We have lights all around the exterior of the house. They’re quite fancy, but they’re also twenty-two years old and showing their age. After twenty-two winters with snow and ice, and twenty-two summers with the sun beating down, they’re looking a little worn.
The glass broke on a couple of them, and I couldn’t find anything to match it. It wasn’t surprising– after all these years, these lights are certainly not being manufactured any more (not that I could even determine who made them, as there was no label or indication anywhere). I managed to find a couple full lights in a similar style, bought them, and replaced the broken ones.
But then I was left with a quandary: the new ones were not only a slightly different style, but a completely different color. The answer: re-paint everything in a single matching color. Not only would that conceal the mis-matched lights, it would help make everything look a little newer.
Enter four cans of “hammered” copper spray paint, many hours disassembling the twenty-odd lights, laying out the pieces, cleaning them, painting, and then re-installing everything. It was painstaking, but I think the result is nice.
Pepper tells me it’s unlikely anyone will notice, and she’s probably right. But it’s one of those little details on the house that keeps it looking good…