Hobnail Lamp Globe

The Husband and I made a recent trip to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore
on a "gad-about" day.
That's a day where we climb into the SUV and go "gab-abouting" the town.
Running errands,
stopping here and there,
having lunch,
and always bringing some new project home with us.

While searching and scrounging and digging and pawing through the piles at The ReStore,

I came across this little ceiling fixture.

I loved the hobnailed look of the glass globe.

The green sticker on it said $5.00.

All green stickers that week were 75% off.

That made this little gem a mere $1.25.
Score!

I had no clue where I was going to use it, but for that price,

there was no question that treasure was coming home with me.

Later that afternoon,

I stood at my prairie workbench, picked up that little light fixture,

turned it over and over in my hands and wondered where to hang it.

Basement?

Bath?

Studioffice?

I leaned over to switch on my vintage floor lamp,
(read about it here)...

and had an Aha! moment. 

I immediately got to work removing the globe from the fixture, 

pulling out wire, wire cutters, needle nose pliers,

and some necklace chain I had stashed away in my supplies.

I wrapped the chain around the lip of the globe and using the clasp,

attached it tightly,

adding a loop of wire just for added security.

It fit nice and snug.

The extra chain was clipped off.

Two more chain necklace pieces were attached to the first piece

with the clasps on the necklaces.

I held it up to the light bulb to measure how much of the two chains needed to be removed.

After attaching the two chains together with an extra link,

I had a sweet little vintage looking hobnail glass globe

for my prairie floor lamp.

It cut the glare of the bare light bulb...

and added a sparkly touch of warmth to the room.

Cheers to those little Aha moments in life!

Next week:

Box-Store Ugly Stool to Sweet Rustic Prairie Stool
Transformation

~  Blessings  ~

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