When we bought our building, we found that we had this amazing old cast iron light fixture with a milk glass globe hanging above the old garage door on the Fletcher street side. We knew we had to do something special with this historical piece but in the beginning, we just weren’t sure what.
Fletcher Street View of Light before renovations
Close up of Light
In doing some research about our building we found out that years ago it was MacFarlane Motors before they relocated to their current location. Wayne and Jenny MacFarlane were kind enough to share some old photos with us. If you look above the garage door in the photo below you can see the old light fixture hanging.
Photo Courtesy of Wayne and Jenny MacFarlane
We took down the light fixture from the exterior of our building and were faced with the task of restoring it back to some former glory. The cast iron base has really cool old design carved into it that was pretty covered in rust. We carefully cleaned it up with a wire brush. It came out amazing and we finished it off with a light coat of fresh paint.
This is the base after cleaning the rust off
This is the base after fresh paint
The globe was a different story with the dirt and rust stains on it. Not to mention the gross build up of bugs inside! It took a lot of elbow grease and careful scrubbing to clean it up.
View of the Globe before cleaning it
The Globe all shiny and clean
As our renovations started to take shape, we found the perfect spot for the light in our taproom directly above our main entrance.
Finally the day we were waiting for came and we were able to put the light up in its new home.
We can’t wait for everyone to see it!
All lit up
Light above our Taproom Entrance
Do you have any old photos of the light fixture or our building that you would be willing to share with us? Please reach out to us at info@4kg.422.myftpupload.com
