back door light.

Rejuvenation McKenzie porch light

So on Sunday I set out to do some electrical. Yes, the electrical I should be doing is figuring out why I still don't have power in my bedroom. That's next. But first - wiring up a new back door light.

It actually was pretty easy - just had to figure out what the heck wires were doing what inside the electrical box. And I really want to find out what the third switch on the right does - I think it might switch on a light that used to be on the garage but is not anymore. Anyways ... five minutes later and I had the neutral and hot wires figured out and spliced into them with a new wire to lead out to where I was mounting the new fixture.

Here we have the old light hanging above the door -

Yeah - a thing of beauty. CFL and all. And then - post-removal - of the fine craftsmanship of the previous owner -

And mine -

Well, mine at least stands up to, you know, code and all. I had initially cut the siding thinking I would center it between the back door and window but turns out that nail on the right is buried in a stud. Well, studs rule so over to the left it went.

And then the two of them compared before installing the new one -

Hmm - I have no idea why I decided to upgrade ...

And since I'm wrapping my mind around the somewhat mindblowing job of painting my whole house - uh, myself - I quick Photoshop'd what this would look like with the new paint color and trim -

It is much better. Yeah, the paint color, too haha.