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DIY Brass Light with Parts from Grand Brass

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Make this brass light, with parts from Grand Brass, for under $40. It’s a DIY vanity light option that won’t break the bank.

Thank you all for your lovely comments on our $87 Bathroom Refresh. Seriously, I’m overwhelmed by all the comments on the blog and social media. I so appreciate hearing from each and every one of you.

There’s been lots of chatter and questions about the brass light that I DIY’d for the bathroom. So, today, I thought I’d share more about the DIY Bathroom light.

DIY Brass Light
The vanity is painted the same color as my kitchen cabinets.

There are so many DIY vanity light options out there but not as many modern brass options. I knew the idea of what I wanted but not exactly which parts to buy to make it happen. It took alot of time searching Grand Brass parts online to figure out the right parts to purchase.

So, first things first, electrical can be a scary thing if you don’t know what you are doing. As always, consult an electrician or a licensed professional for help with building this or installing it.

If you are familiar with electrical wiring, this can be such an easy project. From start to finish, I believe this DIY Modern Brass Light took us 30 minutes.

Modern vanity light DIY project
See more of the bedroom and how it relates to this space.

I’m not giving you a walk through of exactly how to wire this piece up. Our light was heavily inspired by Alison’s over at Deuce Cities Henhouse. We modified her design to fit our bathroom and the look we wanted. BUT, she provided a great visual on how her components go together to make the light. So, hop over there to see all of that.

Our light had a few less components and a few different ones, so I’ll be sure to give you the exact list. After publishing this post a few years ago, Grand Brass created a light kit that has all the parts for this project in one place. I’ll link to the light kit as well as the individual parts and you can choose how you want to purchase.

All the parts were ordered from Grand Brass. You might be able to find some of the parts cheaper elsewhere but, for us, the ease of it being a one-stop-shop was worth ordering them all from them.

DIY Bathroom Light Supplies

Assembling the Brass Light

The assembly was straightforward. The pieces just screw in together. We found that assembling part of the light and then threading the wire through worked best for us.

Getting the wire through the components when the wire was doubled through the brass pipe was, by far, the hardest part. It was helpful, for that step, to have an extra set of hands. I fed the wire through with my fingers (pushing it gently) while Luke had a pair of pliers and pulled it (gently).

Grand Brass DIY Vanity lights

I went back and forth on whether to try making this light. This one fit my budget and was pretty simple, so I’m happy I went for it. If you love modern brass light fixtures, I have a bunch in my home. You can see all my light fixtures on the shop my home page or see close to ceiling light fixtures that I recently considered in the basement.

Other projects in this space were:

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Modern brass light fixtures DIY Project

DIY Brass Light with Parts from Grand Brass

DIY MODERN BRASS LIGHT FOR UNDER $40! GET THE HOW-TO

A modern DIY vanity light made out of brass parts from Grand Brass.

Materials

  • *Buy the kit from Grand Brass instead of purchasing the individual items below.
  • Black, Canopy Cross-bar Set – $2.85 (1)
  • 5in. Matte Black Flat Canopy – $5.80 (1)
  • 2in. Brass Pipe – $1.15 (1)
  • Side Tee – $2.50 (1) (
  • 5in. Brass Pipe – $4.60 (2)
  • Black Porcelain Lamp Socket – $9.60 (2)
  • 18/2 SPT-1 Wire – $2.10 (6 ft) (

Tools

  • Screwdriver
  • Pliers
  • Electrical Tester
  • Electrical Tape
  • Electrical Caps

Instructions

    1. The assembly was straightforward. The pieces just screw in together.

    2. We found that assembling part of the light and then threading the wire through worked best for us.

    3. Getting the wire through the components when the wire was doubled through the brass pipe was by far the hardest part. It was helpful for that step, to have an extra set of hands.

© Ashley Mayes
Project Type: Lighting / Category: Home Decor Projects
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Comments

  1. Brooke

    I can’t believe how great the light looks. We are house hunting right now and I am debating how much of a project I want to take on. I want to do this in ALL the bathrooms!

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  2. Carmen Gomez

    Hi Ashley, I love the DIY fixture, thank you for sharing the tutorial. Where did you get the bulbs? I’ve been looking for something like this in LED but all I can find are ones with a yellow filament. I would appreciate it.
    Thank you!
    Carmen

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    • Ashley Mayes

      Thanks Carmen! I think we got these at Walmart but I just added some Amazon links to some online in the post. Make sure to get a standard socket. We’ve used the chromed tipped ones before too and those can be fun.

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  7. Francel Aquino Betz

    I love this! About to order this, but can you tell me the total width of the fixture. I’m about to order 3, however I’m afraid it may be too long. I appreciate it!! Love your blog BTW!!

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  10. megan

    love this. But can you tell me the total lenth of the fixture. I to order 3, but I’m afraid it may be too long. I appreciate it!! Love your post. Like this bathroom project! I so need to work on our bathroom! Yours is so gorgeous. Wonderful light.

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