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A Couple Years in the Box

OUR 2nd HOUSE

Words can not describe how much this light fixture is just not my style.  It’s like the fanciest boob I have ever seen.  And I was on a year round women’s swim team…I’ve seen boobs.

So after the painting phase of the laundry room was over…this sucker came down faster than you can say “Drew will be the next bachelor”….yes I’m calling it.

So what’s going up in it’s place?  Funny you should ask.

Because I’ve been sitting on a little something that I think would be just perfect for this narrow space.   And it was bought two years ago.  Yes.  That’s me.  The Ultimate Hoarder.  I think this just goes to show coughJeremycough that sometimes I actually buy something to use at a later date.  I don’t just say that because of my hoarder tendencies.

Let me tell you the story.  Girl enters Lowes.  Girl sees huge stack of clearance items marked “ALL ITEMS $10”.  Girl runs and jumps into clearance items like Scrooge McDuck jumps in his vault of gold coins (hollah child of the 80’s!).  Girl finds a bunch of plain white ceiling fans and one box labeled Nonstock.  Girl runs with said box to register to find it is amazing.  Shut the hammer pants up.

Moral of the story.  Scrooge McDuck always wins.

And my shopping luck can be psychologically scarring for others.

So I worked really hard to install this bad boy before Jeremy got home one day.  Then he got home and I flipped the switch.  Nuttin.

Yup.  Apparently my giant head was all inflated prematurely.  Since my arms were super tired, he got up there on the ladder (shivers!) to reconnect the wire that came loose.  And then I got lectured about how I should never to electrical work alone in the house.  Not exactly the kind of reaction that I thought I would get…but at least he cares if I die.  That should count for something, right?!  Oh and then he told me that it was a good call on the light.

So the best part is that my cheap pendant light was also the right oblong-ness for the room.  It perfectly fills up the space and it provides WAY more light than the old boob.  Speaking of boobs…is that a nipple?  Because I think it is.

As you may have noticed…we had to move the washer and dryer back in.  As much as I loved taking cute pictures of the boys in the Laundromat…that is way too pricey for me considering I have multiple loads of whites/darks/poops to do each week.

Oh and guess what?  I started painting….

It’s like the perfect shade of Smurf.  I’m really really loving it.  Now if only I would get off my lazy bum and do something about that floor.

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  1. That is my DR color…it looks like it anyway, but it is a great blue. Ours is Ballard blue from Eddie Bauer. I love it. It looks so sharp with the white trim! And the light is fantastic!

  2. You crack me up! “The perfect shade of Smurf….”?! I about spit my drink out! Love the color too. And that light, way to go! Now I want to go watch some Scrooge and teach my 4 year old about the awesome 80’s cartoons. So much better than Chowder and the new Scooby Doo, not to mention Bubble Guppies and other random horrible-ness.

  3. The light fixture looks great, I cannot believe you got it for $10 – such a steal! I completely agree with you about Drew, he seems like the perfect guy. But maybe a little too sweet for Des! Girls will tear him apart if he’s the next Bachelor 😉

  8. SCORE! That’s awesome. Love the new fixture and the paint color. We’re toying with a laundry room face lift too so your posts have been really helpful. Although the laundromat…not so much 😉 Can’t wait to see the finished product!

  9. Love the light….

    P.S. don’t you wish you could really swim through gold coins? Scrooge made it look GOOD 😉

  10. Love the light and the “perfect shade of Smurf” paint. 🙂

    I have a light sitting on a shelf downstairs to be installed in the hall once we redo the drywall. $2 on a clearance rack. I refuse to pay full price for anything. Love a good deal. 🙂

  12. OMG! I have that same light in my office. And my walls are navy blue. And my name is Katie too. Weirdness abounding – or just just really good taste! 🙂

  13. Aw man, did Drew get eliminated last night? I guess that’s what I get for going bowling/socializing last night rather than watching The Bachelorette. Good for you for trying to install the light yourself, you little feminist. I don’t think I’d ever be brave enough to tackle electricity.

  14. Love the paint color and wow the luck of finding a great light fixture for next to nothing.

    Not sure if its my computer or the pictures themselves. But just wanted to let you know that the pictures look distorted. Maybe you meant that. But just wanted you to know.

    Again….love love the paint color.

  15. I do the same thing with clearance stuff at Lowe’s (and HD too!). I’ve bought all the fixtures for 2 yet-to-be redone bathrooms. Those words and the little yellow labels get me so excited!

