Bar Lights

The bar in our basement finally has lights installed. We found some hanging lights we liked at ikea (and the price was right at $14 each)... but once we got home realized they had plugs on the ends of them like you would plug into a wall outlet... not wires to install them straight into the ceiling wiring. Hmmm.

But after some quick DIY research we learned you can easily cut those plugs off the lights, wire them correctly to the ceiling electrical which we already had set up, and then buy a simple white cover plate to finish it off (for about $2 each at the hardware store).

And here they are, we love how they turned out and that the bar is feeling much more finished!

Lights in the Basement

The hardware for most of the new Can Lights in our basement is now installed. Matt said it was fairly simple nailing them in between the beams in the ceiling. Now he is hooking up the wiring to them...and as you can see some of them are already working.

Once they are ALL finished, we are putting insulation in the ceiling (which will hopefully help with noise between up and downstairs) and then drywall on the ceiling, and finally finished covers on the lights.

Matt taking a short break tonight while I snuck in to take a couple pictures. Such a hard worker. I am trying to get as much motivation as him, but have a hard time coming home from work on weeknights and wanting to work on the house.