Living Room Lighting
I have always thought our living room was too dark, but I didn’t have room for more lamps and I didn’t want to have to wire new lighting. So, I decided to try adding sconces without hardwiring. I tried many different sources of light along with different sconces so you don’t have to!!! Check out the items you will need and a step by step below.
For this project you will need...
- Sconces – get my designer look for less
- Puck lights with remote & command strips included
- Command strips if your lights do not come with them
- AA Batteries if your lights do not come with them
For install:
Lets get started!!
STEP 1
- Make sure you tuck all of the wiring from the sconce behind the round plate on the back since this DIY does not involve hard wiring. You could try to remove the wiring rather than tucking it behind, but I wanted to keep everything as is in case I hardwire in the future. Then, you will adhere the sconce to the wall with the screws provided. A drill will be needed for this step.
STEP 2
- Once the sconce is fixed to the wall, you will need to prepare the remaining items needed for this project- AA Batteries, command strips and puck lights. Be sure to add the batteries to your puck lights.
STEP 3
- Once your puck lights have the batteries in and the lights are working, adhere a command strip to the edge of the puck light. Please see the videos below for reference. Please note, I did not adhere the command strip to the back of the puck light because it was only giving light on the top half of the sconce not lighting the full shade how a real light would.
STEP 4
- If the shade is on your installed sconce, please take it off this next step easier. You will adhere the puck light with the command strip on the edge to the opening where a normal light bulb would go in the shade. Please see videos below for a visual. You can then place the shade with the puck light attached, back on the sconce.
STEP 5
- Finally, use the remote that was included with the puck lights to turn your beautiful new lights on and off!!
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Let me know what you think of this sconce project + share your own DIY if you tackle this project!!
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