Bathroom Light update with a Ceiling Medallion and Paint!
Our bathroom light is an upcycle of an old yard light I found right here on the farm. We’ve now used all three of them that were here. One is above our kitchen sink and, just a few months ago, we used the last one above our new work bench. When I went to install this one I was quite disgruntled to find that the hardware I had didn’t quite cover the raw sheet rock edge around the light box. Bummer. And its been bugging me ever since!
I was in a real scramble back in 2015 to get this house complete so I could move into it.
And why does that always seem to be the case in renovation situations?!
Why are we somehow always SO pressed for time!?
So I wasn’t able to do this bathroom light justice like I wanted to then.
With my currently tackling our second floor this light immediately landed on my list of projects to fix when I repainted the bathroom and the closet.
I wanted to paint out the light and hardware and replace those long screws I had holding the steel shade on. The screws literally had been all I had on hand at the time: yet another thing I’ve been planning on “fixing”.
I replaced the screws with shorter ones – by far the easiest job here lol.
Then I picked up a little can of white gloss Rustoleum and put two coats on the entire light fixture before moving on to what was (in my opinion) the most glaring issue.
A couple years back I came up with what I’ve decided is one of my most genius ideas. I used a ceiling medallion to cover up the sheetrock mess around the shower head in our main floor bathroom.
Call me a rebel for sticking a “ceiling” medallion to the wall lol.
It was a no brainer that it was the perfect solution for here too!
First I used a hole saw to cut out my base ceiling medallion large enough to be able to slip it right over fixture. I secured it to the wall with white caulk and held it in place with blue painter’s tape while it dried.
Because of the odd situation here though I needed yet another, smaller, ceiling medallion to cover up the center gap around the pipe. This wasn’t ideal but, in the end, I feel like I made the right choices in getting this done as best as I could.
Fortunately I hit this all on Amazon prime day(ish) and was able to get this whole project done for less than $40 all together.
The whole situation required a lot of caulk but I think it all came out looking pretty good!
SO MUCH BETTER!
It is amazing that something like this, something that has bothered me for YEARS, could be so easily fixed with so little time and money… Why on earth didn’t I do this sooner? LOL
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I’m Tarah!
It’s been a hell of a ride since I started this blog and renovated and moved into this old farm house back in 2015. I got married, divorced, lost my doggo soul mate, spent two years as a single gal, remodeled everything, threw my back out countless times and was even found by an amazing guy in my own backyard! (The story behind Storyhardt Farm.)
Around here we’re totally fearless when it comes to bettering our home. We love to refinish old furniture, re-purpose old pieces, build it from scratch and totally renovate anything that needs it! If we can do it – so can you. We’ve got some serious plans for this old farm and, for first time ever, I have a real partner!
This is gonna be so much fun!
You can also find out more about the amazing Grandma behind this blog who moved in to this old farmhouse with my Grandpa nearly 70 years ago!
I think it looks awesome! It was a great idea and blends beautifully with your bathroom decor. I’ve wondered how that cute little vanity has held up with the raised sink. It still looks great. I love raised sinks. Unfortunately it’s not doable for me with a plumber husband who splashes water everywhere just washing his hands and as is the case with many men, doesn’t think to wipe it up after. ๐
Hi Stephany, the splashing is DEFINITELY a problem here lol. I plan on replacing the faucet so it sits up over the sink farther so its less of an issue! Thank you so much for coming by and checking it out!