Lighting up the Garage!

After painting our garage, lighting was the next priority.  We checked out a lot of different lights, but ultimately, price won out. The IKEA lights below were $30 each and had a classic look that worked great.  So, we trekked over to IKEA and picked up 9.

Here's some pictures of the install.  Our electrician had installed the rough electrical and so we just hooked up the lights from there.  But, it wasn't quite as easy as you would think.  I wanted them to be low enough to see when someone walked by the garage, but they needed to be high enough to clear the garage door.  We ended up doing a compromise where the ones near the garage door are a couple inches higher.  You can see it in the picture below.  See how short that wire is?  But, when they were all up it was something you don't even notice.

We added six in the main garage area and clustered three together for the future workbench in that area.   I had really wanted some wall mounted, gooseneck lights for above the workbench, but after checking out prices, I decided IKEA pendants would be just fine!  It was trickier getting all three to be level because of the pitched ceiling.  We had to fiddle for a bit to make them right. 

But, the lights made a huge impact!