Monday, December 19, 2011

Flush Mount Ceiling Light Polished Brass Ribbed Clear

Once again the fickle finger of fashion is pointed against me. The basic ceiling dome lights that I thought would be easy to get more of are not in stores, nor are reasonable facimilies. The original lights were dirt-cheap contractor grade that I got more of when we were doing renovations shortly after moving in. Now, it's all frosted glass, or the insane "nipple" shape when it's the clear glass.

I spent some time refining the search term above, then somehow had the idea of looking at one of the old lights and getting the manufacturer and part number from it. The manufacturer info was dodgy, but the part number finally produced a perfect hit, and it turns out that I can definitely get some of these... in about a week after the christmas package rush dies down. Here it is:

http://www.doitbest.com/Ceiling+fixtures-Westinghouse+Di+A-model-66282-doitbest-sku-526193.dib

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0049D7KF2/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001B14V0W&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=19YGGW4614ANSJJR4PJ4

DoItBest has a free ship-to-store option, it just takes 7-10 days.

Until I found the part number, I was zeroing in on a couple of (also mail order) alternate options. Here is one from "Progress":

http://shop.ferguson.com/product/Progress-P3655-Polished-Brass-65718?Ns=AvailabilityType%7C0%7C%7CPrimary_Finish%7C1%7C%7CSort_Order%7C1&N=102+49+3000262+3000857+2000004+4294965862

This WalMart option looked good in pictures, but it turns out that it's still nipply:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mainstays-Whipped-13-Flushmount-Light-Polished-Brass/16781244

This one from Thomas is very nice, but ouch what a price:

http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Lighting-SL8621-1-Polished-Finish/dp/B000HBM2YO

Here's the family:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dtools&field-keywords=thomas+lighting+ceiling+flush+mount#/ref=sr_pg_2?rh=n%3A228013%2Ck%3Athomas+lighting+ceiling+flush+mount+clear&page=2&keywords=thomas+lighting+ceiling+flush+mount+clear&ie=UTF8&qid=1324306235

Then lower down the ladder are some Nuvo ones with frosted glass:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dtools&field-keywords=ceiling+polished+brass#/ref=sr_pg_2?rh=n%3A228013%2Ck%3Aceiling+flush+mount+polished+brass&page=2&keywords=ceiling+flush+mount+polished+brass&ie=UTF8&qid=1324304825