the other day and your body language and the way you talk totally reminds me of a friend. Anywho...Great site!
ReplyDeleteLove this lamp! I would definitely put it in the second bedroom/office. We already have a white/grey theme with pops of lime green and dark blue, so I know it would just fit in perfectly above my desk. :)
ReplyDeleteLove it! i own a photography business and this would go perfect in my office above my mac!
ReplyDeleteI have a eating nook in my kitchen!! It would be soooooo perfect there!! An old adobe home from the 70's with 2x4 (on their sides) roof or ceiling! It would look beautiful hanging in the nook!! Gotta have it!!
ReplyDeleteI. LOVE. IT. SO. MUCH!!!! I would put it in my master bedroom!
ReplyDeleteI would put it over my kitchen table!! It's AWESOME!!
ReplyDeleteWe are moving into a new house soon...so many options for this gem!
ReplyDeleteI think in my kitchen or maaaaaybe the kid's playroom makeover I'm getting ready to start.
ReplyDeleteMy kitchen needs this!
ReplyDeleteIt would go in our newborn daughter's room! You can't turn down a beautiful baby! :)
ReplyDeleteI would not put this baby in the corner (love Dirty Dancing)!! Center stage in the kitchen...
ReplyDeleteIn my dinning room. Right above our yellow kitchen table.... PERFECTION!
ReplyDeleteI am thinking it would look great in my kitchen or above my dining table.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous light! This would be perfect in our nursery!!!
ReplyDeleteHoly beautiful! I would actually put this in the corner, but in an oft-used corner! It would go perfectly with my vintage typewriter, and I really do need a good light there. It's where I do all my crafting!
ReplyDeleteTOTALLY would fit in my laundry room or kitchen nook! I NEED that baby!
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness, there are at least 3 rooms I could put that in (we bought a HUD house a year ago and it's been a journey to get it homey!)!
ReplyDeleteThis would be perfect for my house!!!!
ReplyDeleteGreen is the accent color I am using in my basement makeover! Pick me Pick me! I LOVE THE LIGHT AND YOU!
ReplyDeleteooooo... if this doesn't end up living in my place, I think I know what's going on my hunt list next! Great Job!!
ReplyDeleteThis would look so rad over my kitchen sink :)
ReplyDeleteI just moved into my grandparents home that they built in 1940. I am lucky enough to live in my childhood memories every day, and this sweet light will fit right in to my plans to update the house while honoring it's history and charm. I want it in my room!
ReplyDeleteI would save this gem until my family moves out of our rental. We're transitioning between two cities right now, and I bet this would look amazing in an old New England-style home I'm coveting.
ReplyDeleteI would put this in my kitchen.
ReplyDeleteMy entry way DESPERATELY needs a new light fixture. My colors are green and springy, and this would be perfect!
ReplyDeleteThis would look awesome in our bedroom!
ReplyDeleteUm, over my {future} clawfoot tub?! It's awesome, Mandi! LOVE the apple green inside...
ReplyDeleteAaaaccchhhhhhh!!! That's MY green! It would go in my craft room/office. I love industrial lighting. I hate to call it "vintage" since I grew up with just this type of lighting in our basement. I don't mind getting older, but hate to think of myself as "vintage." ;-) I'm with you on wanting to have a line of custom lighting. It can make or break a room.
ReplyDeleteI would put this in my kitchen.
ReplyDeleteI would put this in my kitchen above the sink... perfect.
ReplyDeleteI'd put it in my office where i'm currently "trying" to change the style and feel of it!! :)
ReplyDeleteThis would be perfect in my living room. I need more light in there!
ReplyDeleteIt kills me, the things you do!
ReplyDeleteThis light would be perfect in my sitting room:)
ReplyDeleteThis would go PERFECT in my kitchen that I just painted green and have retro curtains to match. It would go above my 60's green and tangerine table!
ReplyDeleteStop being so freaking amazing! I LOVE this!
ReplyDeleteAaahhh! This light would look FAB in my living room!
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I would love to win this baby! My guest bedroom is needs this light.
ReplyDeleteI am dying to create a new stairway/hallway , and this piece would be perfect to start off the space and give me a good excuse to get moving on it :)
ReplyDeleteThat light is beautiful. You are good at bringing things back from the dead. You would have made a great Dr. Frankenstein. Or Jesus. Well, maybe Jesus is a stretch :-)
ReplyDeleteover my little dining table!
