Botox for your Bathroom

Remember when Tessa featured her kitchen–gave it a little lift with some new hardware, lights and paint? I think one of the biggest ‘wow’ but low cost renovations you can do is to change lighting throughout your house–it’s a great way to really personalize your space and update it. I have  changed every light fixture in my house since moving in but I had a few that were still haunting me…

The 90’s called and they want their light fixture back (along with the scrunchies worn by all those Olympic gymnasts!)  Not only did I have one of these but I had a total of FOUR of these. Two in the master bath and two in the kids’ bath.  It wasn’t a problem for me to find light fixtures that I wanted such as these:

But, at 119.00 a piece, I would be spending 476.00 BEFORE taxes. I just couldn’t justify spending that much.

But the closer I looked at the Pottery Barn Lights and then at my light fixture, I realized what I really liked was the milk-white shade and that my chrome light fixture might not be the problem..maybe it was just the shade.

So I headed off to Vogue Lighting to see what I could find.  I was in luck!  I found white-milk shades for only 8.00 a piece!  I could spend 64.00 and achieve a similar look.  I was thrilled and my husband was even MORE thrilled.

Check out the result:

Here’s a side by side shot so you can get a better look at the older shade vs. newer shade

 Maybe I should remove the sticker as well…..

And here is the finished product:

Oh, how this photo makes me so happy!  Even the littlest upgrades can make a big difference.

So before you go replacing that whole fixture, think about a quick and easy change of the shades…the same can apply to a very traditional lamp and lamp shade.