  17. Oh wow, what a lucky find! Love that light!!! Can’t wait to see the finished room.

  18. What a steal. I bought the same light for $99 from Lowes. We really love it . I can’t wait to see the room once it’s all finished.

  20. You really shouldn’t have mentioned Drew… I got to the end of this post and realised I didn’t even know what it was about because I’d been thinking about his smile the entire time #obsessed
    Love the new light! I can’t stand boob lights either so I’m glad there’s one less in the world!

  23. Totally in love with the color! And that light is to-die-for! Wish I had some Scrooge McDuck luck when I go looking for something fun!

  26. Love the new light and paint color! I can’t wait to see the finished product 🙂 Also, super cute pic of Will on Instagram this morning 🙂

  28. Booblights… The bane of my existence. Our new house has at least 4. They mock me. Hubby likes them strangely enough. I think we all know why…

    That is super cute though!

  31. LOVE finds like that! My claim to bargain hoarding fame is our island light fixture. I got it 11 years ago, so I can’t find the actual light fixture on line, but you can see something that’s the same but different here: http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=399946-18573-LW22750227&catalogId=10051&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=3709156
    The one we bought is bronze and much clunkier but the general shape is the same.
    Mine cost – are you sitting? – $19.99 on clearance!
    We’re redoing our kitchen now and taking the island out, so I’m afraid I might have to sell it, for, oh, $50???
    It’s incredible – the value for what I paid?!??!! I’m so proud of myself.
    My not as awesome next buy was a chandelier for the hallway at $135 – but that’s not as great a deal as this one was…

  32. What were some of your events for swimming? Year-round sounds bad-ass! I was 500 freestyle… long distance represent! 🙂

    Also, since there are boobs involved, should your smurf walls be declared Smurfette? Haha!

  34. It looks great Katie! I am in the market for a new washer& dryer. Do you mind sharing what brand/model you have?

  35. That light is absolutely perfect there. I’m gonna have to keep an eye out for those clearance sections at Home Depot/Lowes. That’s an awesome find! The pace of your room updates remind me of how ours are going…with a 6 month old and both of us working full time at different schedules to keep the baby home, I’m lucky if I have an hour at night to do whatever I can around the house. But hey, that’s home ownership at it’s finest. 🙂

  36. Dude, if only I could easily upgrade my boobs for a 10 dollar bill (heck, I’d even splurge and pay $10 each!)! Now that would be a happy day! #smallboobproblems

  37. I love the light! I am always jealous of people who have regular ceilings. Every ceiling in my house is sloped. That really limits the type of lights I can put up. We have so many boob lights, it’s like mardi gras around here.

    Also, I love the paint color. We just painted our laundry room. Now, I’m wishing I had done it in more of a navy color.

  38. oh gosh..the boob lights. we have them in our house and I am tolerating them for now. Sometimes I see my baby staring at the light fixtures, probably thinking it’ll feed her.

  39. what a great find! Are you painting the walls in there with a brush versus a roller?

  40. Lolol Can’t stop laughing about the “multiple loads of darks/whites/poops! Although I’m sure I won’t be laughing if I ever have kids and have my own “loads” (lololol) waiting for me!

  43. Question: Did you have to repaint the ceiling at all, or does the new light fixture cover up the hole of the boob light? We have TONS of boob lights all over our house and I’d love to replace them. But it is an open floor plan and I’m worried that replacing the boob lights with a hanging fixture, like you did, would mean re-painting the entire ceiling.
    You got such a fantastic deal- I’ll have to start checking the Lowe’s clearance section!!

  45. Looks fabulous as usual. I am really a sucker for pendant lamps, they are so clean and modern. We just used one from shades of light in our office re-do, which I LOVE. Oh, and I love that you photographed your laundry room with clothes everywhere…#keepinitreal : )

  48. Yes, I repainted the ceiling but not because of the light…our ceilings are all tan colored and I don’t dig it 🙂
    xo – kb

  50. Ironically I was a breaststroker – 100m, 200m. Also 200free, 200IM, and one year I swam 100back almost every meet. YES – Smurfette!
    xo – kb

  55. I have that same exact pendant light! And guess what… I got it on clearance at Lowe’s about a year ago for $7.80! Score! I still love it and high-five myself every time I think about the great deal I got on it 🙂

  59. I think it’s because the light is oblong. I don’t think the pics are distorted but I can see why one could think they are. Maybe?