ReplyDeleteI have a bedroom this would be amazing in! I am dying over these contests! They are the best! I may not have won the epic room makeover, but I feel confident I have a chance in one of the amazing giveaways you have posted in the last few day! C'mon I am crossing my fingers really hard! Love you guts Mandi
ReplyDelete-Elora
Loooooove this light - I think I would put it in my younger son's room. He has this retro-feel thing going on.. I think he would love it. Thanks. You did a great job on it ;)
ReplyDeleteThis would look great in my laundry room. I hope I win!
ReplyDeleteAfter not winning the Epic room makeover I have taken on remodeling my living room & hope to be done this month. We are doing a nautical theme and this baby would be the perfect addition.
ReplyDeleteI want it.
ReplyDeleteI think I would put it in the kitchen, above the sink?? I'm not sure really.
ReplyDeleteI would hang this over my kitchen table!
ReplyDeleteOver my kitchen table!!
ReplyDeleteI've been looking for an original light for my laundry room. I'm like you, I love designing lamps out of things you find or redesigning an existing light to fit your style.
ReplyDeleteI'm having a baby boy in February and this would be perfect for his room!!
ReplyDeleteI would love this light in my bedroom....perfect for reading in bed!
ReplyDeletePerfect for my guest bedroom, which I just finished redoing but haven't yet found the perfect light for!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win this! This would look awesome in my kitchen that I'm currently redoing in a vintage style with lots of white & some pops of color. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThat baby's going in my entryway. :)
ReplyDeleteI love this light! It's exactly the sleek-industrial tone I've been going for in my home.
ReplyDeleteI would love to hang this in my breakfast nook, or laundry area. Love the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI love it, and have about 12 places I could hang it (this house needs new lighting ASAP)
ReplyDeleteI've been looking for a plug-in pendant to put in my dark hallway. Ohhh, this would SO work! If I don't win, I'm definitely going to have to go harass Jilly for one (she's only a few blocks from me - I may have to go to every house to find her!). If there are none left, she'll have to spill where she found 'em ;-)
ReplyDeleteOver my kitchen table in a cherry red color!
ReplyDeleteI have been looking for a light like that for our new kitchen! I would love to win it!
ReplyDeleteLoving it and ideas!
ReplyDeletelove it
ReplyDeleteI would put it in our living room. I have been dying for overhead lighting, but we rent. This might be my solution!
ReplyDeleteIt's cute! Because it plugs in, I could easily use it in our kitchen. There isn't an overhead light in our kitchen except a really old, hideous hanging light. :P After we upgrade the kitchen light, I'd move it to our living room! :)
ReplyDeleteHmmm... I could think of a million places. Maybe my next baby's room? Or a new Kitchen light? the list is endless!
ReplyDeleteIve been stressing over my pending baby boy's nursery since I got pregnant. This light would be perfect for his room
ReplyDeleteI am in SERIOUS need of this amazing fixture for my craft room! We moved into a new place this summer and everything got decorated except that room. I'm dying to give it a vintage industrial makeover, and with task lighting like this, I might just have the motivation I need to get started.
ReplyDeleteThis would look great in my stairwell! And it needs a new light in a very bad way!
ReplyDeleteLove upcycling and industrial style like this piece! I would give it as a housewarming gift to my sister and her husband who just bought their first house in South Carolina.
ReplyDeleteI have been hunting for an awesome industrial fixture to hang above my kids' homework table. This one would be PERFECT!!!
ReplyDeleteIn my significant other's office! :)
ReplyDeleteI could find a nice home for this baby:)
ReplyDeleteThis would look awesome in my son's room. :)
ReplyDeleteright over the kitchen table! might even make dinner look a little more appetizing?? ;)
ReplyDeleteYou did such a good job as usual. It would go great in my craft room!
ReplyDeleteThankd, Coleen
This guy is going over my table in my (on the verge of a redo) kitchen!
ReplyDeleteWhen I showed my husband the photos of the epic makeover, he loved the light fixture. We love industrial! It would go over our kitchen table.
ReplyDeleteLOVE THIS LIGHT!
ReplyDeleteSaw it in the recent room redo!
I want one for ever room :)
Love it! I think it would look great in my kitchen!
ReplyDeleteLove this so much ! Would go perfect with my sons playroom / guest room I'm redoing!
