Can you see what’s changed?

Can you see what's changed?

Can you see what’s changed?

Here’s a hint, a picture of the front of the house from when we first bought it:

Look closely...

Look closely…

On a trip to Lowe’s today for some parts for our new kitchen sink, we took a look at exterior lights. The ones that were on the house when we bought it that were very tired-looking.

One of the tired-looking brass light fixtures.

One of the tired-looking brass light fixtures. Dave tried to clean and polish them, but they were too far gone. Time to go SHOPPING!

Here's the replacement fixture. It took Dave about 10 minutes to replace it, and it cost about $30 at Lowe's.

Here’s the replacement fixture. It took Dave about 10 minutes to replace it, and it cost about $30 at Lowe’s.

Do you love it as much as I do? Dave replaced three lights in the front of our house with those lights, and we plan to also replace the two back lights this week. The replacement work seemed very easy, with universally-color-coded wires that are very easy to change out.

And as a double bonus word score, we found little solar-powered lights for our front garden that match!

Love!!!

Love!!!

In addition to the lighting, Dave took down the house numerals, hit them with automotive engine primer, and then spray-painted them in a matching color.

Before.

Before.

After.

After.

This small home improvement cost us about $140.

Later this week we will be revealing our completed kitchen! We can’t wait!