Week 1: The Befores
Week 2: The Mood Board & Plans
1. Supplies. All these things only cost a few dollars each (minus the light of course).
- Hard wired light (similar)
- Spray paint
- Candelabra Socket and Cord Switch
- Wire cutters/strippers
- Wire Connectors
3. Cut-off socket. Since you're connecting this to a hard-wired light, you'll need to chop off the socket. Grab your wire cutters and cut that baby off as close to the socket as possible.
4. Strip the wire. Next, grab your strippers and strip about 1/2" off. Then put your clothes back on and do it on the cord to expose the copper wires
5. Connect wires. Using your plastic wire connectors, screw the wires together. If you're an electrical newbie, generally the black wire is the live wire and the white is the neutral wire. On the cord you will see that one of the wires has a ribbed edge and one is smooth. Connect the ribbed wire to the live black wire and the smooth wire to the white neutral wire.
6. Double check. Now plug that baby in! Make sure it works before you mount it on the wall.
Also, one outtake for the road. That light was way heavier to hold 2 feet away from your body than it looks. As you can tell, I struggled - gotta work on those biceps.
This next week, I'm going to attempt to board & batten the walls in a way I haven't seen before - I just have a picture in my mind. So stay tuned to see if it makes or breaks the room.
I know I say this every time, but as always, check out the other ORC Guest Participants on the ORC website!
It looks great— well done! We are doing plug in sconces in our master!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Awesome! Can't wait to do our master too.
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