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Have you ever considered making your own light fixture? When it came to updating the lighting inside our RV, I looked at several options and quickly became mesmerized by all of the beautiful designs available.
However, with so many darn lights to update I soon figured out that DIY would be the best route to get the design I want while sticking within budget.
I had planned to share a tutorial on the first light fixture I created above our rustic modern media cabinet, but a few weeks ago my computer crashed, booooooo. And of course, I was super lame and hadn’t backed up my photos in over a month, which is the longest stretch I have ever gone without backing up my files. #lessonlearned.
Here’s a sneak peek of my light fixture inside the RV:
I think finding the right bulbs and figuring out the whole 12v/120v side of the lighting for our RV may have been more difficult than actually making the light itself, haha. (Update: Read about updating the lighting in your RV here).
On the bright side, I still have several more light fixtures to make so I’ll take new photos of the next light fixture, and share a post about it soon.
Until then I wanted to share some mid-century modern light fixtures I found inspiring that also helped guide me along the process. I had never made a light fixture from scratch before so I was pretty nervous. However, I can now say that I look forward to making more 🙂
Since we are going for a rustic modern design inside our motorhome and have rustic wood details throughout, I wanted to keep the lighting a bit more modern.
If you’re looking to save money by creating your own modern chandelier or just want to find some ideas for that next room makeover, then I hope you will find inspiration from this post.
Click on the source link below the image to find more information about the specific light fixture, as most of these have pretty good tutorials.
Modern Light Fixtures You Won’t Believe are DIY
DIY Bent Arm Chandelier | Vintage Revivals
DIY Modern Light Fixture | Sarah M Dorsey Designs
DIY Brass Chandelier | ModFrugal
DIY Lindsey Adelman Pendant Light | Remodelista
DIY Brass Chandelier | Velvet Toolbox
DIY Modern Brass Chandelier | One King’s Lane via Little Green Notebook
DIY Brass Light Fixture | HomeDit
DIY Arrow Light | DesignSponge
You Make It Chandelier Kits | Lindsey Adelman
Which light fixture is your favorite?
Yes we have been making our own lights for a couple of months now and just started blogging about it. It’s sooooo fun! Can’t wait to see your creations!
That’s awesome! I’ll definitely have to check out your blog!