Faux Edison

I'm not brave

not like lots of girls

in home bloggity blog land

I'm not a fan of powertools

or electricity

or using power tools to put up

electrical thingamagigs

Like lighting fixutures

Or, plumbing fixtures for that matter.

Oh, I'll drill up a picture or two.

But the real stuff, I leave to Mr. Handy.

For now.

That said, I loved the look of Pottery Barn's Edison chandelier

And at the top of the landing,

in our home

there is a fixture cap

which I imagine hides the wires for those brave enough

to install their own fixture

because,

evidently

they ran out of fixtures in our home

and didn't think we'd need one more

in that very obvious space

No biggie.

I loved this nook

Reading Room Nook - Top of the Landing, Pinehurst

You can see the light fixture cap in the ceiling of this photo

It would be great to have a real lighting fixture in that space

you know, to read by

But since I live in the land of the sun/not sun

(just depends on the time of year)

I can get by with natural light from the window

Note that I didn't say "sunlight" because,

well, that stuff needs to be bottled when it shows up here

I digress.

I wanted to make a Faux Edison.

So I gathered the following supplies

Faux Edison Parts | Pinehurst Reading Nook

I found the coil of rope at Goodwill (of course)

But then decided that I wanted the rope with the blue label

from Home Depot

I picked up the clear globe bulbs in three different sizes

from the Habitat Store, Wal Mart and Goodwill

(noticing a trend here?)

I got the bag of gray couplings 

in the plumbing section at Home Depot

and I picked up the eye screws from Home Depot too.

Score Orange!

The craft paints were picked up in the great 

Freecycle paint heist.

Awesomeness.

Faux Edison Bulb Making| Pinehurst Reading Nook

I used a bit of Gorilla glue

and some washers I had on hand

To glue a washer to one end of the couplings

that I had painted black.

On the non-washer end of the coupling

I glued my light bulb to the coupling

Because, they're not really going to light up and all

Faux Edison Couplings and Bulbs| Pinehurst Reading Nook

The washer on the other end was so that I could take this

Faux Edison Step 1,283,789| Pinehurst Reading Nook

and end up with this

Faux Edison All Strung Out| Pinehurst Reading Nook

I used different lengths of rope,

different sized bulbs

and now, I just need to get the guts

to put it on my ceiling

Yeah.  I'll keep you posted on that.