There is one spot in the house that does not get good natural light during the day but a good area to have a light at night. The previous home owner from whom we bought the house had planned for that spot to have a water feature that didn't work. As you will see, it was going to be a project. First, put in a grow light fixture over the rocks. Second, I created a different water feature but there was still the issue of what to put on over the rocks. Plants made sense but they must have light. If turned on only at night it doubles as a night light.
As always my wife likes for wires to be well hidden. The challenge was that the light fixture must be by the wall. And the structure cannot be heavy.
1/4 inch plywood works well and some thin pine.
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| Wall anchor construction shows a short channel to receive the "hook" |
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| The hook from previous photo is now permanently attached to the lamp holder |
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| Wall channel is installed, then the wall anchor and the wire is later hidden by a removable channel cover. |
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| Note the shop made tool carrier (also discussed in a separate blog) |
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| The "hook" simply slips into the wall anchor channel |
Video of the water feature at work. The original plan by the previous owner was to let water flow from top of the rocks down into a rectangular well/water reservoir. The porous rocks made that impossible because the surrounding marble floors got wet. I created a "disappearing" water spout feature.
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