My first successful attempt involved hot gluing the sticky part of the 3M tape to an old light bulb and screwing in the light bulb into the sconce. One side is sticky and the other side is magnetic) (One more thing about how amazing these puck lights are, they come with magnetic 3M tape. I’ll be honest, I tried a few too many failed attempts to get this puck light to not fall out of the shade.Īfter a few failed attempts, I came up with two decent solutions. Now, to make your sconce useful you need to attach the puck light into your shade. I installed the sconce to the mounting bracket as you normally would and voila you have a useless sconce attached to your wall. The sconces also come with a plug and I just stored those away in case I get another wild hair. I tucked all the electrical wires into the back of my sconce just in case one day I get a wild hair to actually call an electrician out to hardwire these bad boys. It’s just easier to make sure things are level when you installing the mounting brackets at the same time. If you are doing sconces side by side like I did, I recommend installing the mounting brackets first for each sconce. I installed the mounting bracket (is that what it’s called?) to my wall first. I am really bad at following directions so I kind of winged it.
SMART WALL SCONCE HOW TO
How to install wall sconce without electricityįollow the directions that come with your sconce/light fixture. I seriously love these puck lights and have every intention of mounting them under my cabinets soon. They can be used as motion sensors lights or you can have them on continuously So I found what I believe to be the best invention next to white bread… these puck lights are what dreams are made of. Not to mention all of the batteries I would go through. But let’s be honest, I have no intentions of changing the batteries in my puck lights constantly. The battery operated puck lights seem to be a popular choice for this project, and those work great too. The biggest difference I did with my sconces is that I used rechargeable puck lights that are also motion sensors. Here is what I used for the Magic Light Trick: All you need to become a magician is a sconce and puck lights (and some sort of adhesive). That is her favorite place to sleep and I trip over her )īack to the Magic Light Trick though. And yes, that is my dog sleeping on the floor. (More about my hallway makeover to come soon….I know you are dying to hear all about it. I had a few ideas and I found some I loved but nothing was clicking for me.įor so long I knew the board and batten in my hall needed something…and one day it just clicked. I’ve been wanting to do this for over a year now and I just couldn’t find the perfect place to put sconces or commit to any. It’s such a genius idea and I really think I will be adding sconces to every room in my house now.īut I did mine a tad bit different and I’ll show you my Magic Light Trick version. I finally took the plunge and tried the infamous “Magic Light Trick” I learned from Nesting With Grace. How to add electricity to any light fixture using only puck lights
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