{note to self} exhaust fan pendant lamps

if we owned instead of rented our apartment ... the first thing i would do is change out the lighting! while i appreciate a good ceiling fan - especially during a hot tennessee summer, they are no where near as cute as these pendant lamps designed from old exhaust frames:

{source: kate osborne photography / diana palmer of yan photography}

they hang inside sarah winward's flower shop and are featured today on design*sponge. such a great idea.

love!

i love lamp.

wade and i have a list of things that we want to purchase/make for our new apt. and a list of things that we really need. top of that list ... lighting for our bedroom - STAT!

so we've {i've} been obsessing about lamps this week.

obsessing.

all i can think about is the perfect lamp.

obsessing.

i close my eyes and all i see are lamps.

{photos courtesy of design*sponge and her "under $100: pendant lamps" entry}

well ... yesterday i found it.
introducing the nest pendant from pottery barn:

pretty pretty pretty. (and wouldn't you know it ... no longer available. AUGH!)

{insert tear}

the more i thought about it ... the more i realized wade wasn't going to want to share a room with a bird lamp complete with delicate crystals.

so in consideration of him, i found another. introducing the mechanic's beacon light from anthropologie:

very industrious. very manly ... very expensive considering what you get.

so today ... i came up with a game plan to combine the two.

inspiration:

* these fantastic "decorative balls" i found while wandering through target last night. {and at $9.99 a piece we can afford two!}

* And this filament bulb from pottery barn:

get excited.