Building an Antique Canning Jar Light

Reader Contribution by Hank Will and Editor-In-Chief
Published on March 29, 2011
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As part of the <a title=”kitchen make over at our 104 year old farmhouse” href=”http://www.grit.com/tools/kitchen-renovation-cabinet-facelift-progresses.aspx”>kitchen make over at our 104 year old farmhouse</a>, my Partner In Culinary Crime and I decided to build an antique canning jar light to replace the shabby 1970s vintage fixture that dangled over the sink. We sourced an old Mason jar with a tin screw-on lid at the local antique store and I dug through a box of outdoor electrical junk I had collected over the years and came up with a plan. We did stop at our local big-box home improvement store for a pull switch and small-diameter 40 watt bulb to help it all come together. We opted for a rigid stalk-mount on our antique canning jar light but you could just as easily make it a pendant if you use electrical cord rated to bear sufficient weight.</p>
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