    I am calling Juan Pablo as the next bachelor 🙂

  61. Katie, I love the paint color and your new light! I always troll the Lowes Clearance section b/c of you 🙂 I had “boob” lights all over our house and they didn’t bother me…until I breasted for 19 months. I had enough of all the ‘nips’ in my house-ha! Only two more to get rid of now-woot!

  62. You pick Drew!?! I would absolutely LOVE to see Juan Pablo as the next bachelor!!! Regardless how completely stoked are you to see the 2 PART finale?? Especially after the teaser on the Men’s Tell All!! Okay I’m done Bachelor dishing before I look like a maniac! 🙂

    Okay but seriously I am in love with the updates in the laundry room! After Baby A makes her arrival (sometime in the next week or so) constructing our laundry room is on our to-do list…oh how I wish it weren’t in the basement though! Can’t wait to see it done!

  64. I thought they were distorted, too, at first. I think it’s just that at first I thought the pendant light was round, but it’s actually oblong, so it does look seriously distorted until reading where you say it’s oblong. Maybe also because you’re taking pictures, at an angle, of a ceiling in a tight space.

  68. I bought Duck Tales Dvd’s for my kids Gunner (8) and Layken (2.5) to watch… and they don’t get it… I’m considering returning them… yes, talking about my kids… how can they not be obsessed with DUCK TALES??!! Momma has issues with this issue.

  69. Thanks!!! My house will undergoing a lot of changes over the next few months after my daughter heads off to college. Paint is cheap and time consuming!!!! Love your blog!!!

  70. I thought some of the pictures were distorted, too, until I realized that the light is oblong, not circular. I don’t know if it’s the same issue, but once I realized what I was looking at it was fine.

  72. I thought that too at first…until I realized that the light is actually an oval, not a circle. The angle of the first photo tricked me for a bit. I thought it was squished in horizontally, but it’s not 🙂

    Even the junction box is oval so it was really tripping me out haha!

  73. Shut the front door, Katie! What a beautiful pendant light!! Ten bucks? Jackpot!!
    I normally do not comment on posts, but that is a freaking awesome score!!! I couldn’t hold it in. And so beautiful!
    Can’t wait for the full laundry room reveal!

  75. I love this! I have the exact same one in my sewing room except it’s the round version.

  77. I would love to see him be it too…but I picked Drew at the beginning of the third episode (that’s how Jer and I play that game)…just simply because how many times the camera would go to him in rose ceremonies…even when he was completely irrelevant 🙂
    xo – kb

  79. I just had to tell you that limes were on sale 10 for $1 at my local grocery store today. The first thing that popped into my mind: “Imagine how many vases Katie Bower could fill with $5!!” lol Was totally thinking of your Tile Shop photoshoot 🙂

  80. Ooo, I like the blue paint!

    We just put up a couple of cheap boob lights to replace the ugly tree antler looking chandeliers that came with the house. Love the pendant light, I’d like to do a round one in my bedroom just like that.

  81. The new light you installed is way better than the old one which looked like a cute boob lol. Good job on painting! hehehe just change the rag.

  83. katie,

    I have a photoshop question, i have browsed the internet looking for the answer, and cant find it. I feel like this should be simple, but I cant figure it out. YOu probably know the answer. Im pretty new to photoshop. Im trying to make a box, just a plain box, an outline, with no fill. Every time i try and make a box, or thick line I can only do it if it is a solid shape. Is there no option to just make an outlined shape. I feel so dumb, it should be so simple but I cannot figure it out.

    Love your blog. Cracks me up and adds some humor to life.

    Thanks so much

  84. That’s not as straightforward as you might think. Make a square in white and then over under LAYERS, right click and go to blending properties. A new window should open and click STROKE (it should be an option at the bottom)…and then adjust it to be a COLOR and make it black or whatever and adjust the thickness in that window. Hope this helps.
    xo – kb

  85. That’s not as straightforward as you might think. Make a square in white and then over under LAYERS, right click and go to blending properties. A new window should open and click STROKE (it should be an option at the bottom)…and then adjust it to be a COLOR and make it black or whatever and adjust the thickness in that window. Hope this helps.
    xo – kb

  87. HAHA! He’s 32 so technically speaking, I don’t think you are a cougar for him. It’s half your age plus ten right? So as long as you are under 58 it is perfect 🙂
    xo – kb

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