Decor Lantern

For years I have loved lanterns.

Recently, I've been seeing them around, like these guys from Pottery Barn.

I've found them around $20.00 too.

But cheap-o that I am, I've tried to make one, or something similar on the cheap.

$2.00 to be exact.

I found this exterior light fixture at the thrift store for $2.00.  I thought it could mimic a decor lantern with some help.

First I gutted the lantern, throwing away all the electrical components, leaving the beveled glass shell and metal hook on the top.

2. Cleaned with soapy water and let it dry.

3. Using paper and masking tape, I taped off the glass

4. Sprayed it with primer.

Then 2 coats Oil Rubbed Bronze, 10 min. between each coat.

Finished!

It is going in a bookshelf.

From the beginning, I've been wondering if it could really look like a hexagonal lantern, or if it just looks like I painted an outdoor light fixture and threw it on a shelf.

Many ideas don't reap great results, so what do you think?

If you walked in a house and saw this would you think
Lantern or Lame Fixture?

Just be honest, I can take it.

  

Linking to Just A Girl and Tatertots and Jello