Homemade Kitchen Light: New Life For Old Milk Can Funnel

Reader Contribution by Hank Will and Editor-In-Chief
Published on January 4, 2012
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One of the final steps in our ongoing kitchen renovation&nbsp;was to replace a ceiling fan whose blades hit a cabinet door when opened so we decided to make use of an&nbsp;old milk can funnel&nbsp;to create a homemade kitchen light. The vintage milk can funnel is shaped quite perfectly to serve as a rustic shade for a ceiling light, and its tin-plated mild-steel self is easy to modify as needed. Plus you can find antique milk can funnels for very little money at junk shops, farm auctions and even antique shops that offer a decent line of rustic country collectibles. Since I was already working on the ceiling and needed to upgrade the wiring a bit, I also built a mount for the main kitchen lights — a pair of reproduction&nbsp;drop-pedestal school lights — and hung them. We didn’t mount&nbsp;those lights&nbsp;directly to the ceiling because there was only a single box that served the cloud-like fluorescent fixture and I didn’t want to tear up the&nbsp;old ceiling tiles to install new electrical boxes. Both projects turned out nicely, but the milk can funnel light tickles me the most since I built it from parts. </p>
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