Missed Friday’s post on the Edison? Check it out here.
This was by far the craziest light install I’ve ever done, but then again, I’ve only done two. Result? I am really thrilled. It will most definitely be the focal point of the room.
I’ve said this so many times, but I am REALLY a sucker for high contrast. White ceiling and white walls with black spider-y cables… yes ma’am.
I wanted to arrange the cables so they looked a little scattered, versus in a perfect circle. It worked out pretty well. The tension anchors on each cable made it easy to adjust the length if I needed less or more “swag.”
Did you notice the light fixture isn’t in the actual center of the room? Yea, that is kind of annoying…
The globe bulbs are huge. Probably 5″ in diameter. I was impressed. And lordy do they give off a lot of light…
Dim rooms drive me crazy at night (instant narcolepsy) so I enjoy the brightness. And it’s a clean, white brightness. I dig.
Action shot! The whole thing took about two hours to install. It was a little painful screwing in 20 (!!) extra holes (two per cable bracket) in my ceiling, but I’m trying to forget about that part. Here’s where I note Aaron and I drilled in each screw by HAND. BY HAND. My drill is broke and I’m too cheap to get a new one.
Here’s a good picture showing my installation method. I just guessed and it seemed to work great. I staggered each cable so Cable 1 was 10″ from the canopy, Cable 2 was 20″ away and Cable 3 was back to 10″ away, etc. I used a string marked at 10″ and 20″ to make installation go quicker. Each cable bracket is 12″ from each other. Do you see my little pattern?
Hopefully I inspired more Edison light lovers out there. 
Next up: The front door. Currently, it’s a hot, brassy mess and a little harder to ignore now that I’ll be eating/watching TV in the same room as the door. A cool, front door really isn’t in the budget (plus, I’m not sure if they even make “cool front doors”), so I’ll be DIY-ing my little heart out.
p/s: I’ve been trying to catch Suge in the middle of his “turtle routine” to share with you and I finally was able to over the weekend. Here’s the video on YouTube. You’ll have to read the description to understand the “turtle routine.” He’s cute.
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That looks freaking fantastic. I’ve drooled over the Edison light fixture for a while. So glad to see it in action. Can’t wait to see what you do with your door.
Hopefully the door thing works out! It’s one of those doors with a big glass window, but it’s inlayed with this terrible brass fretwork. Not. my. style. I can’t take out the fretwork because the glass is beveled to match the shapes. Grr. I think I have a simple fix but we’ll see….
It looks awesome. I’m glad you went for it!
I agree. Thanks for that little bit of reassurance. It helped!
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It looks great! I am totally jealous of this pick up!
It looks amazing Emily! I love the relationship between the black spidery Edison against the white ceiling and the graphic black and white wallpaper in the kitchen. That’s awesome that the light is bright and white… something I am totally jealous of with our not so white and not so bright overhead lighting in our living space.
I hear ya! It’s the only light that gets super bright and white. Everything else casts a yellow glow. Ugh! Baby steps I guess… Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Just hopped over here from the YHL/MIL house crash thread and I LOVE how the light looks in your room! GORGEOUS!
Sarah
Welcome! Thank you so much! It is such a fun piece of decor. It never gets old!
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I love this light so much–I’ve been yearning for it for months–about 3 months too late to get it, however. Saw your response on Making It Lovely about you ordering one (I routinely visit that page to just gaze with envy at the light…). Will definitely be stalking your blog, now that I know about it.
Really, such a great light–I’m going to have to congratulate you….
Thanks Michele! I actually found mine on eBay. I was going to order directly from PB but they discontinued it literally 24 hours before I was ready to make my purchase! I see some pop up there from time to time! It definitely has the “wow” effect. Thanks so much for leaving a comment – means a lot!