My parents were freaking out that I was going to do anything electrical by myself, but I really wasn't that concerned. Since all I was doing was taking the currently working sconces down & putting the new ones in their places, with the power shut off first, of course, as long as I paid attention to how the other ones hooked up & followed the instructions included in the sconces I bought, I figured I should be fine. I've seen light-fixture replacements a million times on HGTV! ;) I did wait until daylight which was Saturday afternoon (thanks for the extra hand,
Since the junction box for the wiring is really solidly in the wall, probably well-anchored to a stud, it would take a lot of wall destruction to even find out if I could move the box to get the fixture to hang lower than the air vent, so I think I'll live with it...it will unfortunately be more obvious when I get the stone effect on the walls in there, but we'll see...
Since the "waxy" bit is a hollow glass surround and just slightly off-white, I have already made a template for a transparent colored gel to go inside to change color for parties or seasons. I'm thinking I'll have to buy actual lighting gels since it does get warm, but I might try just some wrapping cellophane to see if that works. ;)
I waited until Sunday morning for my bedroom sconce, which I installed completely by myself. Since this time I really knew what I was doing & the possible pitfalls, like the attachment screws hitting exactly where the junction box walls were, so I had to change screws to the shorter ones originally meant for anchoring the plate to the box, it went even more quickly, even with juggling the screwdriver & wire nuts in my pocket while holding the wired sconce in my other hand...so voila again!
So, what do you think? :)