Still working on the green stripes plan ... Its a huge time investment and I want to make sure I will love it in the end!
In the mean time ... I hung a new chandelier in the entry. It hung in my Nana's house my entire childhood and now graces the most visited place in mine.
When I received the light it needed rewiring and I was sure a good cleaning. The base was separate from the prisms and it looked very much like a rusty pie plate with more rusty rings attached. I walked into Lamp Arts and was sure Hunter would look at my sideways. What I was holding was anything less than glamorous yet it meant more than the world to me.
He took the base, told me I was the proud owner of a wedding cake light and they are highly sought after and incredibly beautiful. He looked at my teary face and told me it was incredibly special and I was lucky to have it. He insisted we not clean it at all and leave the perfectly aged patina as it was. And that's exactly what we did. A week later I picked up my rusty pie plate and its rings and brought it home to install in the entry way.
I love every single thing about this light. I love that it hung in her house and now graces mine. I love that it makes the most amazing pattern on my ceiling when its lit. I love that when the sun from the transom over the front door hits the light it creates rainbows on the wall by the staircase. I love that I cried with each prism I hung thinking of every single thing that light and she meant to me. I love that my oldest stood at the base of the ladder and handed me every single prism.
As I hung the light and cried I told my oldest why my grandparents bought this light. One of my grandmother's favorite movies was Pollyanna. She loved the precious girl in the movie and that she made a whole town happy. Mr. Pendergast teaches Pollyanna about refracted light and they love the rainbows the sun paints on the wall. I remember watching this movie with my grandparents one Sunday when it came on as the weekly Disney movie. One of my absolute favorite childhood memories.
I hope that one day this light will be hung in one of my children's homes and they will love it just as much as I do!
xo,
MPM
No comments:
Post a Comment