Sep
8
2006
 4

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.





Can Lights

Originally uploaded by daviderwin.
We had such a hard time deciding what to buy from Rejuvenation. After all, it would be easy to deplete a savings account or two with even a small spending spree there.

One of the items we loved was the Enterprise. It is shiny and edgy and can be used outdoors.

But, as you know, we have eight fixtures on the front and deck of the house. This would have added up quickly. We wanted a retro look and feel, but we also wanted indirect light. Not an easy find.

David came up with a spiffy little idea. We bought $2 jelly jar lights from Home Depot, and David retrofitted peach cans to fit. The indirect light and strangely funky design sends out exactly the glow we were hoping for.

Two lights down, six to go. We’re gonna be drinking a lot of peach smoothies around here.


4 Comments for Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.


jeannette
September 10, 2006, 6:17 pm

those are fabulous. can you tell us a little about the process?


Shetha
September 14, 2006, 4:10 pm

Wow! When you said Rejuvenation I thought “I didn’t know they had that there, too!” And then I realized, it’s the same one as ours! The price was what tipped me off hehe. I am forever the spendthrift, adopting fancy shmancy ideas to thrifted items. I love the application you present here — great idea!


David E.
September 15, 2006, 4:04 pm

Why yes I can. Get it? Can?
Um. Buy something in a regular 12 oz. can. Make sure it’s in one of those old-school cans where you can open both ends with a can opener. Open it. Eat whatever is in there. Wash the can. Open the other end of the can. Then cut along the seam with some tin snips. The can will clamp itself to the glass on the jelly jar light leaving an opening for the light to hit the wall and point down. Viola.


Aunt Gayle
September 19, 2006, 9:15 pm

And when it gets rusty, repeat the process. I love it.