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I have the glass bowls only from some vintage ceiling lights. How can I retrofit them to use them?

Penguin , Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 02:25:14 PM

I am remodeling a family farmhouse and wanna use these to retain some old 
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character. l only have the glass — the saucer type. They have three 
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holes around the perimeter of the glass, so I am guessing they hung from 
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the original ceiling fixtures by beaded chain or something.

I 
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am semi-handy and can wire. Are there new fixtures l could buy that hang 
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like this so l could change out the glass? Or should l make something from 
scratch, and how?
 
 
 
 
 
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Chupachups , Thursday, 12th of August 2010 05:49:05 PM

I am an old house gal myself, and have had really good success  
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finding replacement fixtures and/or bowls through old house lighting  
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centers. A lot of those old styles are still being produced and I am  
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thinking you might be able to find the parts you need quite easily.. or,  
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at the very least, you can look at the catalog and get an idea of how the  
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fixture is supposed to look. I am attaching a link to my favorite old house  
lighting resource.  
 
 
 
 
 
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Tigger , Friday, 13th of August 2010 02:16:32 PM

i know exactly what you are talking about . mine has a frost  
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painting on it . i sold it for 175 $ i went to hardware store & got some  
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bolts eye bolts . some rubber washers but i had to get a hose & cut the  
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washers for the top of the glass . i got some really weird chains . it had  
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like points on it . lead them up to a fixture i ran each wire separate &  
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weaved it through the chains . had a hard time finding bright orange  
wiring . but i ran it up all 4 chains painted the chains flat black . they  
went into a brass cap from a ceiling fan . you know were the light fixture  
is . well it fastened to the ceiling fixture just right . then i got this  
horrid looking beauty ring from a junk store . i cleaned it up then gave  
it a good lacquer finish . but that wasn't enough i had to do this . i  
glued a ring on the bottom & hung a thingy from it . dont know what it is  
called but it is some decoration for those fancy tied back curtains .  
 
 
 
 
 
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