Over many years of DIY, we’ve learned that sometimes even the smallest details that can go unnoticed make a huge difference to an overall result.
Years ago, back when we were renovating our upstairs hallway, we replaced the shiny gold polished brass light fixture that once adorned the ceiling with something a little better suited for our style and decor. We don’t have any great photos of that original light, so this is the best we can dig up.
We bought the new fixture from Restoration Hardware and loved that it mimicked the shape of our hanging bell lantern in the first floor hallway while retaining as much hallway headroom as a flush mount fixture. It was the perfect solution for our difficult lighting decision.
As the years have passed we noticed that our use of traditional incandescent 40 watt candelabra style bulbs (the wattage suggested by the manufacturer) seemed to be burning the white plastic sleeves of the fixture. At first it was a little off-white, then brown, and then recently they turned very black.
From this little bit of evidence, it was obvious that the bulbs we were using were getting extremely hot and burning the chandelier sleeves.
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