New Fixtures From Menard’s Closeout Table

This weekend was beautiful!  We spent the majority of it outdoors, either at soccer practice (yes, we started soccer), or transplanting some trees and flowers that needed more room to grow. 

The evenings were perfect for taking walks, and then sitting on the porch swing and enjoying our new light fixtures.

Our old fixtures were a mess.  Some had broken globes, rusted metal, and even corroded sockets with bulbs we couldn’t get out.  Roughly half of them worked, and would you believe several were even mounted upside down???  Maybe because they cut the hole too high?  Anyways…

I’ve dreamed of replacing them ever since we bought the house, yet have been pushing off making such a big purchase.  (We have 8 around the house—2 on the porch, 3 on the garage, and 1 at each of the three back doors.)

Several weeks ago,we came across these fixtures on the clearance table at Menards.  For only 5$ each, we found just enough matching fixtures to replace all of our lights!  We even picked up several additional smaller versions to mount on our workshops.  We were delighted with our find!

My husband mounted the new fixtures and installed new energy efficient bulbs.  Now, our new lights not only look ten times better, they save us energy over the old incandescent bulbs!  Yeaaah!!

On the porch, they cast a nice warm glow after dark—yet they aren’t too bright to leave them on for a late night spell on the swing.  Though a little brighter, the trio on the garage cast a welcoming, yet not overbearing, light on the driveway. 

I guess the moral of the story is, dare to dream, and don’t forget to check out those back-of-the-store clearance tables! 

You just might find your wish list items!