ReplyDeleteOMG! That shade of green describes everything about me! I would for sure hang it above my dining room table :)
ReplyDeletekaia @ kiki_745(at)hotmail(dot)com
My kitchen is begging for that light! Jusy give it to me!
ReplyDeleteOooh yeah!
ReplyDeleteI need this light to live....
ReplyDeleteThe green you chose matches my kitchen EXACTLY!!!! I would hand that sweet ladylamp there, where she would illuminate my heartfelt (but often failed) attempts at baking homegoodness. =)
ReplyDeleteThis would hang over the center of my Breakfast Bar. I would be perfect.
ReplyDeleteThis would look awesome in my son's bedroom I will be redoing over Christmas! I have been looking for some new lighting and this would be perfect! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThis would look amazing in my son's bedroom which I will be redoing over Christmas! I have been thinking about what type of lighting I would want and this would match perfectly!
ReplyDeleteThis would be perfect in my kitchen!! Maybe too big for over the sink but that sure would be awesome!! Maybe over the table!! LOVE IT!!
ReplyDeleteLove it, love it. I think I would give it to my mom though for her basement.
ReplyDeleteSuper cool. I think my bedroom NEEDS it!
ReplyDeleteI would love it in my kitchen, or one of my boys rooms! Super cool Mandi, thanks!
ReplyDeleteMy husband has a Man Cave and it would be perfect in there.
ReplyDeleteMy EssiKates room!!!
ReplyDeleteOur first home will be finished being built next week, and I need a great light to be featured in my kitchen nook! I think this is just PERFECT for my new space! It's mandiculous..... Thanks for the chance
ReplyDeleteOur first home will be finished being built next week, and I need a great light to be featured in my kitchen nook! I think this is just PERFECT for my new space! It's mandiculous..... Thanks for the chance
ReplyDeleteI would put it in my sewing room.
ReplyDeletelOVE THAT LIGHT! It would be perfect for my bedroom over the night stand!!! :) Pick me!
ReplyDeleteI would put it in our mudroom. It would look perfect!!
ReplyDeleteI WANT IT! For my laundry room redo that I'm planning!
ReplyDeleteHow unique! This light would have a home either in my craft room or in the
ReplyDeleteupstairs bedroom which needs a little fun. Cool redo!
This would so replace the ugly ceiling fan over my dining table!
ReplyDeleteI can't decide!! Maybe kitchen or even the hallway?!
ReplyDeleteWould love to win this. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThe green is perfect for my school room! Would love to win this! (And love the Dirty Dancing reference!)
ReplyDeleteOh how cool! I would love to win this because I am going to be buying a new home in the next few months. How exciting it would be to put this in one of the rooms! :)
ReplyDeleteIn the guest bedroom, what what!
ReplyDeleteI love this it would look great inmy new house
ReplyDeleteIt would be perfect in my breakfast nook. I love it!
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I have started collecting things for our 1840's farmhouse which is currently sitting vacant... yes 500 miles away on 60 acres just waiting for us to do something with her... like rip out lowered acoustic tile ceilings and restore the original hardwood floors. Yes this light would be perfect!! However in the mean time it would be used in our windowless bathroom!! Thank you for offering this giveaway!!
ReplyDeleteI hope I win!
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ReplyDeleteSimply an amazing transformation! With its style and color, it would look and work perfect in my craft room!
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE it for my dressing corner in my master bedroom! I have a huge floor mirror and a dress rack in the corner that I use to hang my fancy clothes when needing to get ready for some fun event. It could really use an industrial touch and some light! The green would be perfect!
ReplyDeleteKarin Sommers
The light would look great in my kitchen above the sink.
ReplyDeletenatalie.polinske(at)gmail(dot)com
This would be amazing in our dining room!
ReplyDeleteSo fun! I would put this in my babys room- in our reading nook!
ReplyDeleteLoved love what you did to the lamp. If I don't win it these it going to the top of my thrift store shopping list. :)
ReplyDeleteSince I didnt win the epic room makeover I think the universe should send me over the light *smile* I have the perfect spot my family room that I am working on so hard to make gel with the rest of our home! (And our style is modern industrial/farm chic!)
ReplyDeleteI would put this in my dining room
ReplyDeleteI would use it in my 1 year old son's room. :-)
ReplyDeleteJamier76@gmail.com
I would put this on my patio or kitchen
ReplyDeleteSo gonna use this light in my family room!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
terilybb@aol.com
such a good idea! I wish I had your skillz.
