Pat also spotted this simple, retro-styled light fixture at Lowe’s — it’s a mere $12.98. Like the porcelain bathroom sconce, this light fixture style was also ubiquitious, and used all over the house in mid-century America. With the chrome fixture base, it has a definite 50s 60s vibe. Part of the Portfolio brand, at Lowe’s online here. Thanks again, Pat, good detective work.
Inexpensive retro lighting from Lowes
Posted by: • December 4, 2009
11 inexpensive retro lights from Lowe’s 
Inexpensive porcelain bathroom sconce from Lowe’s 
Retro 50s 60s lighting for kitchen, bathroom, dining room and more — from Rejuvenation Lighting 
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I have this fixture and the pricey porcelain Selma shade from Rejuventation in my house (a 1945 Cape Cod in Calif…..odd), and the Lowe’s pull-chain fixture is reallly poor quality. The pull-chain breaks easily if you tug on it too hard. Granted, it is fixable w/a little electrical knowledge, but you get what you pay for. I love my Selma lights and do not begrudge the $$s.
Alison Marie, thanks for that comparison. I think that one could get around the pull chain issue with the Lowe’s fixture by hard-wiring the light onto a switch. I actually have a pair of the Selma’s, too, in one of my bathrooms – and that’s what I did. I got the pull chain, though, for “effect”. I wanted to see it – but I didn’t want to use it. Rejuvenation will add it for you, if you want. On the rare occasion I want to only put one light on — like late at night — the pull chains work.
This post came at a funny time because I just took one of these out of my bathroom yesterday. I replaced it with an awesome curved glass fixture I found at Ace Hardware. It’s great lights like this are still available though.
Hi Pam. My husband will LOVE this…he is the store manager for the Springfield Lowe’s Store!