Before. After.
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This 1920s fixture sat FOREVER in my storage vaults. I have utterly no memory of when I purchased it. The fixture, obviously, needed a LOT of work and I would feel faint every time I looked at it. So Much Work. But, two days ago, I thought: ENOUGH! Do something with the poor dear! Well, wanna see the results? Scroll down…and prepare to GASP!
I know! GASP!
Under all the dirt was a unique silver finish, and with gold and emerald accents.
LOVE the amber sphere!
For all these years I had assumed that the fixture was gold and the silver base was a later bad spray job. But it developed that most of the fixture WAS silver originally. So, I carefully recreated the original polychrome color scheme.
I didn’t think the end result would look good, and worried that I might have to redo the whole thing. Argh! I was so not looking forward to this. But, only after I hung the fixture, and stepped back, did I think: Oh! This is friggin’ gorgeous!
Silver was an unusual color choice during the era, although one company, Riddle, specialized in silvery fixtures.
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Lovely!! I hate to think how many are thrown out as junk for looking like that.
I love the emerald accents. Really pretty. Great job!
I can’t believe it’s even the same fixture. I sure wish I had a period correct house to put it in!
That must be so satisfying….one of the most extreme transformations.