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By: Restyling the Dining Room « 1912 Bungalow

Restyling the Dining Room « 1912 Bungalow — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:48:57 +0000

[...] a little brighter and more playful. I intend to leave all the period details intact except for the light fixture, but that isn’t so unusual. I swap out lights around here the way some women change earrings. I [...]

By: Home Lighting

Home Lighting — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:25:31 +0000

Did you get this from Ebay too? It’s adorable! I have been trying to look for something like this for years but I can’t find any in my country.

By: amy

amy — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:45:16 +0000

love love love this fixture. we just bought a 1911 a&c home and will start painting and renovating. quickly bought light fixtures just to get something in but will take your ebay idea and start checking it out.thanks so much for your site!

By: Manuel

Manuel — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:19:55 +0000

Ray Ferreras antique lighting on Labrea is the best. I’ve had old pasadena lighting work on some of my antique fixtures before althou they are cheaper than ray’s I was not as happy with their work. Ray has been restoring light for 40+ years and he knows what he’s doing. He did 3 of my original 1911 chandeliers he cleaned all of the oxidation and pitting, he gave them an authentic patina and rewired them keeping the original paddle switches in tack.

Ray’s place is north of Liz’s hardware they highly recommened him and so do I.

By: sandra

sandra — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:33:45 +0000

I too buy light fixtures on eBay, and I also buy just what I love, not what I think might be terribly valuable. My husband and I live in a condo right now but will be buying an old house in the near future and plan to mount some of my hoard there , and fix up the rest to sell … or hang on to if we move, it’s hard to part with any of them because they’re so cool, even the modest ones!

It always pains me to see what people do to old light fixtures, painting them using inappropriate materials and colors. My husband and I want to restore the fixtures, not remodel them! We want them to look as close to original as possible.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:38:16 +0000

Michelle, how cool! I don’t know of anyone in Pasadena offhand. I called Liz’s Antique Hardware and they referred me to someone. They have a list of people who restore lights. Maybe give them a call and see if they could recommend someone?

Liz’s Antique Hardware: 323.939.4403

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:25:27 +0000

We found (what we think) are three original light fixtures from our 1914 house in the attic. They are really, really rusty, but I want to look into having them restored. Do you know of a good light restorer in the Pasadena area?

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By: 1916home

1916home — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:13:31 +0000

It is stunning! I would say Im never this lucky on ebay or the like, but I picked up a new European made clawfoot bathtub worth $3000 on craigslist for $700. Thats my claim to fame until I find something as stunning as your light fixture!