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Overhead lights are ON

When this kitchen project started there was one light over the island. Because I now wanted two lights over the island, some changes needed to be made. It got this far and then there was that waiting period for various other things to fall into place. Once the old opening was patched and the ceiling was repainted, things moved along. The fixtures  I planned to use were purchased at the Habitat restore.  ($26 each) I knew the gold would have to go but what happened to the rest was more of a   figure it out as you go  process.  These went from shiny brass to... black.  Then I decided to have them rewired using black electrical wiring and the rings were removed at the very top.  I decided to eliminate the chains and hang them from the wire. The globes went from white to aluminum.  This took three coats to completely cover so the light would not shine through in spots. I resprayed the black parts because I preferred a more matte sheen.

The Impact of Tile

One wall in the kitchen is making dramatic strides towards completion.  Here is where it all started. Once the overhead cabinets were down, the flue wall was expanded to the left, about where the first outlet is above the base cabinet in the first picture.  This Craig's list find became...  this, with a little paint. (that process is covered here ) It sat in place waiting patiently for six weeks for the tile to arrive.  But, even when the tile came, there was another two week delay waiting for the counter tops. During that wait I laid the tiles on the floor to develop the best strategy for installation.  The trick was to not have narrow pieces of tile on each end.  It was a collaborative effort to determine how best solve that problem. Brother John suggested butting the tiles as close as possible thereby creating about an inch on each end but that was still a narrow piece of tile. In the end it was Dan who suggested pieces of angle iron on each sid