John and I found these lemon sconces at a flea market in Marseille, France and scooped them up and stuck them in our suitcases. When we got back to the States, we trotted over to our local Michaels crafts store for the round disks upon which we mounted the fixtures. High-low. Love it!
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Here’s hoping you are having a fabulous and relaxed Labor Day… John and I are upstate and spent the whole weekend gardening. And Madcap Cottage looks terrific!
Here’s a quick idea to hopefully give you some inspiration…
John and I love finding vintage light fixtures at yard sales and flea markets, but what to do if the fixture doesn’t have a large enough base for mounting the fixture, say, upon a wall? Buy the light, and then march right over to Michaels and pick up their inexpensive and whimsical wooden “plaques” that can be painted and then mounted to use as a base for your fixture.
Cheap and chic. We love it!
We unearthed these gilt and "vining" wall sconces at an antiques shop in Tampa, Florida. We then had lampshades made in Venice, Italy with the letter "J" on them. Unfortunately, we had the "J"s put on upside down, so now the "J"s read as big question marks. This keeps people guessing. And then we paired this high-low combination of inexpensive fixtures and expensive lampshades with whimsical wooden plaques from Michaels. Genius, no? Just saying...
Tags: DIY, High-low, Jason Oliver Nixon, John Loecke, Lighting, Madcap Cottage, Michael's, Venice
hi jason try having the ivy climb the wall which will make your J a J. looking forward to seeing u in high point tony at a&vf