Repurposed Vintage Sconce

This is one of those great finds

that happens on occasion.

 

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My DH and I were on a

treasure hunt

and found this outdoor vintage sconce

for just a few dollars.

 

The glass was in perfect beveled condition.

 

So with a little vision, we transformed

the one time gas light

to

an indoor

faux real flame style candle

sconce

with timer.

What we did to transform

this treasure,

was to take it all apart

then paint,

distress and

add the black and white paper to the back wall.

 

Before closing the top

we added a faux real flame style

candle on a timer

to the inside.

These are the candles I talked about in my last post.

They are a designers dream to use throughout the home.

 

They look so real and I have friends who have

thought I was nuts to have them close to curtains

or on book shelves

till they realized they are not real,

only look real.

 

 

Love how the old sconce turned out.

Not sure I will leave it here but

I hung it to show you

how it looks.

 

The candle will last about 3 months or more

on the auto timer

 before the batteries need changed.

 

Here are a few more I have around~

from inside the fireplace

to sidelights by the door.

I enjoy a set of these on each

side of the front door

year round.

 

 Yes they can be a little pricey,

but if you have priced real block tall candles like this

you will find they are expensive

and when burned down,

that's it

you may or may not replace them.

And you don't have to remember to

extinguish these.

 

 

 

You never know what great treasure

you will find

when out on a treasure hunt.

 

For this,

something old

meets something new age (faux flames)

 

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See you next time.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Celestina Marie