Finding the Perfect Kitchen Light.. Can it be found on Etsy or eBay?
January 26th, 2010 | 
Author: We’ve lived in our house for about 9 years. The Man and I designed the house and built it thinking it would be complete and finished 6 months to a year after we built it. Almost 9 years has gone by and we are still living in a house without knobs on the cabinets, properly set doors and landscaping, as in NO landscaping.
The Man is really good with all things electrical. Putting up lights and the thought of being shocked doesn’t phase him… except the light in my kitchen. For some reason he’s just doesn’t want to tackle that. (it’s partially my fault.) I don’t want you to think we don’t have a light in the kitchen, because we do. It’s just we have a plain Jane kind of fixture and I want a fancier one. What I would like for it to look like is this:
The man says that he would have to put extra holes in the ceiling to make this kind of light work. (I would like multiple pendant lights.(
So here are a few “single” lights I’ve picked out.
Like this light? You can get it on eBay! Go HERE
I love this pot rack type light. I just don’t have any nice looking pots to hang from it. My mother-in-law has one of these and she has beautiful copper pans and vintage copper things hanging from it.
Can you see the copper pots hanging there in the background?
This light fixture is on eBay to see it go HERE
I like this light a lot.. but I’m not sure if it will give the same amount of light that I am getting now.
These are re-purposed Blue Glass Insulators. They are being sold on
Etsy. Check them out HERE
These do not meet The Man’s guidelines of using the existing electrical hole. But I still really like the “vintage-y” feel to them.
Canning Jar Pendant Lights. by emmajeansdreams Check it out HERE
I really like these, they are vintage-y and I think they only have one light “hole”.
Pienza 5 light Lamp Check it out HERE
I love this light.. but I’m not sure it will give off enough light.
So which is your favorite?
Here’s my “Bonus” Light 
Handmade Esty Venetian Light Check it out HERE
This light would be perfect in my upstairs hallway… We have already purchased the fixtures for up there. He hasn’t put those up yet. ..but that’s another blog for another day.
Posted in eBay, Home & Garden | 
Tags: building a house, eBay, etsy, glass insulators, hall lighting, Kitchen lighting, light fixtures, mason jars, Pendant lights, stained glass, vintage
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Wow those lights look amazing. I really dig the copper ones the most! if i could get my hands on that for my kitchen I would be so happy! thanks so much for your post and the information that you have here. I will have to look on Ebay and see if i can find something that matches the style I have in my kitchen.
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