Hallway Lights

Post 22

Hallway lights

This was a much older build however I never posted it anywhere. Now that I have decided to start my blogs back up I figured this is a perfect project for my steampunk blog. So as you can see this light in the hallway of my old apartment was well......... bad looking. Scratched that it was straight up ugly as sin. So I wanted to do something about that. At the time I thought I was going to stay there for a while so I wanted it to be more steampunk to make it more like my home a place I wanted to be.

I had to start by ripping out the old light lucking I did this in a way that I could put it all back together. I really glad I did that because I was happy to get my deposit back. lol With the little electrical back ground I have from home remodeling this was a two minute job. but now looked way worse then before.

Next I found these reproduction oil lanterns at walmart for $5 each. these are working oil lanterns and I love the way they look while burning. However an oil fueled lantern is not a very smart thing to have burning in the home for a light source. Also to light it every time you want light would be a terrible way of living. at least now a days.

Next I ripped all the internals out of the lantern so it no longer burns oil. I also inserted a light socket into the top of the lantern. Now the lantern can be hooked up to a power source and be lite with a normal light bulb.

then it was time to make the lanterns a little more antique looking. A little Rub N Buff to the lanterns and it was looking a lot better. this was a slight bit of a pain in the butt with all the little crevasses. however after a little time I had both lanterns looking much less bard new.  

I spiced both lanterns to the electrical wire that was leading to the old wall light. after which I hung both lanterns off the wall with a couple of planter hooks. I loved the way they looked hanging on the wall but now had a huge nasty looking hole to deal with.

I'm not 100% sure how i came across it but I had an old PA speaker from one of the schools in town that was remodeled. Someone took the time to save this speaker from the trash and I am so glad they did because not only was it almost perfect size to cover that god awful whole in the wall but it also have a very steampunk look to it hanging next to the two lanterns.

These lanterns made the hallway look way better then ever before and now my apartment had a much more steampunk look to it. I don't think I could have wished for it to come out any better.

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