DIY Cheap Custom Barn Lights

Lighting makes a space!

Lighting makes a space and it always seems to be the budget breaker as well. In decorating my son’s room I had my heart set on some beautiful, kelly green barn lights from an online store; they were also ridiculously overpriced at $340 a piece. I was determined to get the look for less.

Here’s how I did it.

I found some outdoor lights at Lowes for $40 a piece. The lights were meant to be hard-wired – but I didn’t want permanent wires ran to these lights. So I opted to convert them to plug-in lights after talking with an electrician. Before painting, I drilled a hole in the bottom of the lights using a metal drill bit. Instead of painting the entire light green, I wanted to preserve some of the aluminum color. I used painters tape to mask off the areas I didn’t want painted. With the paint dry – I converted it to a plug-in light. I purchased a wire kit and connected it to the hard-wired wires found in the light.

Hanging the light

I used the bracket that came with the light and modified it slightly so it would hang on my wall and in no time I had two barn lights hanging above my sons’ beds.

These DIY cheap custom barn lights were just what I was hoping for and they didn’t break the bank. No need to pay for high-end, create your own inexpensive barn lights!