Porch Light

Every time we enter the cottage, we walk past the porch light. It hangs there, dirty and rusty, reminding us of the neglect that it has witnessed. I decided that this was the weekend to repair or replace that light.







I shut off the power and removed the fixture. I capped and taped the wires so I could turn the power back on. It didn't take much time to disassemble the light. I sanded the pieces, removing all of the dirt and rust. Once I had the metal sanded and clean, I was ready for the paint. We chose to paint the fixture black and pewter. The pewter is the color for most of the visible sections, and the black was for the "shadow" areas.