And what beautiful light it is!

They are not the fanciest and definitely not the most expensive thanks to a fantastic sale at Menards…

but I am stoked.

We moved in to our home May of 2008. It has been an uphill battle ever since. Someday I will tell you all about the gigantic hole that we discovered in our backyard as the snow melted. Gigantic doesn’t even begin to describe the pile of rock and dirt taller than my 5’6″” frame that was left next to the hole. That hole was the tip of the “Oh… this is why we got a steal on this foreclosed home!” project list.

At the top of the list, after filling in the gigantic-did I mention it was GIGANTIC?!- hole, was the light fixtures. All the light fixtures.

This is why, and here are some other pics of our disastrous decor lighting.

and if you think, maybe they looked better turned on… they didn’t

needless to say, I was more than excited to see the sales flyer. The next morning I loaded up the boys and headed to Menards where I proceeded to overload the cart with boxes of bliss.

some assembly was required, but it was well worth the savings of doing it ourselves. And by ourselves I mean, I lended a hand when needed while T did all the wiring.

it took 14 bulbs (Menard’s Buyer’s Choice has a really fair price on bulbs)

and then the magic happened. Our rooms have been transformed. For about $300 we changed 5 lighting fixtures and now the house has a -to be precise- soft white glow and the ugly 90′s food caked chandeliers are gone for good!

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