Exterior Lighting -Replace or Refinish
We have a MCM home that we are working on. We planned on replacing this entry light, however, someone mentioned refinishing? Wasn't even a thought. I actually wanted to go with something that looked different. Would love feedback. Thx!
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10 months agolast modified: 10 months agopalimpsest
10 months agolast modified: 10 months agoI am not saying you should be married to that particular light fixture.
But note the light fixtures in this Cliff May house and another Los Angeles glass box, published in Architectural Digest in 1964 and 1965. And look at the other furnishings, too. Not every contemporary post war house (they weren't called midcentury modern yet) was only lit by aluminum cylinders and furnished with Eames plywood storage units. In fact most of them probably were not. There is this made up 21st century set of rules about what these houses actually looked like and it just isn't true. So get rid of it if you want, but just understand that the most "authentic" stuff your house has is the stuff it came with, whether it is "appropriate" or not.
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