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…

Amy’s Bathroom

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:

Pottery Barn

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

Amy’s Bathroom

 Maybe I should remove the sticker as well…..

Amy’s Bathroom

And here is the finished product:

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

Amy’s Bathroom

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.

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