ReplyDeleteI have been re-doing my boys room for months now. I have yet to find a cool light for it. This would be AMAZING in there!
ReplyDeleteI have been mulling over trying this idea...would be great to win one ready to go!
ReplyDeleteI love love love the industrial awesomeness of this! I totally hope I win!!
ReplyDeletewe are getting ready to move so i'm not positive where it would go but, believe me, baby ain't going in the corner!
ReplyDeleteI would put this baby in my living room above our side table, it would compliment perfectly with my chartreuse shelving units. Love the color Green!!!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to put it over my night stand in the master bedroom! Or maybe in the living room because there isn't a lot of lighting in there....so many options. Thanks for the cool giveaway. Liz e_lewis13@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteI would totally put it in my son's room. It would be so cool!
ReplyDeleteI would put it in my kitchen either over my sink or over my kitchen table, I've been desperately looking for a light for over my table but funds are tight right now. The light I have is real cheap and cheap brass! Cant even take it down to spray it cause its lines are not good! This light is beautiful great job!
ReplyDeleteI must have this! I'm in the middle of a master bedroom redo already and have been searching for a hanging lamp or something I could use to create one! This is perfect! My bedroom is even GREEN!!
ReplyDeleteGimmie Gimmie!!
I would love this light for my bedroom!
ReplyDeleteOur living room has no light - only a standing lamp, but there is a handy dandy hook in the ceiling from a previous tenant that would work perfectly for this light. :]
ReplyDeleteThis baby would be perfect in my laundry room or son's room!!
ReplyDeleteOh I am in love!! We are finishing our basement and this would look amazing in my family room!!
ReplyDeleteI love this so so much! I would put this awesome light in my master bedroom that did not win the epic room makeover!
ReplyDeleteIn my laundry room!
ReplyDeleteIt would def go in my living room. Love it!
ReplyDeleteWould love to put in my kitchen that I am currently giving a makeover!
ReplyDeletethis lamp would be perfect for our dining room!
ReplyDeleteI would put this beaut in my sons room. Done and done.
ReplyDeleteThats just perfect right now I am looking for lamps for our new apartment and that would be perfect for our office space or above a little eating table....
ReplyDeleteI just got a bright idea, I would use this in my foyer, perfect beginning to my house.
ReplyDeleteDeb Claytor
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I need the so much to go over my sink in my 1860 log home. I have had a chicken house temporary light up since our house fire in 2002.
ReplyDeleteThe green would really brighten up my kitchen!
ReplyDeletei would so use this in my son's room. it has a semi industrial feel with some free schooll lockers i just got from the local boe. i'd paint them white and viola!
ReplyDeleteWould love it!
ReplyDeleteSorry... Got ahead of myself . I,d put it in our stair case.
ReplyDeleteI would put this in my kitchen or my laundry room! It would go perfect in both!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Could totally picture it in my son's nursery!
ReplyDeleteLindsay
LOVE this light and it would look perfectly in my sewing/craft room.
ReplyDeleteThis little sweetie would look great in my husband antique Harley room. Thanks Vickie
ReplyDeleteI would put that little nugget of resurrected goodness to use in my kitchen. It would replace the hanging dead pendant with the burned out bulbs and burnt shade.
ReplyDeleteShirley said:
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was the sewing room but it is red, white and blue. Now I think either in the kitchen or in the stairway as both of them are green. God Bless. Did I miss the contest make-over in AZ? I would love to see it.
clupton@windstream.net
My husband and I are just beginning the build of our custom, forever home. The plan for my laundry room is board and batten lime green walls with white cabinets. This light would be PERFECT!!!
ReplyDeleteBaby would be perfect over my kitchen sink! I am constantly working in my own shadow once the sun goes down. Love it!
ReplyDeleteOoooh! I love it. Are Canadians eligible to win?
ReplyDeleteI would put this in my studio workshop (sounds better than it is but this awesome light would bring it closer to the vision I have of it)
that would be awesome in our bathroom!!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely in my breakfast room. It looks like you made it for the room :) It already matches, I hate my existing fixture, I need light in there!!
ReplyDeleteVery Neat....I think with the white and Green it would look awesome in my little girls' playroom!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Your continued creativity and energy inspire as always!
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